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John Bellemer, Tenor (1994 - 1997)

During the 2005 - 2006 season, JOHN BELLEMER will perform the role of Ernesto (Don Pasquale) at Palm Beach Opera, the role of Toni in the Italian premier of Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers, and Andres (Wozzeck) for L'opera de Nancy et de Lorraine (2006). Recent engagements during the 2005 - 2006 season included the Duke (Rigoletto) for Opera Theater Saint Louis (2005), Don José (Carmen) with New York City Opera (2005), gala concerts with Arizona Opera (2005), Nemorino (L'elisir d'amore) for Berkshire Opera, Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) for Nevada Opera, the Duke (Rigoletto) for Shreveport Opera, Macduff (Macbeth) for L' Opéra de Bordeaux and Romeo (Romeo et Juliette) for Opera Ontario.

 

Other season highlights included his performance as Don José (Carmen)  for Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and the Younger Seaman (Tristan und Isolde) at the Opéra de Nancy et de Lorraine. He also appeared as Rodolfo (La bohème) with Idée Fixe, appeared as Ottavio (Don Giovanni) with L'opera royal de Wallonie, and gave his first European Pinkerton performances at L'Opéra de Rennes production of Madama Butterfly in spring 2004. Mr. Bellemer returned to Opera San José in fall 2004 to perform at the inaugural galas for the opening of the 2004 - 2005 season in the California Theatre.

 

Other recent engagements included Ferrando (Così fan tutte) in Bordeaux, the Steersman (Der Fliegende Holländer) under the direction of famed film director Werner Herzog, and appearances with both the Opera Theatre of St. Louis and Boston Lyric Opera as Don José in Carmen.  Other engagements included Alfredo (La Traviata) for Calgary Opera, Berkshire Opera, and Cleveland Opera, and Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) for Teatro Lirico di Cagliari.  For Arizona Opera, he appeared as Alfredo (La Traviata) and Nadir (Les Pêcheurs de perles).

 

In the summer of 2000, Mr. Bellemer reunited with former Opera San José resident company member Cynthia Clayton in Belgium's Idée Fixe company for a performance of La traviata.  Other 2000 performances included his debuts with Minnesota Opera and Palm Beach Opera as Count Almaviva, Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore with Festival Opera of Walnut Creek, Count Almaviva with Hawaii Opera Theatre, and his debut with Opera Theatre of St. Louis as Alfredo in La traviata.  He also debuted with the Dayton Opera as Don Ottavio and appeared with Kent Nagano and the Berkeley Symphony as Zen in the West Coast premiere of Elliott Carter's What Next?, and appeared as the Duke in Rigoletto for Pensacola Opera. For Idée Fixe, Mr. Bellemer appeared as Don José (Carmen) in 2000 and the Duke (Rigoletto) in 2001.

 

After his residency with Opera San José, Mr. Bellemer appeared with Teatro Lirico Cagliari in Sardegna as the Romeo character Sali in Delius' A Village Romeo and Juliet.  Previous to these performances, Mr. Bellemer was in Giessen, Germany, performing Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia.  He appeared with L'opera Rouen as the soloist in Britten's Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings.  Earlier in the season, he debuted with with the Austin Lyric Opera and Arizona Opera in the title role of Faust and the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, respectively. 

 

 

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