Adam Diegel has established international notoriety for an impassioned dramatic sense, powerful voice, and for his classic leading looks in the lyric tenor repertoire.

Adam Diegel American tenor

Mr. Diegel’s 2014-15 season includes significant debuts at Seattle Opera in Tosca under the baton of Julian Kovatchev. And one of his signature roles Lieutenant Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly for Atlanta Opera, led by musical director Arthur Fagen.  Perth International Arts Festival led by David Parry.

Performances of the past season includes a return to the Metropolitan Opera as BF Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly Opera Philadelphia in the Company’s new production of Nabucco. Debut at Vancouver Opera as Cavaradossi in Tosca.

Adam Diegel’s Metropolitan Opera debut came in 2010 as Froh in the Robert Lepage new production of Das Rheingold conducted by James Levine. Arole he repeated for the Met under the direction of Fabio Luisi. Other Metropolitan Opera roles have included Pinkerton conducted by Plácido Domingo and Ismaele in Nabucco led by Paolo Carignani.

Highlights of recent seasons also include performances of Don Jose at Opera Australia’s Handa Opera on Sydney Harour,. Don Jose in Carmen at the English National Opera. Madama Butterfly with the Lithuanian National Opera. Tosca at the Glimmerglass Festival and Arizona Opera. Madama Butterfly at Fort Worth Opera, Arizona Opera, PORTOpera, and Kentucky Opera. Carmen with the Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Florida Grand Opera, and Madison Opera. As well as La bohème with Opera Omaha and Minnesota Opera.

On European opera stages, he has bowed in Adriana Lecouvreur at the National Theatre of Hungary, followed by a re-engagement with the company in Tosca. Madama Butterfly at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, and David Alden’s new production of Luisa Miller for the Opéra de Lyon conducted by Kazushi Ono.

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Adam Diegel received his formal musical training at Yale University and is a graduate of the University of Memphis, where he studied Philosophy and Theology. Mr. Diegel worked in the corporate sector for a leading international investment firm before he began his operatic career.

Experienced performance

Metropolitan Opera

[Met Performance] CID:353563  New Production Das Rheingold {156} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/27/2010 Opening Night {126} Peter Gelb, General Manager Debuts: Adam Diegel, François St-Aubin, Etienne Boucher Broadcast/Streamed/Times Squarecast/Plazacast

[Met Performance] CID:353570 Das Rheingold {157} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/30/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353573 Das Rheingold {158} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/04/2010 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353588 Das Rheingold {159} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/09/2010 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:353909 Das Rheingold {160} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/30/2011 Debut: Arnold Bezuyen

[Met Performance] CID:353914 Das Rheingold {161} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/02/2011 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354136 Nabucco {54} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/05/2011 Debut: Dmitry Belosselskiy

[Met Performance] CID:354146 Nabucco {55} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/09/2011 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354152 Nabucco {56} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/12/2011

[Met Performance] CID:354365 Madama Butterfly {838} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/17/2012 Debut: Laurent Naouri

[Met Performance] CID:354374 Madama Butterfly {839} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/22/2012 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:354408 Madama Butterfly {842} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/08/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354455  Das Rheingold {162} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/04/2012 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:354462 Das Rheingold {163} Ring Cycle [109] Uncut Metropolitan Opera House; 04/07/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354498 Das Rheingold {164} Ring Cycle [110] Uncut Metropolitan Opera House; 04/26/2012 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354517 Das Rheingold {165} Ring Cycle [111] Uncut Metropolitan Opera House; 05/05/2012

[Met Performance] CID:355294 Madama Butterfly {848} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/07/2014

[Met Performance] CID:355445 Madama Butterfly {853} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/19/2014

[Met Performance] CID:356576 Nabucco {62} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/27/2016 Debut: Tatiana Melnychenko

[Met Performance] CID:356744 New Production Norma {157} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/25/2017 Opening Night {133} Peter Gelb General Manager Debuts: Christopher Reynolds, John Reynolds Broadcast/Streamed/Times Squarecast

[Met Performance] CID:356743 Norma {158} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/28/2017 Debuts: Gavin Kline, Hunter Kline

[Met Performance] CID:356748 Norma {159} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/03/2017 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:356752  Norma {160} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/07/2017 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:356756 Norma {161} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/11/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356761 Norma {162} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/16/2017 Debut: Vazgen Gazaryan

[Met Performance] CID:356890 Norma {163} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/20/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356765 Norma {164} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/01/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356812 Norma {165} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/05/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356815 Norma {166} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/08/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356818 Norma {167} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356822  Norma {168} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/16/2017 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:357172  Das Rheingold {169} Ring Cycle [115] Uncut Metropolitan Opera House; 03/09/2019 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:357178 Das Rheingold {170} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/14/2019 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:357222 Das Rheingold {171} Der Ring des Nibelungen: Cycle [116] Uncut Metropolitan Opera House; 04/29/2019

[Met Performance] CID:357229 Das Rheingold {172} Der Ring des Nibelungen: Cycle [117] Uncut Metropolitan Opera House; 05/06/2019

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