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Boheme

Cavalleria

Traviata

(For a short German bio click here.)

Hailed by the European press as "a shining exponent of the French repertoire," Steven Harrison is regarded as one of today’s foremost interpreters of Werther and recognized as a musician and singing-actor of the highest caliber. He "dares himself to the point of ecstasy" with his "wide range of vocal colors and high level of expressive intensity."

Harrison made his European debut in 2000 at Brussels’ Royal Opéra de la Monnaie with Antonio Pappano in Luigi Dallapiccola’s Il Prigioniero. Since that time, Harrison has been sought after on the European continent, and was named "Best Singer of the Year" (2004) by Germany's prestigious Süddeutsche Zeitung (Nordrhein Westfalen edition).

In 2007-2008, tenor Steven Harrison will be reunited with Maestro Antonio Pappano in Rome at L’Accademia di Santa Cecilia singing the Beethoven Ninth Symphony. Harrison will also repeat his acclaimed portrayal as Enée with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Les Troyens. Following these performances the tenor will sing Samson, in Prague, alongside Marina Domaschenko in Samson et Dalila with the National Theatre. The season continues with a debut at the Vancouver Opera where Harrison will be heard as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana. The World Premiere of Giorgio Battistelli's The Fashion is next for Harrison, in Düsseldorf, creating the role of Micky. Finally, Steven Harrison will sing a staged production of Verdi's Requiem for the Staatstheater Kassel in the spring of 2008.

Harrison recently debuted at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires singing Rodolfo in La Bohème. He repeated that role in his debut with Baltimore Opera. In 2006-2007 the tenor is featured in Catalani's La Wally with the Deutsche-Oper-am-Rhein. Additional appearances with the DOR this season include a new premiere as Gounod's Faust, as well as a reengagement singing Enée in Berlioz' dramatic masterpiece, Les Troyens. Harrison scored a great triumph last season singing Enée in this highly praised production at the DOR conducted by John Fiore and directed by Cristof Loy. Additional reengagements this season at the DOR include performances singing Don José in Carmen and Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana. In December 2006, tenor Steven Harrison debuted in Prague with the National Theater in his role debut as Samson in Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila. April 2007, tenor Steven Harrison debuted in Moscow with the Russian National Orchestra singing the Beethoven 9th Symphony with Maestro Mikhail Pletnev.

Summer 2005 marked the tenor’s debut in Italy, as well as his role debut as Andrea Chénier for the Macerata Opera Festival. Immediately following these performances, Harrison made his debut in France singing Puccini’s Messa di Gloria at the St. Malo Festival and Florence, Italy (I Solisti del Maggio Musicale).

The Deutsche-Oper-am-Rhein has previously featured the tenor in three eminent premieres; as Pollione in Norma, Don José in Carmen and Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana. He also made his Oper Leipzig debut in the fall of 2004 as Rodolfo in La Bohème. In addition to a busy schedule in Germany, the 2004-05 season featured Harrison as Riccardo in a new production of Un Ballo in Maschera at Florida Grand Opera in Miami. He was also heard in Taipei, Taiwan as Pollione in Norma in several performances with the National Symphony. Harrison returned there after his success singing Rodolfo in La Bohème and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly.

The 2003-04 season marked the tenor's continuing affiliation with Theater Krefeld/Mönchengladbach as Don José in Carmen, Alfredo in La Traviata and a highly praised debut as Werther. The season ended on a high note with Harrison’s Düsseldorfer Symphoniker debut, singing Janacek's Glagolitic Mass. He was called upon to learn the challenging tenor solos with only three days preparation time. Sung in Church Slavonic, Harrison "reached the Parnassian summit of expressivity with a torch for all to see."

Mr. Harrison has been heard in the United States at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York City as the tenor soloist in the Verdi Requiem, as well as the New York City Opera as Rodolfo in La Boheme and the Italian Singer in Der Rosenkavalier. He appeared with the Washington Opera as Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera and as Judge Danforth in The Crucible. The tenor debuted with Eve Queler and the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall in Verdi's Ernani, and returned as Arrigo in La Battaglia di Legnano.

Mr. Harrison’s previously performed repertoire includes Radames in Aida, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Sam Polk in Susannah, Narraboth in Salome, The Male Chorus in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, Steuermann in The Flying Dutchman, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Faust in Boito's Mefistofele and Gounod's Faust, Canio in Pagliacci, and Walther/ the Old Woman in Judith Weir’s The Story of Blond Eckbert.

Harrison holds a degree in Piano Performance from SUNY Stony Brook and is a fine oboist, as well.

Steven Harrison gab 1995 sein Debüt als Rodolfo (LA BOHÈME) an der New York City Opera. Im dortigen Lincoln Center sang er auch in Giuseppe Verdis REQUIEM. Die Rolle des Riccardo UN BALLO IN MASCHERA übernahm er an der Washington Opera und der Miami Grand Opera. In Europa debütierte Steven Harrison unter der Leitung von Antonio Pappano mit IL PRIGIONIERO zum 300. Jubiläum des Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brüssel. Mit Pappano und der Accademia di Santa Cecilia wird er 2008 Beethovens 9. Sinfonie singen. An der Deutschen Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf-Duisburg, war er als Faust (FAUST), Aeneas (LES TROYENS), Hagenbach (LA WALLY), Don José (CARMEN), Turriddu (CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA) und als Pollione (NORMA) zu erleben. Großen Erfolg feierte er mit der GLAGOLITISCHEN MESSE von Janácek mit den Düsseldorfer Sinfonikern. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit erregte er auch als Werther in Krefeld, als Rodolfo an der Oper Leipzig und dem Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires und als Andrea Chenier in Macerata, Italien. In der Spielzeit 2007/08 übernimmt Steven Harrison an der Deutschen Oper am Rhein die Partien des Aeneas und Micky (FASHION), an der Nationaloper Prag die des Samson (SAMSON UND DALILA). Turiddu gibt der Tenor an der Vancouver Opera, wo er wie am Staatstheater Kassel auch in Verdis REQUIEM zu hören sein wird. In der Spielzeit 2008/09 singt Steven Harrison Andrea Chénier in Cagliari (Sardinien) und an der Rheinoper Florestan in FIDELIO und Enée in LES TROYENS.