The Dallas Opera Presents Michael Fabiano In Recital, 1/22

The Robert E. and Jean Ann Titus Art Song Recital Series will feature the magnetic tenor, Michael Fabiano, in an exclusive recital produced by The Dallas Opera. The performance will take place on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in Dallas City Performance Hall (a 749-seat venue located at 2520 Flora Street-across the street from the Winspear Opera House-in the Arts District, Dallas, TX 75201). Additional support for the 2017 recital is provided by Rebecca and Michael Baker. Tickets are now on sale for $15 and $25 and may be purchased at www.dallasopera.org or by contacting the friendly professionals in The Dallas Opera Ticket/Patron Services Office at 214.443.1000.

"Michael Fabiano is one of the most captivating tenors of our day and we are proud to bring this stellar performer to North Texas," stated Dallas Opera's Keith Cerny, the Kern Wildenthal General Director and CEO.

"The Titus family recognizes the importance of presenting uniquely talented singers to our community to enrich our artistic experiences. We are so grateful for their generous support of these important recitals, which offer an intimate setting to appreciate these tremendous talents. This is the fourth in the series which has included tenor Ian Bostridge in 2014, Matthew Polenzani in 2015, and legendary mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade last January," Cerny added.

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Mr. Fabiano is considered one of the greatest tenors in the world today. He recently made his critically-acclaimed debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden where The Sunday Times, U.K. described that he held audiences "spellbound." He is the first singer ever to be awarded the prestigious Beverly Sills Artist Awardand the Richard Tucker Award in the same year, 2014. A member of the Metropolitan Opera Artists' Council, Mr. Fabiano has graced many of the world's most important stages and venues, and performed in many of the leading opera houses. He has recorded extensively, despite his demanding stage schedule, and his role debuts are becoming legendary.

Mr. Fabiano "is increasingly one of the great operatic tenors of our day, diving into both familiar and off-beat repertoire and delivering it with fluency and ringing power. In the absence of an opera house stage, sets or costumes, Fabiano simply conjured up a world of theatrical intensity and let it fly," according to Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco Chronicle regarding a recent concert.

"I've raved before about Michael Fabiano," wrote critic Anne Midgette of The Washington Post earlier this month, "but I don't know that I've ever heard him sing with the clarity and power he brought to the role of Jean (John the Baptist) on Sunday, his sound heroic and translucent, with no evident strain, culminating in a show-stopping performance of his aria."

The Titus Recital will include works by composers Franz Liszt, Henri Duparc, Giacomo Puccini, and Amy Beach, and is a wonderful opportunity to experience this acclaimed 32-year-old star, up close.

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Through the generosity of the Titus Family, ticket prices are $15 or $25. Seating is reserved and tickets will be held at Will Call. $10 Student Tickets are also available with a current Student I.D. Tickets may be purchased by calling the friendly professionals at The Dallas Opera Ticket Services Office or online, 24/7, at www.dallasopera.org/recital/.

"We are thrilled with the caliber of artists that the opera has brought to Dallas for this concert series. Michael Fabiano proves to be another outstanding choice and we are eagerly anticipating this upcoming event. The Dallas Opera continues to uphold its commitment to bring the greatest singers of our time to North Texas audiences-we are so excited to be a part of it!" said Dallas Opera Board Member Sarah Titus.

MICHAEL FABIANO: BIOGRAPHY

Of Michael Fabiano's debut as Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Royal Opera House, The SundayTimes in London wrote: "I can't think of a Lensky at Covent Garden who has held the audience so spellbound in 40 years of Onegin-going... a glorious debut." In the 2016/17 season, Mr. Fabiano made his debuts with the Royal Danish Opera in the Verdi Requiem, and at Houston Grand Opera in the title role of Gounod's Faust; he returned to the San Francisco Symphony for a program of Italian masterworks, and sang the role of Jean in Massenet's rarely performed Hérodiade with Washington Concert Opera. Mr. Fabiano returns to the Metropolitan Opera for performances as Rodolfo in La bohème and Alfredo in La traviata, will be the guest soloist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Grand Finals Concert, and perform in the Met's 50th Anniversary Gala at Lincoln Center. In addition, he sings his first Don José in Carmen at Festival Aix-en-Provence, and will perform a recital tour which will take him to seven cities in North America, including The Dallas Opera.

Last season, he added four new roles to his repertoire: Rodolfo in Luisa Miller, which he performed to open the San Francisco Opera season, Lensky in Eugene Onegin, which marked Mr. Fabiano's Royal Opera debut, the title role in Don Carlo, at San Francisco Opera, and Jacopo in I due Foscari, in concert performances at the Teatro Real. He starred as Rodolfo in a new production of La bohème at the Opernhaus Zurich and performed the Duke in a new production of Rigoletto at the Opéra National de Paris - Opéra Bastille. Mr. Fabiano was also a guest artist on the Opera Gala at the Festival Napa Valley.

During the 2014/15 season, Mr. Fabiano returned to the San Francisco Opera and the Metropolitan Opera for performances as Rodolfo in La bohème, and debuted at Opera Australia in the title role in a new production of Faust; a role he also sang to great acclaim at the Opéra National de Paris - Opéra Bastille, and the Dutch National Opera. He created a sensation at the Metropolitan Opera when he performed Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, replacing an ailing colleague on seven hours' notice and opened the Glyndebourne Festival starring in the title role of Donizetti's rarely-performed Poliuto in the first professionally staged production in the history of the United Kingdom. Mr. Fabiano sang Rodolfo in a special concert performance of La bohème from Maschpark, Hannover, which was televised live throughout Germany over NDR.de, sang at the Richard Tucker Gala at Lincoln Center, and was featured in the Italian-Americans documentary, both of which aired on PBS. Additional performances include the Columbus Day Parade in New York City, and special Christmas Concerts with the Montreal Symphony under the direction of Kent Nagano.

Mr. Fabiano has performed at many of the world's leading opera houses, a list that includes: the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Real, Opéra National de Paris, Dutch National Opera, La Scala, Asociacíon Bilbaina de Amigos de la Ópera, Dresden Semperoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, English National Opera, and the Teatro San Carlo. In addition, he has graced concert stages with some of the world's most acclaimed orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, and the Vienna Symphony.

Mr. Fabiano also can be seen and heard on numerous recordings for prestigious labels including the "Prologue" to Shostakovich's Orango with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen on Deutsche Grammophon. On DVD he performs the title role of Donizetti's Poliuto and Alfredo in La traviata, both from the Glyndebourne Festival on Opus Arte, Cassio in Otello from the Metropolitan Opera on Decca, and Gennaro in Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia from the San Francisco Opera on EuroArts and Naxos of America.

Mr. Fabiano is the recipient of Australia's prestigious Helpmann Award in the "Best Male Performance in an Opera" category, for his portrayal of the title role in Gounod's Faust with Opera Australia.

(Photo Credit: Dallas Opera)

 

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