Gennard Lombardozzi
Tenor, Gennard Lombardozzi, is rising to the forefront of young professional artists. His honest characterizations combine with a warm and agile instrument to deliver performances that are equally suited to the opera and concert stage..
In the 2009-2010 season, Gennard made his debut with Virginia Opera as Tonio in
La Fille du Régiment
, sang his first Ernesto in
Don Pasquale
with Asheville Lyric Opera, and returns to Rimrock Opera to sing Camille in
The Merry Widow
. In the summer of 2009, Gennard returned to Glimmerglass Opera's prestigious young artist program where he performed in
Latin Lovers
, a collaboration with Steven Blier and the New York Festival of Song. The previous summer at Glimmerglass Opera, Gennard covered the role of Tebaldo in
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
, covered Hortensio in
Kiss Me Kate,
performed Haberdasher in
Kiss Me Kate
, and made his concert debut with Steven Blier in
We Open in Paris
.
Mr. Lombardozzi has performed Count Almaviva in
Il barbiere di Siviglia,
Arturo in
Lucia di Lamermoor
, and Monostatos in
The Magic Flute
with Knoxville Opera, Little Bat in Susannah and Monostatos in
The Magic Flute
with Fargo-Moorhead Opera, Alfred in
Die Fledermaus,
Nick in
La Fanciulla del West
, and Goro in
Madama Butterfly
with Rimrock Opera, and Alfred in
Die Fledermaus
with Western Plains Opera. As a studio artist with Central City Opera, he covered Nathaniel in
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
and performed scenes from
Susannah, Idomeno, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Carmen
. He was also seen as Lysander in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
and Little Bat in
Susannah
with University of Tennessee Opera Theatre, and as Bogdonovich in
The Merry Widow
, Parpignol in
La Boheme
, and Don Curzio in
Le Nozze di Figaro
with Fargo-Moorhead Civic Opera.
Other performances include tenor soloist in Schubert's Mass in Eb with Naugatuck Valley Symphony, a tour of Italy with the Alba Music Festival, singing Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes, Handel's Messiah and contemporary American repertoire, and a series of collaborative recitals in Connecticut in conjunction with First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich. Mr Lombardozzi has also sung as soloist in Mozart's Requiem, Mendelssohn's Judas Maccabaeus, Haydn's Creation, and Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio.
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