Mr. Lovell's 2019/2020 season sees several significant company and role debuts, including Gonsalve with Wolf Trap Opera and the roles of Lysander, Lurcanio, Ramiro, & Ernesto with the Wiener Staatsoper. Mr. Lovell also joins the Salzburg Festival as part of the Young Singers Project.

L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE

Gonsalve

Wolf Trap Opera

Vienna, Virginia

Torquemada is the most respected watchmaker in town, and by extension a very busy man. His wife, Concepcion, has found a number of ways to deal with her husband’s absences…most notably (and romantically) in the company of the poet Gonsalve, who is to arrive at any moment. But when strong and handsome Ramiro comes to the shop with a broken watch and decides to wait for Torquemada’s return, things get complicated. Mr. Lovell makes his role debut as Gonsalve under the baton of Ward Stare.

JUNE 22, 2019

ADRIANA LECOUVREUR

Poisson

Salzburger Festspiele

Salzburg, Austria

Apart from the ‘passionate love of the protagonist and the moving final act’ it was above all the ‘fusion of comedy and drama in the sumptuous 18th-century setting’ that attracted Cilea to the historical play of intrigue Adrienne Lecouvreur (1849) by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé. Compared with the other composers of the giovane scuola, Cilea’s music distinguishes itself by a greater lightness, delicacy and transparency, which does not, however, come at the expense of intensity of expression or tragic potential. Mr. Lovell appears as Poisson alongside Anna Netrebko in the title role.

JULY 28 & 31, AUGUST 3, 2019

YOUNG SINGERS PROJECT FINAL CONCERT

Tenor soloist

Salzburger Festspiele

Salzburg, Austria

Mr. Lovell appears in concert with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg in a program of operatic works as a participant in the Salzburger Festspiele's Young Singers Project.

AUGUST 24, 2019

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Lysander

Wiener Staatsoper

Vienna, Austria

 In 1960, Benjamin Britten published one of the best known opera versions of the famous Shakespeare play: an amusing, light, poetic and psychological masterpiece that is one of his most played works of music theatre. Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was first heard at the opera house on the Ring in 1962; now, after more than half a century, the opera house is producing the work again. Mr. Lovell makes his house debut as Lysander in Britten's whimsical masterpiece.

OCTOBER 2, 5, 9, 13, 17, & 21, 2019

ARIODANTE

Lurcanio

Wiener Staatsoper

Vienna, Austria

It is a work charged with jealousy and intrigue, with struggles and betrayal: Ariodante, Handel’s first work for the then brand new Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. Ariodante has never been heard at the Wiener Staatsoper – but is now the second opera by the composer in the house’s repertoire, alongside Alcina. Mr. Lovell appears in the role of Lurcanio.

NOVEMBER 8, 11, 13, & 15, 2019

MOZART'S REQUIEM

Tenor soloist

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Mozart’s haunting final work was left sketched but incomplete at his death, commissioned by a mysterious count. Mr. Lovell appears as the tenor soloist in Mozart's unfinished masterpiece with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra alongside the University of British Columbia choir. VSO Music Director Otto Tausk appears at the rostrum.

NOVEMBER 22 & 23, 2019

HANDEL'S MESSIAH

Tenor soloist

Victoria Symphony

Victoria, BC, Canada

Mr. Lovell appears in concert with the Victoria Symphony and the Victoria Choral Society as the tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah. Giuseppe Pietraroia appears at the rostrum in this seasonal favorite.

DECEMBER 20 & 22, 2019

ENSEMBLEMATINEE IM MAHLER-SAAL

Tenor soloist

Wiener Staatsoper

Vienna, Austria

This matinée series features ensemble members of the Vienna State Opera in song and aria recitals, offering an exciting opportunity to get to know the singers from a lesser known artistic perspective. Mr. Lovell appears in recital alongside Byrony Dwyer and pianist Anton Ziegler for an afternoon of music.

MARCH 1, 2020

LA CENERENTOLA

Don Ramiro

Wiener Staatsoper

Vienna, Austria

Mr. Lovell sings the leading role of Don Ramiro in Rossini's famous Cinderella tale. For many people, although La Cenerentola was written in very little time, it is the most poetic of all comic Rossini operas. In fact, at the very least in the extremely subtle musical portrayal of the characters, this opera has a singular place amongst the buffo oeuvre. Director Sven-Eric Bechtolf has transferred the action to 1950s Italy, or more precisely to a tiny fictitious nation on the Mediterranean called San Sogno, ruled by the slightly eccentric young prince Don Ramiro, who collects expensive cars.

MARCH 21 & 25, 2020

DON PASQUALE

Ernesto

Wiener Staatsoper

Vienna, Austria

Take an elderly bachelor Don Pasquale, who wants to try his hand at love again and a clumsy lad, Ernsto who has given up on true love. Add to this a cunning friend called Malatesta with a talent for pulling strings and scheming. And finally, sly Norina who sends people on wild goose chases and saves her relationship with Ernesto. These are the ingredients for Gaetano Donizetti’s lively comedy – vivdly staged by Irina Brook. Mr. Lovell appears in the role of Ernesto.

MAY 13 & 16, 2020

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