American tenor John Osborn has gained international acclaim performing with leading theaters around the world including the Opéra National de Paris, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, the Metropolitan Opera, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Royal Opera House, Opernhaus Zürich, Dutch National Opera, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Berlin Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Vienna State Opera, Theater an der Wien, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro Real de Madrid, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Salzburg Festival and many more.
Last season 2023/24 started off with a recorded performance as Jean de Leyde in Meyerbeer’s Le prophète and his debut with Festival Aix-en-Provence. A week later, he filled in for another historical performance as Edgar in the rarely performed French version of Lucie de Lammermoor by Donizetti. Mr. Osborn also performed Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore alongside his wife, Ms. Lynette Tapia as Adina at Castle Braunfels in Germany with Opera Classica Europa. Moving on, he added the role of Polyeucte as his debut in another rarely performed production of Les martyrs by Donizetti at Theater an der Wien, made his debut in concert at Olympia City Music Theatre Maria Callas Athens as Arturo Talbot in I puritani by Bellini, and returned to the Rome Opera as Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore. He returned to Teatro Real de Madrid as the ruthless Duca di Mantua in Verdi’s Rigoletto, made his debut as Arrigo in the Italian version of I vespri siciliani by Verdi at Vienna State Opera, and Tonio in La fille du régiment as his debut at Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania. He continued his season as Arnold Melchtal in Guillaume Tell by Rossini at Vienna State Theater, Elvino in La sonnambula by Bellini at Opera di Roma, and finished the season as Eléazar in a new production of La Juive by Halèvy, and gave a song recital at Oper Frankfurt am Main. Mr. Osborn made his debut in Teatro Campoamor as Arturo Talbot in Bellini’s I puritani.
In this season: Roberto Devereux for Donizetti Opera Festival, Les contes d’Hoffmann at Wiener Staatsoper, Die ersten Menschen at Dutch National Opera, Guillaume Tell at Opéra Royal de Wallonie – Liège, Hamlet at Teatro Regio in Turin, La bohème at Teatro Regio in Parma, Verdi Messa da Requiem with Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti and Don Pasquale at Teatro Bellini in Catania.
A native of Sioux City, Iowa, John Osborn received his Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Simpson College, and graduated as member of the Metropolitan Opera Young Artist Program. Osborn made his European Debut in 1997 in Cologne, Germany as Fenton in Falstaff by Verdi under James Conlon. He has won several prestigious international awards including Operalia 1996, Goffredo Petrassi Award (cultural) 2010, Aureliano Pertile Award (tenor) 2014, Bellini d’Oro (bel canto) 2014, Friends of the Dutch National Opera “Prix d’amis” (best performance)2015, the Friends of Liceu Critical Award (male singer) 2015/16 for his portrayal of Benvenuto Cellini, Friends of the Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia 2021 for Hoffmann, and most recently another Abbiati Award (critics) 2022 for his recording of Robert le diable by Meyerbeer.
November 2024
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