JAVIER ABREU
Tenor
Puerto
Rican tenor Javier Abreu has been described as a
commanding force on stage, incorporating a rich, sweet
and agile voice, with ample acting skills. Opera
News described him as “…a natural Rossini singer,”
and The Washington Times stated “his high, supple
lyric voice possesses great conviction.”
The 2007-2008 season sees Mr. Abreu as Count Libenskof in Il
viaggio a Reims with The New Israeli Opera, Ernesto
in Don Pasquale with Anchorage Opera, and Don
Ramiro in La cenerentola with both Opera New
Jersey and Opera Fairbanks. He also performs the tenor
solo in Handel’s Messiah with the Pennsylvania
Ballet. Mr. Abreu’s 2006-2007 season included four
company debuts: Pedrillo in Die Entfürung aus dem
Serail with Florida Grand Opera, Almaviva in Cedar
Rapids Opera Theater’s Il barbiere di Siviglia,
his role debut as Lindoro in Theater Basel’s
L’italiana in Algeri, and Alexis in Gilbert and
Sullivan’s The Sorcerer with Bard Summerscape.
During the 2005-2006 season, the tenor garnered critical acclaim
for his portrayal of two of Rossini’s leading men: Count
Libenskof in Il viaggio a Reims with New York
City Opera and the title role in Le Comte Ory
with the Wolf Trap Opera. This season also included his
European debut as Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di
Siviglia with Stuttgart Stattsoper, Pedrillo in
The Abduction from the Seraglio with Opera Omaha, a
solo appearance with New York Festival of Song, and the
tenor solo in Carmina Burana with the National
Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of maestro Emil de
Cou. In the 2004-2005 season, Mr. Abreu made his New
York City Opera debut in the world premier of Charles
Wuorinen’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories, as well
as his Wolf Trap Opera debut as Tobias in Sweeney
Todd and his much praised performance as Don Ramiro
in La Cenerentola. With American Opera Projects,
he sang the role of Pepe in a reading of Jorge Martín’s
new opera, Before Night Falls, based on the book
by Reinaldo Arenas.
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