Charles Castronovo
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Charles Castronovo (b. June 19, 1975), is an American tenor. He is currently in demand internationally as an opera singer. Castronovo was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Southern California. He attended California State University, Fullerton for undergraduate studies in classical voice.[1] During his time at the university, his talent came to the attention of the chorusmaster of the Los Angeles Opera who promptly hired him as a chorister.[2]
[edit] Career
He began his professional career as a resident artist with the Los Angeles Opera, and later joined the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.[3] After garnering much experience at the Metropolitan Opera, a series of significant role debuts soon followed such as "Don Ottavio" (Don Giovanni), "Ernesto" (Don Pasquale), "Fenton" (Falstaff), "Ferrando" in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, "Tamino" (Die Zauberflöte) and "Alfredo" in Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata.
He has sung at many of the world's leading opera houses such as: The Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Staatsoper Berlin, Vienna State Opera, San Francisco Opera, Salzburg Festival and Santa Fe Opera.
The 2006-07 season marked a series of role debuts such as "Rodolfo" in La bohème, "Nadir" (Les pêcheurs de perles), the "Duke" in Verdi's Rigoletto, "Tom Rakewell" (The Rake's Progress) and "Mylio" in Edouard Lalo's Le roi d'Ys.
[edit] Recordings
• Leoncavallo: Pagliacci CD (2000), Decca Records label [4]
• Rossini: Stabat Mater CD (2001), Opus 111 Records label
• 10th Annual Opera Gala CD (2004), RCA Red Seal Records label
• Berlin Opera Night: in support of the German AIDS Foundation DVD (2004), EuroArts label [5]
• Mozart: La clemenza di Tito CD (2006), RCA Red Seal Records label [6]
• Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail DVD (2007), Decca Records [7]
