Jonathan Tetelman has rapidly established himself as a major star of his generation. Praised by critics for his “golden tone, with liquid phrasing, tenderness and ardour in equal measure” (Gramophone) and his “voice [that] has all the Italianate ardour (…) without compromising on elegance or finesse” (Financial Times), the Chilean-born and New Jersey-raised tenor continues to thrill on the world’s greatest stages.
Jonathan Tetelman has rapidly established himself as a major star of his generation. Praised by critics for his “golden tone, with liquid phrasing, tenderness and ardour in equal measure” (Gramophone) and his “voice [that] has all the Italianate ardour (…) without compromising on elegance or finesse” (Financial Times), the Chilean-born and New Jersey-raised tenor continues to thrill on the world’s greatest stages.
In the 2024/25 season Jonathan Tetelman makes his highly anticipated house debut at Vienna State Opera as Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana conducted by Nicola Luisotti. He also makes his first appearance at Los Angeles Opera as Pinkerton in Mario Gas’s production of Madama Butterfly. He can later be heard in this role under the baton of Kirill Petrenko at the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus and in concert performances at the Berlin Philharmonie. The tenor returns to the Deutsche Oper Berlin in the title roles of Don Carlo and Werther and to Ópera de Las Palmas as Luigi in Il tabarro and as Roberto in Le Villi. Tetelman makes his debut with Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in concert performances of Tosca conducted by Daniel Harding. Other highlights include his return to San Francisco Opera as Don José in Carmen and to Munich as Macduff in Martin Kušej’s production of Macbeth.
Tetelman’s concert season includes his debut with the legendary Christmas in Vienna concert series with ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien and a New Year’s concert in Gstaad. He returns to Gstaad to sing Verdi’s Requiem conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and presents solo concerts in Munich, Prague, Frankfurt and at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.
In the 2023/24 season, Tetelman made his anticipated Metropolitan Opera debut as Ruggero in in La rondine under the baton of Speranza Scappucci, followed closely by appearances as Pinkerton in the Met’s iconic Madama Butterfly production. Pinkerton was also the vehicle for his debut with Teatro Massimo in Palermo, and a return to Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he also made his role debut as Luigi (Il tabarro) in Pınar Karabulut’s new production of Puccini’s Il trittico. Further operatic highlights of the season included a return to the title role of Werther for the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden in a new production by Robert Carsen, and a special one-night-only performance of Rodolfo in La bohème at Theater Dortmund.
On the concert stage, Tetelman presented his solo Puccini program in Budapest and Bremen and sang a Puccini evening with the Prague Philharmonia at Dvořák Hall in the Rudolfinum. He performed New Year’s concerts with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon and the Borusan Festival in Istanbul and portrayed Cavaradossi at the concert performance of Tosca at the Ljubljana Festival. The tenor sang solo recitals in Gstaad and Ubeda and was heard as soloist at galas at the Berlin Konzerthaus concerts with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, at Shenzhen Concert Hall, at Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo and at the Festival Napa Valley.
After completing his performance studies program at The New School of Music, Mannes College and earning his undergraduate degree from Manhattan School of Music, Jonathan Tetelman made a series of acclaimed house and role debuts in rapid succession. Since then, he has performed in top houses with a wide repertoire including Alfredo in La traviata at Covent Garden and San Francisco Opera; Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Opéra de Lille, Theater an der Wien, Teatro Regio Torino, and Houston Grand Opera; La bohème with Covent Garden, Komische Oper Berlin, English National Opera, Fujian Grand Theatre in China, Opera di Roma, and Semperoper Dresden; Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Opéra national de Montpellier, Dresden Semperoper and Deutsche Oper Berlin; Werther with both the Gran Teatro Nacional de Lima and Opera del Teatro Solis in Montevideo; the Duke in Rigoletto with the Berkshire Opera Festival; Macduff in Verdi’s Macbeth at the Salzburg Festival as well as I due Foscari, Stiffelio, Fedora, and Canio in Pagliacci, among others.
Tetelman’s concert appearances included a tour in Austria, Spain and Latvia alongside Elīna Garanča and maestro Karel Mark Chichon. Tetelman took on the role of Don José in Carmen in further collaboration with Garanča on tour through Eastern Europe. He saw performances at Festival Napa Valley, at the Tivoli Festival in Copenhagen, joined soprano Angela Gheorghiu for concerts in Brussels and Paris, among others. The tenor also joined soprano Kristine Opolais for Gala performances in Moscow and with the Wurth Philharmoniker in Künzelsau, Germany. He sang a Verdi Gala with the Copenhagen Philharmonic, was the soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood under Andris Nelsons, and was twice heard in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 first with the San Francisco Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas and subsequently with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, led by Dan Ettinger.
Jonathan Tetelman recently signed an exclusive multi-album contract with Deutsche Grammophon. Together with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria and its principal conductor Karel Mark Chichon, he recorded his first album, entitled “Arias”, with music by Verdi and famous Verismo composers, a selection from the lyrical French repertoire, and duets with the Lithuanian soprano Vida Miknevičiûtė. It was released on August 12, 2022. His highly anticipated second album “The Great Puccini” released by Deutsche Grammophon in 2023. The album features excerpts from nine of Puccini’s operas, including famous arias such as “Nessun dorma”, “Che gelida manina”, and “È lucevan le stelle”. Among myriad standout moments of Jonathan Tetelman’s season, his album “Arias,” soared to a triumphant achievement: the esteemed Opus Klassik award honored him as the Young Artist of the Year 2023.
© CSAM GmbH, August 2024
