American tenor, Michael Fabiano is establishing himself as one of the major young talents in the world today. A first-prize winner of the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, he is prominently featured in The Audition, the recently released documentary produced by the Metropolitan Opera about this competition.

In the summer of 2009, Mr. Fabiano made his Naples debut as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly.

 

During the 2009/10 season, he will make his London debut at the English National Opera as the Duke in Rigoletto, his Metropolitan Opera debut in Verdi’s Stiffelio opposite José Cura, and perform La Traviata at the Teatro San Carlo, and L’Elisir d’Amore at the Fort Worth Opera.

 

In the summer of 2008, Mr. Fabiano made his La Scala debut as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi under the direction of Riccardo Chailly. This role also served as his debut at the Greek National Opera along with the title role in Stravinsky’s Maura. He made his debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra as Rodolfo in La Bohème, and with the Minnesota Orchestra as Alfredo in La Traviata under the direction of Andrew Litton.

 

Mr. Fabiano’s 2008/09 season began with his singing Rodolfo in La Bohème to open the 50th Anniversary Season of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. His season continued with a concert performance of Respighi’s La Fiamma at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, presented by the Academy of Vocal Arts, which was followed last spring by their production of Lucia di Lammermoor, marking his first Edgardo.

 

Mr. Fabiano made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2007, as Don Antonio in Donizetti’s Dom Sébastiene with the Opera Orchestra of New York. He also sang Nemorino in L’Elisir D’amore with the New Jersey Opera Theater and was an apprentice artist at the Santa Fe Opera in 2005.

 

At the Academy of Vocal Arts, from which he recently graduated, Mr. Fabiano has performed Lenski in Eugene Onegin, the Duke in Rigoletto, Roberto in Le Villi, Frohin in Das Rheingold, Anatol in Vanessa, and was the tenor soloist in the Rossini Stabat Mater. He is also a graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s degree in Voice. He studies with the eminent voice teacher Bill Schuman.

 

Mr. Fabiano was awarded the Grand Prize from the Gerda Lissner Foundation, is the First Prize winner in the 2008 Opera Index Awards, the First Prize winner of the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the First Place winner in the 2007 Zachary Competition; the recipient of a 2007 George London Foundation Encouragement Award to a Tenor in Memory of James McCracken, a 2007 Sarah Tucker Study Grant, First Prize winner of the 2006 Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation Competition, the José Carreras Prize for the Best Tenor in the 2006 Julián Gayarre Competition in Pomplona, Spain, and the Grand Prize recipient of the 2005 Florida Grand Opera Competition Junior Division.