Brian Jagde

American tenor Brian Jagde is an alumnus of San Francisco Opera’s Adler and Merola Fellowship Programs. Operatic appearances have included the title role of Don Carlo (The Royal Opera), Don José (The Royal Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, San Francisco Opera, Arena di Verona), Mario Cavaradossi (Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Lyric Opera of Chicago, SFO, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Zurich Opera), Calaf (SFO, Bayerische Staatsoper), Pinkerton (ROH, LOC, Metropolitan Opera), Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur (ROH), Stranger in Das Wunder der Heliane (Deutsche Oper Berlin), Radamès (SFO, Seattle Opera), Don Alvaro (Paris Opera), Enzo Grimaldo in La Gioconda (Liceu, Barcelona), Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana (Dutch National Opera), Canio in Pagliacci (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma), Samson (Staatsoper Berlin, Naples) and Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut (SFO). Awards include Second Prize in Operalia and the Birgit Nilsson Prize (2012).