Kenneth Tarver is an American operatic tenor, born in Detroit. He has appeared at some of the world's most prestigious opera houses, such as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Municipal Theatre of Santiago in Chile (as Lindoro in L'Italiana in Algeri [1]), Wiener Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Dresden Semperoper, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Opéra Comique París, Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste, La Monnaie Brussels, Metropolitan Opera, Washington (as Prince Ramiro in La Cenerentola [2]) and Teatro San Carlo Naples.
Recently he sang the role of Orfeo in Joseph Haydn’s L'anima del filosofo at the Budapest Festival, Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orphèe et Euridice at Staatsoper Stuttgart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Idomeneo at La Monnaie and L'infedelta delusa (Haydn) at the Musikverein Vienna. In 2016, Valéry Gergiev records with LSO and LSO Chorus Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette with Kenneth Tarver as tenor.
Selected recordings edit
- Berlioz, Requiem, Seattle Simphony Choral, Seattle Pro Musica, conducted by Ludovic Morlot, Kenneth Tarver, tenor. 2 CD Seattle Symphony Media 2018
- Berlioz, Roméo et Juliette, Mélanie Diener, Denis Sedov, Kenneth Tarver, Thé Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Pierre Boulez. 2 CD DG 2003
- Berlioz, Roméo et Juliette, Olga Borodina, Evgeny Nikitin, Kenneth Tarver, Guildhall School Singers, London Symphony Chorus, LSO, conducted by Valery Gergiev SACD Live LSO 2016
- Berlioz, Beatrice et Bénédict, Enkelejda Shkosa (Béatrice), Kenneth Tarver (Bénédict), Susan Gritton (Héro), Sara Mingardo (Ursule), Laurent Naouri (Claudio), Dean Robinson (Don Pedro), David Wilson-Johnson (Somarone), London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis. LSO Live (2000)
- Berlioz, Les Troyens, Ben Heppner, Peter Mattei, Tigran Martirossian, Stephen Milling, Kenneth Tarver, Toby Spence, Isabelle Cals, Petra Lang, Michelle DeYoung, Sara Mingardo, , London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony chorus, conducted by Colin Davis (Recorded live at the Barbican Hall, December). 4 CD: LSO Live, Cat: LSO0010 (2000)