Tenor
| Worldwide Representation
Biography 2009-2010
Canadian-American tenor Philippe Castagner is recognized for his beautiful and natural sound, as well as a fresh and appealing presence on symphonic, operatic and recital stages. Born in Canada and raised in New Jersey, Mr. Castagner joined The Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program in 2002 and made his Metropolitan Opera debut that season as the First Prisoner in Fidelio and, later, as Beppe in I Pagliacci. Since that time, Mr. Castagner has sung with the
New York City, Arizona, Vancouver, Bilbao, Portland and Granite State Opera companies and has been engaged as soloist with the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, and the Boston, Simon Bolivar,
St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Santa Ceclia and American Symphony Orchestras, working with such esteemed conductors as Leon Botstein, Gustavo Dudamel, Claus Peter Flor, Louis Langree, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, David Robertson, Michael Tilson Thomas and Michael Stern. He has performed in recital at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, the 92nd Street Y, Washington's Terrace Theater and Boston's Gardner Museum.
Though only in his fourth professional season, Mr. Castagner has already made a number of auspicious debuts with a wide variety of operatic and symphonic repertoire. He has bowed as both Iopas and Hylas in Les Troyens, Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, Ferrando in Così fan Tutte, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Joaquino in Fidelio, Golo in Schumann's Genoveva, Count of Nangis in Chabrier's Le roi Malgre Lui, Acis in Acis and Galatea, the Teapot, Tree Frog and Arithmetic in L'enfant et les sortileges and El Remendado in Carmen. He sang Freddy in the New York Philharmonic's production of My Fair Lady with Kelli O'Hara and Kelsey Grammar and the tenor roles in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortileges with the Philharmonic in both Avery Fisher and Carnegie Halls. Symphonic highlights of past seasons include numerous performances of Handel's Messiah, Bach's B Minor Mass and St. Matthew Passion, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Choral Fantasy, Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette and Requiem, and Ralph Vaughan William's On Wenlock Edge. Currently covering Tamino in Die Zauberflöte and Aleya in The House of the Dead with the Metropolitan Opera, Mr. Castagner returns to that prestigious opera house in 2010-2011 to sing The Fool in Wozzeck.
New York City, Arizona, Vancouver, Bilbao, Portland and Granite State Opera companies and has been engaged as soloist with the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, and the Boston, Simon Bolivar,
St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Santa Ceclia and American Symphony Orchestras, working with such esteemed conductors as Leon Botstein, Gustavo Dudamel, Claus Peter Flor, Louis Langree, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, David Robertson, Michael Tilson Thomas and Michael Stern. He has performed in recital at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, the 92nd Street Y, Washington's Terrace Theater and Boston's Gardner Museum.
Though only in his fourth professional season, Mr. Castagner has already made a number of auspicious debuts with a wide variety of operatic and symphonic repertoire. He has bowed as both Iopas and Hylas in Les Troyens, Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, Ferrando in Così fan Tutte, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Joaquino in Fidelio, Golo in Schumann's Genoveva, Count of Nangis in Chabrier's Le roi Malgre Lui, Acis in Acis and Galatea, the Teapot, Tree Frog and Arithmetic in L'enfant et les sortileges and El Remendado in Carmen. He sang Freddy in the New York Philharmonic's production of My Fair Lady with Kelli O'Hara and Kelsey Grammar and the tenor roles in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortileges with the Philharmonic in both Avery Fisher and Carnegie Halls. Symphonic highlights of past seasons include numerous performances of Handel's Messiah, Bach's B Minor Mass and St. Matthew Passion, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Choral Fantasy, Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette and Requiem, and Ralph Vaughan William's On Wenlock Edge. Currently covering Tamino in Die Zauberflöte and Aleya in The House of the Dead with the Metropolitan Opera, Mr. Castagner returns to that prestigious opera house in 2010-2011 to sing The Fool in Wozzeck.
"The manner is fresh, appealing, and winning, the voice saucy, wide-ranging, flexible....It was moving to see a few old-timers rush to the footlights (like people used to do more often) to cheer the young singer. They were on to something: with luck and the right opportunities, Mr. Castagner could be a major tenor."
The New York Sun
"His sound at the start was light and tightly focused....By the fourth song, deliberate understatement had given way to passion and nuanced coloration."
The New York Times