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Program: Giacomo Puccini: Preludio sinfonico as well as arias, overtures and interludes from "Tosca", "Manon Lescaut", "La Rondine", "La fanciulla del West", "Le villi" and "Il tabarro"

Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) is, along with Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), the most famous Italian opera composer. Whether “Tosca”, “La bohème”, “Madame Butterfly” or “Turandot”, they are synonyms for Italian opera par excellence! Why? Because the languishing, wallowing or effervescent sounds of their fateful stories touch us again and again!

In honor of Puccini, whose death marks the 100th anniversary on November 29th, the music festival is celebrating a gala with Jonathan Tetelman: the Chilean-American tenor, who has already shone on stage in roles such as Rodolfo, Cavaradossi and Pinkerton With his current album “The Great Puccini” he is finally recommended as one of the great verismo tenors. His expressive, dark-timbred voice can confidently shape a finely nuanced piano with unheard-of lightness, in order to effortlessly reach top notes and let them flow smoothly in the next moment.

General Music Director Marko Letonja and the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra will passionately support him and conjure up the powerful forces of love, longing and drama - goosebumps guaranteed!

Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra
Jonathan Tetelman Tenor
Marko Letonja Conductor

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KultureBall is our annual gala where celebrity and philanthropy walk hand in hand to promote acceptance, inclusion and raise funds of programs benefiting individuals with invisible disabilities and sensory needs. These programs include first-responder trainings, workplace trainings, making venues more accessible for all, augmentative communication resources, employment opportunities and much more.

The evening combines fundraising, awards and inspiration all to create a once in a lifetime celebration of acceptance and inclusion. Together, we make the nevers possible.

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The FIS will also dedicate a grand lyrical gala to Giacomo Puccini on the centenary of his death. Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky and tenor Jonathan Tetelman will join Riccardo Frizza and the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra to offer arias from Tosca , Manon Lescaut and Turandot .

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The tenor with a passionate, expressive and suggestive voice, after the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Teatro Regio di Torino and the Gran Teatre del Liceu, is giving an all-night solo concert in Hungary for the first time.

Jonathan Tetelman is present on the opera stage as one of the new representatives of powerful lighter-toned tenors. Critics call him "a star in every way", a born talent.

Born in Chile and raised in New Jersey, the tenor performs with world-famous orchestras on the stage of the biggest opera houses and concert halls.

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Festival Napa Valley kicks off its 18th summer season in grand style with a concert featuring a world premiere and three internationally renowned stars. South African soprano Pretty Yende, who sang at the coronation of King Charles III last year, joins tenor Jonathan Tetelman to perform a selection of favorite opera arias and duets under the baton of Maestro Carlo Montanaro. Sol by composer Yang Bao, who captivated audiences at the Festival last summer, opens the program as an Opus One Premiere. 

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In 1899 Giacomo Puccini composed his fifth opera based on a French literary source, in this case the play La Tosca  by Victorien Sardou, a historical piece set in the time of the Napoleonic wars. Puccini’s grandiose orchestral language saw him reach a new pinnacle of artistic expression. This staging of Tosca  is directed by Pier Francesco Maestrini, who has staged more than 100 works for the Japan Opera Foundation in Tokyo. The orchestra will be conducted by Simon Krečič, artistic and musical director of SNG Opera Maribor. The cast of this production by the SNG Maribor Opera includes the tenor Dušan Topolovec, the baritone Sebastijan Čelofiga and the bass Valentin Pivovarov. The main roles will be sung by the soprano Rebeka Lokar, who after studying in her native Maribor perfected her singing technique with the Italian baritone Mauro Augustini and then debuted as Clotilde in Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma  with the SNG Maribor Opera in 2005; the American tenor Jonathan Tetelman, who stunned the audience at last year’s festival in a concert with the baritone Ludovic Tézier and who will come to the Ljubljana performance from the New York Metropolitan Opera; and the Serbian baritone Željko Lučić, who trained with the world-famous mezzo-soprano Biserka Cvejić and has appeared in leading roles in numerous operas by Giuseppe Verdi.

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Experience the magnificence of Puccini’s masterpieces at the Opera Festival of Chicago’s exclusive event, showcasing captivating arias and scenes. Delight in the mesmerizing performances featuring renowned Special Guest Star, Jonathan Tetelman.

Featuring a stellar cast including Eric Dubin, Reuben Lillie, Laura McCauley, Maria Natale, Franco Pomponi, Anthony Reed, Jessica Sandidge, Viktoria Vizen, Benjamin Werley, and Matthew White, alongside the exceptional talents of OFC Emerging Artists Vera Bowser, Aurelien Mangwa, Lauryn Nelson, Jonathan Wilson, and the OFC Young Artists. Don’t miss this unforgettable evening of operatic brilliance!

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The Campoamor Theater will welcome Jonathan Tetelman, who will perform at the festival in a lyrical gala with the soprano María José Moreno. Supported by the Oviedo Filarmomía and Lucas Macías, they will unfold a program made up of preludes, arias, romances and duets from opera and zarzuela.

Oviedo Philharmonic Orchestra
Director Lucas Macías

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Tenor Jonathan Tetelman along with Frédéric Chaslin perform an all new recital not to be missed. More details coming soon!