Howard Haskin was born in Kansas City and educated at Wichita State

University, Indiana University, Bloomington and the Zurich Opera Studio, to

which he won a scholarship.  He became a member of the Zurich Opera

company and made his operatic debut as Sportin' Life in Porgy and Bess and

Ernesto in Don Pasquale.

Now resident in Paris, Howard Haskin’s extensive international career has

taken him to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Paris/King Priam;

Sportin’ Life/Porgy & Bess), Scottish Opera, English National Opera, De

Nederlandse Opera (Orphée/Orphée et Eurydice; Vova/Life with an Idiot

(World Première)), Opéra de Lyon (Jason/Médée; Tenor Solo/Das Lied von

der Erde; Bacchus/Ariadne auf Naxos), Opéra de Marseille (Bacchus/Ariadne

auf Naxos), Opéra de Nice (Otello), the Royal Albert Hall

(Cavaradossi/Tosca), the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris (Bacchus/Ariadne auf

Naxos), the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo (Samson/Samson et Dalila) and

the Teatro Real Madrid.

Howard Haskin has also performed at the Wexford, Glyndebourne, Orange

and Bregenz Festivals.

Howard Haskin made his Carnegie Hall debut singing the role of Il

Carceriere/Il Grande Inquisitore in Il Prigioniero with the Orchestre

Symphonique de Montréal conducted by Charles Dutoit. His long association

with M Dutoit includes performances with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in

Tokyo, Canto Olympico/Antigone at the Avery Fisher Hall, New York, and

Oedipus Rex in Montréal.

On the concert platform, Howard Haskin has performed Beethoven's Ninth

Symphony with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Madrid National

Symphony, Das Lied von der Erde with the Budapest Festival Orchestra,

Haifa Symphony Orchestra, and Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and  Il

Prigioniero with the VARA (Netherlands) Radio Orchestra, Swedish Radio

Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Symphonique de

Montréal and the NHK (Japan) Symphony Orchestra.

Recent engagements include Das Lied von der Erde at the Tonhalle Zürich, a

series of concerts with the Minnesota Orchestra, Shabby Peasant (Lady

Macbeth of Mtsensk) with the San Francisco Opera; Volo di Notte by Luigi

Dallapiccola (Pellerin; role debut) ) and Il Prigionieroby Luigi Dallapiccola (Il

Carceriere/Il Grande Inquisitore) with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

 

HOWARD HASKIN

Vocal Category: Tenor

Representation: Europe (various)

Samson et Dalila, Sao Paulo Brazil

‘An eloquent hero, Howard Haskin

possesses an imposing dramatic tenor voice:

powerful and full-bodied with a beautiful

timbre and easy high notes.’

Lauro Machado Coelho, O Estado de

São Paulo

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Career Highlights

Paris: Covent Garden

Jason: Covent Garden/Lyon

Bachus: Lyon/Marseille/Chatelet

Sportin’ Life: Covent Garden/Madrid

Otello: Opera de Nice

Cavaradossi: Royal Albert Hall

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