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Back in 2018 when Jonathan Tetelman made a surprise debut at the Tanglewood Festival, OperaWire wrote “we’ll all be hearing a lot more about him, and soon.” The tenor showed promise and immediately became a major tenor on the rise.

Two years later, Tetelman has fulfilled that promise bringing his career to an international level with major debuts at the Semperoper Dresden, Gran Teatre del Liceu, English National Opera, and Teatro Regio di Torino, among others.

And this week Tetelman makes yet another debut as the tenor is set to make his Royal Opera House debut performing in two productions.

Originally only set for “La Bohème,” Tetelman will make his house debut earlier than expected in Verdi’s “La Traviata.” With “La Traviata,” the American tenor will take over three performances, while also singing his first Alfredo interpretation. This will also mark his first Verdi role since taking on the Duke in “Rigoletto” at the Berkshire Opera Festival.

As for “La Bohème” he will sing the final three performances as Rodolfo, a role he has sung at the Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Komische Oper Berlin, and Tanglewood. Of his Rodolfo, OperaWire called his voice “thrilling,” “assured” and “clear.”

After his two runs in London, Tetelman will sing at the Semperoper Dresden and Teatro Regio di Torino taking on “La Bohème.” He will also make his Seattle Opera and Teatro Colón debuts.

Recordings 

While Tetelman does not have any commercial recordings there are a number of videos of the singer.

Here he is singing “Che Gelida Manina” from “La Bohème.”

Here he is singing “Vittoria Vittoria” from ‘Tosca.”