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Paul Appleby (tenor)
American operatic tenor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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.
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Awards
Repertoire (selection)
- 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]
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Recordings
- 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]
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