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Rodell Rosel

"... he was riveting." (Chicago Sun-Times)

About Me

Filipino-American tenor RODELL ROSEL was recently heard singing Altoum/Turandot, Second Jew/Salome, Ruiz/Il trovatore and Benvolio/Roméo et Juliette with Lyric Opera of Chicago. He debuted at Lyric Opera on opening night of the 2005-2006 season as Remendado/Carmen, and has since appeared as the First Priest/Magic Flute, Borsa/Rigoletto and Faninal’s Major-domo/Der Rosenkavalier.

An alumnus of the Ryan Opera Center (formerly Lyric Opera Center for American Artists), the Manila native studied at the University of California in Los Angeles, where he sang the title role in Britten’s Albert Herring and leading roles in Mozart, Rossini and Ravel, also appearing as tenor soloist in The Creation, Messiah and the Mozart Requiem. Other roles he has sung include Basilio/Le nozze di Figaro, Tinca/Il tabarro and Kaspar/Amahl and the Night Visitors.

Mr. Rosel was a 2005 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Grand Finals Winner, a third-place winner at the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition, a second-place winner at the Lotte Lenya Vocal Competition, and a Loren Zachary National Vocal Competition finalist. He has received scholarships from, among others, The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

He returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2008 for Falstaff as Bardolfo, and he will be making his opera/role debut as Goro in Madama Butterfly with Pittsburgh Opera in fall 2007, and as Squeak in Billy Budd with Houston Grand Opera in spring 2008.


He is currently with Wolf Trap Opera Company, in scheduled performances of John Musto's Volpone (as Cornaccio), and Mozart's Magic Flute (as Monostatos).

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/20/2004
Band Website: rodellrosel.com
Band Members: PINNACLE ARTS MANAGEMENT (John Miller/President)
Influences: Placido Domingo, Alfredo Kraus, Graham Clark, Frank Lopardo, Andrea Bocelli, Basil Valdez
Sounds Like: Classical; Crossover/Pop
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Summer Update

Here's the summer update:I've been spending the summer in Virginia (Reston & Vienna) since May 16, working with Wolf Trap Opera Company.  Since then, I have sung in a Steven Blier Recital (Be...
Posted by Rodell Rosel on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:00:00 PST

PREVIEW OF 2007 (and early 2008)

Here's a preview of 2007-2008 season (in chronological order)- Second run of Turandot performances with Lyric Opera of Chicago- Matinee performances of Die Fledermaus with Lyric Opera of Chicago- Risi...
Posted by Rodell Rosel on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:46:00 PST

Trovatore & Romeo

Let's take it one at a time...Trovatore...Great cast, great people. Sondra (Radvanovsky) and Dolora (Zajick) are amazing. Sondra helped me backstage with catching my breathe, as we transitioned from...
Posted by Rodell Rosel on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 08:39:00 PST

Salome 1st Rehearsal

Today was the first official (music) rehearsal for Salome, starring Deborah Voigt, Kim Begley, Alan Held and Judith Forst. This (leading) cast is so far the best, overall, that I have ever worked wit...
Posted by Rodell Rosel on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:09:00 PST

Turandot Opening Night

Last Saturday night, September 16, Turandot opened the Lyric Opera of Chicago 2006-2007 season. The performance went magnificently, even though the Tribune and Sun Times reviews didn't completely agr...
Posted by Rodell Rosel on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:46:00 PST

Lyric Opera of Chicago 2006-2007 roles

Below are roles I will be singing for Lyric Opera of Chicago 2006-2007 season:Emperor Altoum in Puccini's Turandot (Pang cover)Second Jew in Richard Strauss' SalomeRuiz in Verdi's Il TrovatoreBen...
Posted by Rodell Rosel on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:00:00 PST

House/Stage Audition at the Met

Just came back from a house/stage audition at the Met.  First of all, the Met paid for the flight and the hotel accomodation.  I stayed at Hotel Beacon, which is the same hotel I stayed in w...
Posted by Rodell Rosel on Fri, 12 May 2006 11:02:00 PST

Competitions in April

I have two vocal competitions coming up this month: *** April 27, Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition in Palm Beach, FL(update: I won 3rd place!  Winners' Concert on April 30th, Sunday at 4:00pm a...
Posted by Rodell Rosel on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:09:00 PST

Chicago Sun-Times Review

Hey friends... Check out the review I got from Chicago Sun-Times about "Rising Stars" concert of Lyric Opera Center for American Artists at the Civic Opera House in Chicago last Friday, April 11: "Rod...
Posted by Rodell Rosel on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:23:00 PST