Donald George was a regular guest at the famous Komische Oper in Berlin
where he sang the leading tenor parts in "Don Giovanni", "Abduction from the
Seraglio", "Czar Saltan", "La Boheme" and "Love for Three Oranges".
Donald George is not only one of the few tenors to have sung in all three of
the Berlin opera houses (Deutsche Oper and Staatsoper) but he has also
sung in other leading opera houses of the world such as the Liceu in
Barcelona, the Chatelet and Bastille in Paris, the State Opera in Hamburg,
the Volksoper and State Opera in Vienna, the Opera of Turin, and Carlo
Felice in Genoa, the Colon in Buenos Aires, the City Opera in Cologne
(singing "Magic Flute" and "Abduction" in the Michael Hampe Mozart cycle
among other pieces), the National Opera in Madrid, the Capitole in Toulouse,
the Opera in Montpellier and Toulon, the Monnaie in Brussels, the Flemish
Opera in Antwerp, the Opera Royal in Liege, Belgium, the Municipal in
Lausanne in Switzerland, San Cailo of Naples, La Fenice of Venice, Teatro
Massimo of Palermo and La Scala of Milano.
Donald George had also sung in a number of internationally renowned
festivals such as the Flanders Festival in the 20th Century piece by the
Belgian composer Andre Laporte "La Morte Chitarre" for solo tenor and
orchestra which was broadcast, the Salzburg Festival and the Blossem
Festival with the Cleveland Orchestra and von Donhnanyi and the London
Proms with the Mecklenburgh Opera, or the Bregence Festival. In the Festival
of European Song in Wilhelmshafen he sang a critically acclaimed recital
based on the texts of Heinrich Heine to the music of Schubert, Schumann,
Franz, and the Mendelsohns, Fanny and Felix. At the Jerusalem Festival
3000 Donald George sang the world premiere of Noam Sheriff's "Psalms of
Jerusalem" which was also broadcast. In the Perth Festival 1997 (Australia)
he sang Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with the Solisti di Praga, with the
Taorrmina Arte Festival (Sicily) with G. Sinopoli he sang Narraboth in Salome.
He performed "Cosi" in the Naples opera singing with Frittoli, Corbelli, De
Carolis. Concert performances of Bersteins "Candide" followed (in the
concert version, which Donald George has already performed with Bernstein
conducting) in Munich's Prinzregenten Theater and Frankfurt's Alte Oper. This
concert series will also be recorded for broadcast and CD. Donald George
made his debut at the Paris Opera Bastille in the role of Andres in "Wozzek"
and the La Scala Milano in the role of Bob Boles in "Peter Grimes".
In 2003-2005 Donald George sang numerous new roles including Hoffmann in
“Tales of Hoffmann,” Florestan in Beethoven's first opera version of
"Leonore," the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's “Rigoletto” and Tom Rakewell in
“The Rake's Progress." In 2005-2006 Donald George sang once again in
Palermo’s famous Teatro Massimo, this time performing the leading role of
the shepherd/god in the seldom performed opera of Karol Szymanowski's
"King Roger," in the production created for Palermo by Yannis Kokkos and
conducted by Jan Latham-Koenig. He also sang the Evangelist in the famous
Bavarian Cloister Andechs in the Christmas Oratorio and the Magnificat of
J.S.Bach during the holiday season. Another highlight of the past season was
his making his debut with the New Israeli Opera in Tel-Aviv. He sang the role
of Tamino in Mozart’s “Magic Flute” in the production of William Kenntridge,
which was a revival of the production from the La Monnaie, Opera Royal of
Brussels. The conductor was Dan Ettinger. He also sang in Turin's acclaimed
production of Billy Budd, which was directed by Davide Livermore and
conducted by Christopher Franklin.
In Europe he sang the title role of “Candide” in the famous production
narrated by the German personality Vicco von Bülow in his persona as
“Loriot” at the State Theater in Munich conducted by David Stahl. Further
engagements included the Lloyd-Weber “Requiem” with the Wuppertal
Sinfonie Orchester and the tenor solo in Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde”
under Maestro Leonid Grin with the State Orchestra of Saarbruecken, which
he wil sing again November 2 & 3 with the Roanoke Symphony. This year
2008 will see Donald singing and giving Masterclasses at the Bach Fest in
Munich-Plannegg, the TOPOpera Fest in Austria, the International Performing
Arts institute by Munich, the Asolos Song Festival (Italy). Donald has also
been named as a Guest Professor by the renowned Shenyang Conservatory
of Music (China). In addition Donald will be singing his successful
Liederabend "The Old Wicked Songs" of Heinrich Heine at Potsdam, the
Univeristy of South Carolina, Macon College, the opening of the West Virginia
Music teachers Conference, the Mozartfest Wuerzburg (Germany) etc.
DONALD GEORGE
Vocal Category: Tenor
Representation: Europe (various)
Schone Mullerin CD
With this recording the American tenor
presents us with a splendid visiting card of
his artistry. He presents this cycle in a fluent
and stylistically balanced interpretation.
Together with Jan Vermeulen on pianoforte
he gives us a completely new version of
Schubert's "Schöne Müllerin". An absolute
must.
Emma Scott, Music Mosaic
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Andres: Opera National de Paris
Bob Boles: La Scala
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