Opera San José - Former Resident Artist Thomas Truhitte

ARTISTS

Thomas Rolf Truhitte,
Tenor
(1997 - 2001)

During the 2005 - 2006 season, THOMAS TRUHITTE will sing the roles of Don José (Carmen) for Dayton Opera, Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos) for Monte Carlo Opera, and Froh (Das Rheingold) for the Canadian Opera Ring Cycle in the summer of 2006. Recently Mr. Truhitte sang Tristan for Virginia Opera's production of Tristan und Isolde and Don José (Carmen) for Nashville Opera along with former OSJ resident artist Layna Chianakas. Other recent engagements included the role of Froh (Das Rheingold) for the Seattle Opera Ring Cycle. During the 2004 - 2005 season, Mr. Truhitte made his Seattle Opera debut singing Don José (Carmen) in January, and was engaged by Genoa Opera in Italy to sing the title role in Parsifal under the direction of conductor Loren Maazel.

He made his debut with Virginia Opera in fall 2002 as Siegmund in Wagner's Die Walküre. Mr. Truhitte also appeared as Erik in Minnesota Opera's production of Der fliegende Holländer in 2003, appeared in the title role of Wagner's Lohengrin at Spoleto, Italy, where he also sang in concert with Mirella Freni. Other engagements that season included Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) and Florestan (Fidelio) with Virginia Opera and the role of Max in Weber's Der Freischutz in Metz, France.

After his departure from Opera San José in 2001, Mr. Truhitte sang in the Wagner Society of Washington D.C.'s all-Wagner concert in October. In April of 2002, Mr. Truhitte was a featured soloist in the Liederkranz Winners Concert at Hunter College in New York City, and then went onto Washington D.C., to sing in the Evelyn Lear/Thomas Stewart Emerging Singers Program concert at the German Embassy for the Wagner Society. Most recently, Mr. Truhitte received a grant from The Wagner Society of Northern California in San Francisco.

For more information, or to order a copy of Mr. Truhitte's CD, An Die Musik, please visit his website: www.thomasrolftruhitte.com.

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