Jeff Martin (Tenor)
After completing his studies in Princeton and Cincinnati, Jeff Martin
began his European career in Germany, where he continues to build
an ambitiously varied repertoire. He has performed in many
important opera and concert halls including Staatsoper Stuttgart, Staatsoper
Dresden, Staatsoper Hamburg, Oper Koeln, Opera National du Rhin Strasbourg,
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Notre Dame Paris, Staatstheater Nuernberg,
Theater Dortmund, and Nationaltheater Mannheim. In collaboration with
conductors such as Friedemann Layer, Christoph Prick, John Nelson, Hans
Wallat, Arthur Fagan, Constantinos Carydis, and Daniel Klajner, Jeff Martin has
enjoyed great success with his interpretations of the Mozart roles
Tamino (Die Zauberfloete), Ferrando (Cosi
fan tutte), Ottavio (Don Giovanni),
in addition to Wagner’s Mime and Loge (Der Ring
des Nibelungen), David (Die Meistersinger von
Nuernberg), Lortzing’s Baron Kronthal (Der
Wildschuetz), Strauss’ Herodes (Salome), Berg’s
Hauptman (Wozzeck), and Bach’s Evangelist
(Matthaeus-Passion).
In 2011 he took part
in the Bolshoi Theatre’s production of The Golden Cockerel,
singing the part of the Astrologer (conductor Vassily
Sinaisky, director Kirill Serebrennikov). In 2012 he sang the role
of Valzacchi in a new production of Der
Rosenkavalier (conductor Vassily Sinaisky, director Stephen Lawless ).
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