2008-2009 Season

Jonathan Carle

JONATHAN CARLE

Baritone Jonathan Carle has performed with some of North America’s leading regional opera companies, such as Glimmerglass Opera and the Minnesota Opera, building a comprehensive repertoire of some twenty leading roles. Mr. Carle’s resume includes the title roles in Don Giovanni, Barbiere di Siviglia, Nixon in China as well as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Dr. Miracle in Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Ford in Falstaff, Frank in Die Fledermaus, Escamillo in Carmen , Janusz in Halka, Filippo in Beatrice di Tenda, Count di Luna in Trovatore, Silvio in Pagliacci, and Seid in Corsaro.

Equally at home in oratorio, Mr. Carle’s solo concert credits are Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Brahms and Mozart Requiems, Handel’s Messiah, Vaughan William’s Five Mystical Songs and Hodie, Berlioz’s L’enfance du Christ, Bach and Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorios,and Orff’s Carmina Burana. As a recitalist, Mr. Carle has performed for Glimmerglass Opera, Radio Canada and the Resident Artist series at the Minnesota Institute of Art. His song repertoire covers the Renaissance to contemporary works, including world premieres.