33 years old, with movie-star good looks, a glamorous tone quality, and the acting chops to match, Jonathan Tetelman has rapidly risen to become a major star of his generation. The Chilean-American tenor was heard last month in Puccini’s La rondine and continues his debut season at the Met in Madama Butterfly. He joins WFMT to discuss being a young lirico-spinto tenor and to share his new album, The Great Puccini. This summer, Tetelman makes his Chicago debut with Opera Festival of Chicago.
Introducing Jonathan Tetelman
Jonathan Tetelman (Photo: Ben Wolf)
Playlist
All selections feature tenor Jonathan Tetelman.
Giacomo Puccini: “Addio, fiorito asil” from Madama Butterfly
Friedrich von Flotow: “M’apparì tutt’amor” from Martha
Francesco Cilea: “La dolcissima effigie” from Adriana Lecouvreur
Umberto Giordano: Come un bel dì di maggio from Andrea Chénier
Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria
Karel Mark Chichon, conductor
Giuseppe Verdi: “Ah sì ben mio…Di quella pira” from Il trovatore
Vida Miknevičiūtė, soprano
José Simerilla Romero, tenor
Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria
Karel Mark Chichon, conductor
Puccini: “Io so che alle sue pene” from Madama Butterfly
Rihab Chaieb, mezzo-soprano
Önay Köse, baritone
PKF – Prague Philharmonia
Carlo Rizzi
Puccini: “Che gelida manina” and “Dunque è proprio finita” from La bohème
Federica Lombardi, soprano
Marina Monzó, soprano
Theodore Platt, baritone
PKF – Prague Philharmonia
Carlo Rizzi
Puccini: “Recondita armonia” and “E lucevan le stelle” from Tosca
Puccini: “Nessun dorma” from Turandot
PKF – Prague Philharmonia
Carlo Rizzi