Charles Castronovo Biography
Charles Castronovo is an American operatic tenor. He made his Royal Opera debut in 2004 as Ferrando (Così fan Tutte) and has since sung Alfredo Germont (La Traviata), Tom Rakewell (The Rake’s Progress), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Ruggero Lastouc (La Rondine), Rodolfo (La bohème) and Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) for The Royal Opera. He returns in the 2018/19 Season to sing Alfredo Germont.
He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Beppe in the opening night performance of Pagliacci. In the first years of his career, Castronovo built his repertoire with such debuts as Tamino in Die Zauberfloete and Fenton in Falstaff in Pittsburgh, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and Ernesto in Don Pasquale in Boston, and Ferrando in Cosi Fan Tutte in Portland, where he also sang his first performances of Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore.
He debuted as Alfredo in La Traviata with the Minnesota Opera, as Belmonte in Die Entfuehrung Aus Dem Serail with the Colorado Opera, and as Elvino in La Sonnambula with the Michigan Opera Theater. He began his professional career as a resident artist with the Los Angeles Opera. In the summer of 1998, he was a participant in San Francisco Opera’s prestigious Merola Opera Program. He later joined the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
After garnering much experience at the Metropolitan Opera, a series of significant role debuts soon followed such as Don Ottavio (Mozart’s Don Giovanni), Ernesto (Donizetti’s Don Pasquale), Fenton (Verdi’s Falstaff), Ferrando in Mozart’s Così fan Tutte, Tamino (Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte) and Alfredo in Verdi’s La Traviata. He has sung at many of the world’s leading opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Berlin State Opera, Vienna State Opera, San Francisco Opera, Salzburg Festival and Santa Fe Opera.
The 2006/07 season marked a series of role debuts such as Rodolfo in La bohème, Nadir (Les pêcheurs de Perles), the Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and Mylio in Édouard Lalo’s Le Roi d’Ys. The 2007/08 season marked the role debut of Tom Rakewell (The Rake’s Progress) at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, and a return to Los Angeles Opera singing the role of Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni.
During the 2008/09 season, Castronovo debuted at the Washington National Opera and performed his first Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. In June 2009, Castronovo returned to San Francisco Opera as Alfredo opposite Anna Netrebko in Verdi’s La Traviata. Later, in November, he performed the title role in Faust for the Washington Concert Opera.
In the Fall of 2010, Castronovo debuted the role of Mario Ruoppolo in the world premiere of Daniel Catán’s Il Postino at the Los Angeles Opera, along with Plácido Domingo, which was repeated in June 2011 at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, again with Plácido Domingo. In the Summer of 2011, Castronovo made his debut with the Aix-en-Provence Festival, appearing with French soprano Natalie Dessay in Verdi’s La Traviata. The 2011/12 season marked Castronovo’s debut with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, singing the role of Tamino.
In August 2011 he appeared at the Royal Albert Hall with the John Wilson Orchestra in the now celebrated series of Proms, dedicated to the great Hollywood musicals. In June 2012, Castronovo debuted the role of Nero in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea with Teatro Real. In the summer of 2014, he performed the title role in Hector Berlioz’s La damnation, de Faust, standing in for Ramón Vargas, at the Verbier Festival. Recent musical projects include performances of traditional Neapolitan songs, with a small ensemble of guitar, accordion, percussion, and bass.
Charles Castronovo Age
She celebrates his birthday on the 19th of June every year. Born in 1975, in Queens, New York, United States of America, and grew up in Southern California he is 44 years old as of 2019.
Charles Castronovo Family
Castronovo was born to Sicilian and Ecuadorian parents.
Charles Castronovo Education
He attended California State University, Fullerton, for undergraduate studies in classical voice. During his time at the university, his talent came to the attention of William Vendice, the chorus master of the Los Angeles Opera, who promptly hired him as a chorister.
Charles Castronovo Wife | Charles Castronovo Married
Charles is a happily married man. He is married to Ekaterina Siurina. Ekaterina is a Russian soprano artist. The couple met in 2004, at the Berlin Staatsoper’s L’Elisir d’amore. The cute story is that they drank the elixir and it worked! “Love at first sight,” says Ekaterina in our recent interview. Together, the couple has been blessed with two boys, Alessandro and Valentino.
The couple has sung together in The Pearl Fishers, Die Zauberflöte, Rigoletto, La sonnambula, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, The Rake’s Progress as well as L’Elisir d’amore. They’ll add to that growing list the COC La Traviata. They have managed to maintain their marriage life and we have not heard of any contrivances in their marriage.
Charles Castronovo Ekaterina Siurina
One of the qualities of extraordinary show artists is the mystery science between accomplices in front of an audience. Once in a while, the affection and the energy between them turns out to be additionally part of their lives. The Russian soprano, Ekaterina Siurina, and the American verse tenor, Charles Castronovo have manufactured each for oneself extraordinary professions that made them profoundly needed by the most well-known drama houses all through the world.
However, when a team crowns its creative cooperation with a marriage their abilities and quality superbly increment and become strengthening. That is the reason Siurina and Castronovo are one of the most exceptional drama couples of today. Joined by the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra they are going to demonstrate this enchantment on the Lisinski organize in another heavenly function night of the second Lisinski Arioso season.
Charles Castronovo Net Worth | Charles Castronovo Salary
Thanks to his career as an artist, he has maintained a vast amount of wealth. He has managed to acquire a comfortable home in Los Angeles where he lives with his family. He has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
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