Neil Rosenshein

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Neil Rosenshein (born November 27, 1947, in New York City) is an American operatic tenor, who sang leading tenor roles in the major American and European opera houses. He created the roles of Aspern in Dominick Argento's The Aspern Papers and Léon in Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles.

Biography

Following studies in his native city, he made his debut as Count Almaviva in

New Israeli Opera. In 1992, he appeared in Luca Ronconi's production of La damnation de Faust in Turin. He also sang with many of the great orchestras, under Leonard Bernstein, Sir Colin Davis, Seiji Ozawa, James Levine, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and Riccardo Muti.[2]

Rosenshein made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1987, as Alfredo Germont in La traviata, opposite Diana Soviero and Sherrill Milnes, conducted by Thomas Fulton. He was also seen there in Die Fledermaus (as Alfred, conducted by Julius Rudel), Salome (as Narraboth), Werther, Faust (with Soviero and James Morris, later Samuel Ramey), the world premiere of The Ghosts of Versailles (with Teresa Stratas, Gino Quilico, and Marilyn Horne), La traviata (conducted by Plácido Domingo), Rusalka (as the Prince), Peter Grimes (conducted by James Conlon), and Die Fledermaus (now as Eisenstein), which was his last performance with the company, in 1999.[3]

Rosenshein's recordings include Bernstein's

Die Schöpfung, and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin (with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Thomas Hampson, with Nicolai Gedda as M. Triquet, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, 1992). As of 1997, he is on the voice faculty of the Manhattan School of Music. He previously served on the faculty at DePaul University.[4]

Videography

References

  1. ^ Holland, Bernard, "In Dallas, a Turn on James's Aspern Papers", The New York Times (November 21, 1988)
  2. ISBN 0-02-865571-0
  3. ^ "Performances of Neil Rosenshein". Metropolitan Opera Archives. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "Renowned Pianist, Three CSO Principal Woodwind Musicians and MET Opera Tenor Join DePaul Music School Faculty". DePaul University Newsroom Archives. September 5, 2001. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  5. IMDb Edit this at Wikidata

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