Biography
Tenor John Zuckerman began his career primarily as a bel canto specialist, making his early and important debuts in that high-lying, virtuosic repertoire, including roles in Rossini&rsquos Cenerentola, The Barber of Seville , La Scala di Seta, Il Viaggio a Reims, and Otello, Bellini’s Puritani, and Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, The Elixir of Love, and the Daughter of the Regiment. Since coming to Austria and Germany, his repertoire has greatly expanded, from the early-Baroque to pieces premiered just in the last five years, representing a range of composers from Monteverdi to Turnage and Vivaldi to Wagner. His 2012 debut as Arnold in Rossini’s William Tell earned praised from Opernglas: “John Zuckerman sang the role of Arnold Melchtal credibly and confidently, with slender, elegant
Performance credits
Past performances 2001 — Yesterday
Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride), Smetana
Theater AachenPrincipál komediantů (Principal of comedians)
View cast and crewTannhäuser, Wagner, Richard
Theater AachenHeinrich der Schreiber (Heinrich the scribe)
View cast and crewDie Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), Mozart
Theater DortmundPedrillo
View cast and crewFeatured past performances
Tannhäuser, Wagner, Richard
Theater AachenHeinrich der Schreiber (Heinrich the scribe)
View cast and crew
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), Mozart
Theater DortmundPedrillo
View cast and crew
Biography
Tenor John Zuckerman began his career primarily as a bel canto specialist, making his early and important debuts in that high-lying, virtuosic repertoire, including roles in Rossini&rsquos Cenerentola, The Barber of Seville , La Scala di Seta, Il Viaggio a Reims, and Otello, Bellini’s Puritani, and Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, The Elixir of Love, and the Daughter of the Regiment. Since coming to Austria and Germany, his repertoire has greatly expanded, from the early-Baroque to pieces premiered just in the last five years, representing a range of composers from Monteverdi to Turnage and Vivaldi to Wagner. His 2012 debut as Arnold in Rossini’s William Tell earned praised from Opernglas: “John Zuckerman sang the role of Arnold Melchtal credibly and confidently, with slender, elegant
