CHARLES CASTRONOVO

(Tenor)

Born in New York, Charles Castronovo made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera of New York in the role of Beppe (Pagliacci). He soon found himself cast in other roles, including Fenton (Falstaff), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Alfredo Germont (La Traviata), the title role in Faust, Rodolfo (La Bohème), Nadir (Les Pêcheurs de perles), Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), the Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto), Tom Rakewell (The Rake’s Progress), Elvino (La sonnambula), Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor). In 2010, in Los Angeles, he portrayed the title role in Daniel Catán’s opera Il Postino for its creation, alongside Plácido Domingo.
In recent years he has performed the roles of Roméo (Roméo et Juliette) in New York, Don José (Carmen) in Berlin and Chicaco, Faust (La Damnation de Faust) in Salzburg, Nemorino in Chicago, Rodolfo in New York, Berlin and Munich, Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) in Munich, Vienna and Madrid, Alfredo Germont in New York, Don Ottavio in London, Des Grieux (Manon) in Vienna, and Jason (Médée) in Berlin. He performed the role of Riccardo / Gustavo (Un ballo in maschera) in Munich and in New York, the title roles of both Don Carlo in Italian in Munich and Don Carlos in French in Geneva, and the role of Gabriele Adorno (Simon Boccanegra) at the Salzburg Festival, Opéra de Paris and for his debut at la Scala in 2024. He recently had his role debut of Cavaradossi (Tosca) in Munich and released a recording of a world premiere orchestration of Puccini songs, I Canti, with the Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra on BR Klassik label.

Future projects include the release a full recording of Ernani on BR Klassik, a role debut as Max in Der Freischütz with the Kammerakademie Potsdam, the title role of Don Carlos in French at Opéra de Paris and a full recording of Verdi’s Requiem with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.