Jason Sarten returns to Opera San José during the 2006 - 2007 season as
Count Capulet (Roméo et Juliette), Fiorello (Il barbiere di
Siviglia), the Marquis (La traviata), and Prince Yamadori (Madama
Butterfly). Mr. Sarten made his company debut last season as Benoit/Alcindoro in La
bohème. Recent roles performed include
Count Almaviva and Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Papageno (Die
Zauberflöte), Dr. Falke (Die Fledermas), Dandini (La
Cenerentola), Valentin (Faust) and Marcello (la bohème)
with companies including West Bay Opera, Berkeley Opera, Lamplighters
Music Theatre, Opera Ft. Collins, Donald Pippen's Pocket Opera, Abilene
Opera Association, Cinnabar Opera and Bay Shore Lyric Opera.
On the concert stage, Mr. Sarten has
performed as soloist in the requiem masses of Mozart, Faure and
Durufle, Handel's Messiah, Vaughan William's Five Mystical
Songs, Orff's Carmina Burana and Beethoven's Ninth
Symphony.
OTher recent performances include Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony and Choral Fantasie with the San Francisco
Music Center, the role of Watchful the Porter in the West Coast premiere
of Vaughn William's The Pilgrim's Progress for Trinity Lyric
Opera, and Whazir (Kismet) for Long Leaf Opera of North Carolina. |