Charles Castronovo Tenor

Biography

Born in New York, Charles Castronovo made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in the role of Beppe (Pagliacci). He quickly went on to perform roles such as Fenton (Falstaff), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Tamino (The Magic Flute), Nemorino (L’Elisir d’amore), Alfredo Germont (La Traviata), the title role in Faust, Rodolfo (La Bohème), Nadir (The Pearl Fishers), Belmonte (The Abduction from the Seraglio), the Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto), Tom Rakewell (The Rake’s Progress), Elvino (La Sonnambula), and Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor).

In 2010, he created the title role in Daniel Catán’s opera Il Postino in Los Angeles, alongside Plácido Domingo. He made his debut at the Salzburg Festival in The Abduction from the Seraglio, at the Aix-en-Provence Festival and at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in La Traviata, and at Lyric Opera of Chicago in The Magic Flute.

In recent years, he has performed the role of Don José (Carmen) in Vienna, Chicago, and London; Faust (La Damnation de Faust) in Salzburg; Nemorino in Chicago; Rodolfo in New York, Berlin, and Munich; Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) in Munich, Vienna, and Madrid; Riccardo / Gustavo (Un ballo in maschera) in Munich, New York, and Zurich; Alfredo Germont in New York; Don Ottavio in London; the title roles in Don Carlo in Munich and Don Carlos in Geneva; Des Grieux (Manon) in Vienna; Giasone (Médée) in Berlin; the title role in Ernani and Mario Cavaradossi (Tosca) in Munich; Gabriele Adorno (Simon Boccanegra) in Milan; Max (Der Freischütz) in Baden-Baden; and Macduff (Macbeth) in Salzburg.

During the 2025–2026 season, he is set to appear as Roméo (Roméo et Juliette) and Riccardo / Gustavo in Berlin, Don José in Madrid and Munich, Alfredo Germont in London, and the title role in Werther in Tokyo.

At the Opéra national de Paris: Falstaff (Fenton), 2003; The Magic Flute (Tamino), 2004; L’Elisir d’amore (Nemorino), 2006, 2009; Mireille (Vincent), 2009; The Rake’s Progress (Tom Rakewell), 2012; La Traviata (Alfredo Germont), 2018; Simon Boccanegra (Gabriele Adorno), 2024; Don Carlos (title role), 2025

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