Paul Appleby (tenor)
American operatic tenor
Paul Appleby (born June 29, 1983) is an American operatic tenor .[ 1] In 2009 he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions . In November 2015 he made his debut at the San Francisco Opera as Tamino in Mozart's The Magic Flute .[ 2] In December 2015 he was the tenor soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra , and in January 2016 he performed Belmonte in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra . He sang Belmonte again at the Metropolitan Opera in May 2016.[ 3]
Appleby is a graduate of St. Joseph High School (South Bend, Indiana) , and the University of Notre Dame .[ 4]
Appleby graduated from the Metropolitan Opera 's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and received the 2012 Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts.
Awards
2012: Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts".[ 5]
2012: Gerda Lissner Foundation".[ 6]
Repertoire (selection)
Bénédict, Béatrice et Bénédict (Berlioz )[ 7]
Belmonte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart )
Brian, Two Boys (Nico Muhly )[ 8]
Brighella, Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss ) – Metropolitan Opera debut (2011)[ 9] [ 10]
David, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner )[ 11]
Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni (Mozart)[ 12]
Ferrando, Così fan tutte (Mozart)[ 13]
Jonathan, Saul (Handel )[ 14]
Lysander, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten )[ 15]
Tamino, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
Tom Rakewell, The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky )[ 16]
Recordings
Brian in Nico Muhly 's Two Boys with conductor David Robertson , Metropolitan Opera , released 2013, Nonesuch Records [ 17]
Dear Theo: Three Song Cycles by Ben Moore with Paul Appleby, Susanna Phillips , Brett Polegato ; Brian Zeger, piano; released 2014, Delos Productions [ 18]
The Juilliard Sessions: Paul Appleby; Schubert and Britten Songs, EMI Classics, 2012[ 19]
Mozart: Mass in C minor & Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482 New York Philharmonic Alan Gilbert & Emanuel Ax , New York Philharmonic, 2012[ 20]
DVDs
References
^ "Paul Appleby Schedule" . Operabase . Retrieved January 12, 2023 .
^ Sean Martinfield (November 11, 2015). "In Conversation with Tenor Paul Appleby – A Smart Debut at San Francisco Opera" . The Huffington Post .
^ "Abduction from the Seraglio Marks Levine's Final Performance as Music Director" , WQXR , 6 May 2016
^ "Tenor takes 'mix tape' approach to opera recital at Notre Dame's DeBartolo" . South Bend Tribune . March 17, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
^ "Leonore Annenberg Fellowship" .
^ Gerda Lissner Foundation, 2012 Prize Winners
^ "Calendar: Glyndebourne 2016 Festival" Archived January 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , Glyndebourne (Lewes, UK), August, 2015
^ "Review: Muhly: Two Boys " , Opera News , January 2015.
^ Paul Appleby , Metropolitan Opera
^ "Who Matters Now: A Baker's Dozen of the Season's Rising Stars" by Robert J. Hughes, The New York Observer , 8 March 2011
^ "Review: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg " , Opera News (New York), December 2, 2014
^ "San Diego Opera presents an excellent Don Giovanni " , Opera Today (Omaha, Nebraska), February 24, 2015
^ "Boston Lyric Opera’s Così fan tutte is delightful" , The Boston Globe , March 19, 2013
^ "Saul review – virtuoso, ravishing, one of Glyndebourne's finest shows" , The Guardian (London, UK), August 2015.
^ "A Midsummer Photo Diary" Archived January 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , Wolf Trap (Vienna, Virginia), August 2010.
^ "Review: The Rake's Progress Makes a Brief Visit at the Metropolitan Opera" by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, The New York Times , May 4, 2015
^ Nonesuch Records Official Website, "Two Boys , Metropolitan Opera" , Nonesuch Records , May 12, 2015
^ Delos Productions Official Website, "Dear Theo , Ben Moore" , Delos Productions , 2014
^ iTunes, "The Juilliard Sessions: Paul Appleby; Schubert and Britten Songs , EMI Classics"
^ New York Philharmonic Official Website, "Mozart: Mass in C minor & Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482" , New York Philharmonic
^ The Metropolitan Opera, "The Enchanted Island: Metropolitan Opera Live in HD , Virgin Classics"
External links
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