A Christmas to Remember

Regarded as one of the most accomplished singers on the international opera stage today, the American tenor Gregory Kunde appears regularly at the most prestigious opera houses around the world, working with conductors and orchestras of the highest caliber.

Highlights of the 2023/24 season include his much-anticipated stage debut in the title role of Britten Peter Grimes at the Hamburg State Opera, Calaf in Puccini Turandot at the Opéra national de Paris and the Staatsoper Hamburg, Eléazar in Halévy La Juive for the Teatro Regio di Torino and the title role in Verdi Otello at the Semperoper Dresden, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Municipale di Piacenza and Teatro Comunale di Modena.

Greatly renowned for his interpretation of the title role in Verdi Otello, Kunde has performed this role to critical acclaim at the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Opéra national de Paris, Gran Teatre del Liceu and Opéra de Monte-Carlo, and in several theaters throughout Japan. Other recent highlights include his role debut as Florestan in Beethoven Fidelio at the Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur, Don Alvaro in Verdi La forza del destino for the Verdi Festival, Teatro Regio di Parma and the Semperoper Dresden, Canio in Leoncavallo Pagliacci for the Teatro Regio di Parma, the title role in Giordano Andrea Chènier for Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Radames in Verdi Aida and Cavaradossi in Puccini Tosca for the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Manrico in Verdi Il trovatore for LA Opera, Calaf in Turandot for the Staatsoper Hamburg, Gran Teatre del Liceu and Teatro Real, Madrid, Énée in Berlioz Les Troyens for the Bayerische Staatsoper, Jean de Leyden in Meyerbeer Le prophète at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the title role in Verdi Don Carlos for Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Samson in Saint-Saëns Samson et Dalila at the Metropolitan Opera, the title role in Andrea Chénier and Radames in Aida at the Wiener Staatsoper, Radames in Aida at the Teatro Real, Madrid, and a return to the podium to conduct Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Teatro La Fenice.