Paul Appleby (born June 29, 1983) is an American operatic tenor.[1] In 2009 he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. In November 2015 he made his debut at the San Francisco Opera as Tamino in Mozart's The Magic Flute.[2] In December 2015 he was the tenor soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and in January 2016 he performed Belmonte in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. He sang Belmonte again at the Metropolitan Opera in May 2016.[3]
Paul Appleby | |
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| Born | June 29, 1983 (age 41) Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Occupation | Opera singer (tenor) |
| Website | paulapplebytenor |
Appleby is a graduate of St. Joseph High School (South Bend, Indiana), and the University of Notre Dame.[4]
Appleby graduated from the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and received the 2012 Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts.
Awards
editRepertoire (selection)
edit- Bénédict, Béatrice et Bénédict (Berlioz)[7]
- Belmonte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart)
- Brian, Two Boys (Nico Muhly)[8]
- Brighella, Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss) – Metropolitan Opera debut (2011)[9][10]
- David, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner)[11]
- Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni (Mozart)[12]
- Ferrando, Così fan tutte (Mozart)[13]
- Jonathan, Saul (Handel)[14]
- Lysander, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)[15]
- Tamino, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
- Tom Rakewell, The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)[16]
Recordings
edit- Brian in Nico Muhly's Two Boys with conductor David Robertson, Metropolitan Opera, released 2013, Nonesuch Records[17]
- Dear Theo: Three Song Cycles by Ben Moore with Paul Appleby, Susanna Phillips, Brett Polegato; Brian Zeger, piano; released 2014, Delos Productions[18]
- The Juilliard Sessions: Paul Appleby; Schubert and Britten Songs, EMI Classics, 2012[19]
- Mozart: Mass in C minor & Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482 New York Philharmonic Alan Gilbert & Emanuel Ax, New York Philharmonic, 2012[20]
DVDs
editReferences
edit- ^ "Paul Appleby Schedule". Operabase. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- ^ Sean Martinfield (November 11, 2015). "In Conversation with Tenor Paul Appleby – A Smart Debut at San Francisco Opera". The Huffington Post.
- ^ "Abduction from the Seraglio Marks Levine's Final Performance as Music Director", WQXR, 6 May 2016
- ^ "Tenor takes 'mix tape' approach to opera recital at Notre Dame's DeBartolo". South Bend Tribune. March 17, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
- ^ "Leonore Annenberg Fellowship".
- ^ Gerda Lissner Foundation, 2012 Prize Winners
- ^ "Calendar: Glyndebourne 2016 Festival" Archived January 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Glyndebourne (Lewes, UK), August, 2015
- ^ "Review: Muhly: Two Boys", Opera News, January 2015.
- ^ Paul Appleby, Metropolitan Opera
- ^ "Who Matters Now: A Baker's Dozen of the Season's Rising Stars" by Robert J. Hughes, The New York Observer, 8 March 2011
- ^ "Review: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", Opera News (New York), December 2, 2014
- ^ "San Diego Opera presents an excellent Don Giovanni", Opera Today (Omaha, Nebraska), February 24, 2015
- ^ "Boston Lyric Opera’s Così fan tutte is delightful", The Boston Globe, March 19, 2013
- ^ "Saul review – virtuoso, ravishing, one of Glyndebourne's finest shows", The Guardian (London, UK), August 2015.
- ^ "A Midsummer Photo Diary" Archived January 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Wolf Trap (Vienna, Virginia), August 2010.
- ^ "Review: The Rake's Progress Makes a Brief Visit at the Metropolitan Opera" by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, The New York Times, May 4, 2015
- ^ Nonesuch Records Official Website, "Two Boys, Metropolitan Opera", Nonesuch Records, May 12, 2015
- ^ Delos Productions Official Website, "Dear Theo, Ben Moore", Delos Productions, 2014
- ^ iTunes, "The Juilliard Sessions: Paul Appleby; Schubert and Britten Songs, EMI Classics"
- ^ New York Philharmonic Official Website, "Mozart: Mass in C minor & Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482", New York Philharmonic
- ^ The Metropolitan Opera, "The Enchanted Island: Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, Virgin Classics"
