Jonathan Tetelman

Chilean-born American operatic tenor (born 1988)

Jonathan Tetelman

2023

Born| 1988 (age 36-37)

Castro, Chile

Alma mater|

* Manhattan School of Music
* Mannes School of Music

Occupation| Operatic tenor
Musical career
Labels| Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Classics

Musical artist

Website| www.jonathantetelman.com

Jonathan Tetelman (born 1988) is an American operatic tenor who has established an international career, especially in Europe, in such roles as Alfredo in Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata, the title role in Jules Massenets Werther, Rodolfo in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, Cavaradosi in Tosca, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly and Loris Ipanov in Umberto Giordano's Fedora (opera).

## Career

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Tetelman was born in Castro, Chile. He was adopted as a baby and grew up in Princeton, New Jersey.[1] He studied at the Manhattan School of Music in New York as a baritone before further study at the Mannes School of Music where he made the transition to tenor.[1][2]

He appeared as Rodolfo at the Komische Oper Berlin, the English National Opera and the Royal Opera House and as Cavaradossi at the Teatro Regio in Turin, the Opéra de Lille, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Semperoper in Dresden and Deutsche Oper Berlin.[1][3] He also appeared as Alfredo at the Royal Opera House,[1][3] as Pinkerton at the Opéra Comédie in Montpellier, and as Werther at the Teatro Solís in Montevideo.[3] After singing the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto at Oper Frankfurt, he was invited back in 2022 to perform Loris Ipanov alongside Nadja Stefanoff in the title role of Fedora,[4][5] leading the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung to describe his voice as "of intense, inescapable euphony, warmly grounded, full-bodied, yet admirably elegant and supple".[6] Another critic called him "ideal" for the role.[5]

Tetelman's concert repertory includes Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which he has sung with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Verdi's Requiem and Edward Elgars The Dream of Gerontius.[3]

In 2021 he signed an exclusive artist contract with Deutsche Grammophon.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Deutsche Grammophon Signs Tenor Jonathan Tetelman". Deutsche Grammophon. 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
2. ^ "Jonathan Tetelman / Solist (Gast)" (in German). Semperoper. 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
3. ^ a b c d "Jonathan Tetelman". Royal Opera House. 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
4. ^ "Jonathan Tetelman". Oper Frankfurt. 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
5. ^ a b Molke, Thomas (3 April 2022). "Fedora". Online Musik Magazin (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
6. ^ Brachmann, Jan (19 April 2022). "Unentrinnbarer Wohlklang". FAZ (in German). Retrieved 3 May 2022.

## External links

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* Official website
* Jonathan Tetelman in operabase.com

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

Artists|

* MusicBrainz