Born in Canada and raised in New Jersey, the tenor Philippe Castagner joined the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program in 2002 and made his Metropolitan Opera début that season as the First Prisoner in Fidelio

Philippe Castagner Canadian tenor

And, later, as Beppe in Pagliacci. Since then, he has appeared with the New York City, Vancouver and Arizona Opera companies, the New York Philharmonic, St. Louis and Nashville Symphonies, Pittsburgh, Dallas, and American Symphony Orchestras, and the Simón Bolívar Orchestra, and has performed in recital at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, the 92nd Street Y, Washington s Terrace Theater, and Boston’s Gardner Museum. He has worked with many eminent conductors, including Gustavo Dudamel, Claus Petr Flor, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, David Robertson and Michael Tilson Thomas. In 2007 he appeared as Freddy in the New York Philharmonic’s special performance of My Fair Lady featuring Kelsey Grammar, Kelli O’Hara, and Brian Dennehy. Philippe Castagner is a former winner of the Young Concert Artists and Metropolitan Opera competitions.

Philippe Castagner posseses a tenor voice of exceptional quality that he employs with immense taste and musicality.

Philippe Castagner joined the Lindermann Young Artits Program in 2002 and has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera on a regular basis during the past decade.

Engagements

North American operatic engagements include: Beppe (I Pagliacci) at the Metropolitan Opera, Portland Opera and Vancouver Opera; Tamino at Arizona Opera and Vancouver Opera;  Acis at the NYCO; and Madman (Wozzeck) and Solo Quartet (The Enchanted Island) with the Metropolitan Opera.

In 2008, Philippe Castagner made his European opera debut as Ferrando at Bilbao (ABAO).

North American concert engagements include: L’Enfant et les Sortileges; the Messiah, Freddy (My Fair Lady) with the New York Philharmonic; Beethoven Symphony No.9 and Carmen with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Les Troyens (Hylas) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival; Messiah and Die Schone Mullerin at Carnegie Hall; and Beethoven Symphony No.9 with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

European concert engagements include: Berlioz Romeo et Juliette with the Academia Santa Caecilia.

Conductors with whom Philippe Castanger has worked include: William Christie; Gustavo Dudamel; Charles Dutoit; Louis Langree; James Levine; Loren Maazel;  Nicholas McGegan; and Michael Tilson Thomas.

This past season, he returned to The Metropolitan Opera as the Madman in Wozzeck.

Metropolitan Opera

[Met Concert/Gala] CID:350388 National Council Grand Finals Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 04/21/2002 First Appearance: Philippe Castagner, Simon O’Neill, James Valenti

[Met Performance] CID:350403 Fidelio {217} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/16/2002 Debuts: Philippe Castagner, Morris Robinson

[Met Performance] CID:350405 Fidelio {218} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/19/2002

[Met Performance] CID:350415 Fidelio {219} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/23/2002

[Met Performance] CID:350413 Fidelio {220} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/26/2002

[Met Performance] CID:350418 Fidelio {221} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/30/2002

[Met Performance] CID:350420 Fidelio {222} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/03/2002

[Met Performance] CID:350426  Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Fidelio {223} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/07/2002 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:350449 Die Fledermaus {199} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/2002

[Met Performance] CID:350813  Die Frau ohne Schatten {52} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/17/2003 Debut: Julia Juon Review

[Met Performance] CID:350821 Die Frau ohne Schatten {53} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/21/2003

[Met Performance] CID:350948 Die Frau ohne Schatten {54} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/24/2003

[Met Performance] CID:350824 Die Frau ohne Schatten {55} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/29/2003 Debut: Jane Henschel

[Met Performance] CID:350828 Die Frau ohne Schatten {56} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/3/2003 Debuts: Glenn Winslade, Brian Mulligan

[Met Performance] CID:350836 Die Frau ohne Schatten {57} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/6/2003

[Met Performance] CID:350840 Die Frau ohne Schatten {58} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/10/2003

[Met Performance] CID:350844 Die Frau ohne Schatten {59} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/13/2003

[Met Performance] CID:351059  Cavalleria Rusticana {647} Pagliacci {689} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/30/2004 Debut: Daniel Clark Smith

[Met Performance] CID:351064 Cavalleria Rusticana {648} Pagliacci {690} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/3/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351068 Cavalleria Rusticana {649} Pagliacci {691} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/6/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351073 Cavalleria Rusticana {650} Pagliacci {692} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/10/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351075 Cavalleria Rusticana {651} Pagliacci {693} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/13/2004 Debut: Hyung Yun

[Met Performance] CID:353922  Wozzeck {61} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/06/2011 Debuts: Stuart Skelton, John Albert, Jonathan Kelly Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:353929 Wozzeck {62} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/09/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353938 Wozzeck {63} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/13/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353941 Wozzeck {64} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/16/2011 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354269   List of Selections World Premiere The Enchanted Island {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/2011 Debuts: Jeremy Sams, Elliot Madore Broadcast/Streamed Review

[Met Performance] CID:354277 The Enchanted Island {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/04/2012 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354293 The Enchanted Island {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/12/2012 Debut: Jeffrey Mandelbaum Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354297 The Enchanted Island {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/14/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354303 The Enchanted Island {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/17/2012 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:354308  The Enchanted Island {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/21/2012 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:354314 The Enchanted Island {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/25/2012 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354322 The Enchanted Island {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/28/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354323 The Enchanted Island {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/30/2012

[Met Performance] CID:355349 Wozzeck {65} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/06/2014 Debuts: Clive Bayley, Anthony Reznikovsky, Bradley Moore Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:355358 Wozzeck {66} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/10/2014

[Met Performance] CID:355367 Wozzeck {67} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/13/2014

[Met Performance] CID:355371 Wozzeck {68} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/17/2014

[Met Performance] CID:355384 Wozzeck {69} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/22/2014 Broadcast

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