John Osborn

The multi-award-winning American tenor John Osborn has made an international name for himself in bel canto and French. He has celebrated great successes, among others at the Salzburg Festival, the Arena di Verona, the Paris Opera, the Paris Bastille, the Dutch National Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, the Zurich Opera, the Semper Opera, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Teatro Colón, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Liceu in Barcelona, at the Aalto-Theater in Essen, in Geneva, Frankfurt, Rome, Naples with roles such as, Roméo (Roméo et Juliette), Léopold (La Juive), Raoul (Les Huguenots), Jean de Leyde (Le prophète), Werther, Des Grieux (Manon), Hoffmann, Nadir (Les pêcheurs de perles), Faust (Gounod and Berlioz) Cellini (Benvenuto Cellini). 2020/21 brought John Osborn to Oviedo for performances of I puritani at the Teatro Campoamor, his return to the Gran Teatre del Liceu as Hoffmann in Les contes d'Hoffmann, his debut at the Teatro Real de Madrid as Pollione in Norma, and his return to the Netherlands National Opera in a new production of Die ersten Menschen by Rudi Stephan. This role debut as Chabel was his first attempt in early 20th century German repertoire. He made his debut at the Wienetr Staatsoper in 2008 as Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and has since sung Pollione and most recently (2021) Faust here.
Performances with John Osborn
with John Osborn, Olga Kulchynska, Alex Esposito, Stefan Astakhov
Faust
Cast on Thursday 6. November 2025
Zyklus »Französische Opern«
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Aus der imposanten Weite des französischen Opernrepertoires bietet dieser Zyklus eine Auswahl besonderer Meisterwerke: So gibt es unter anderem Carmen in der international gefeierten Inszenierung von Calixto Bieito über Frank Castorfs spektakuläre Interpretation des Faust-Stoffes bis zum beklemmenden Bekenntnisstück Dialogues des Carmélites aus der Feder Francis Poulenc.
with John Osborn, Olga Kulchynska, Alex Esposito, Stefan Astakhov
Faust
Cast on Sunday 9. November 2025
with John Osborn, Olga Kulchynska, Alex Esposito, Stefan Astakhov
Faust
Cast on Wednesday 12. November 2025
Abo 10
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Saison 2024/2025
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
20. November 2024: MANON
11. Dezember 2024: IL TROVATORE
05. Februar 2025: BALLETT: DORNRÖSCHEN
12. März 2025: NORMA
02. April 2025: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
with John Osborn, Olga Kulchynska, Alex Esposito, Stefan Astakhov
Faust
Cast on Saturday 15. November 2025