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James Maddalena (born 1954) is an American baritone who is chiefly associated with contemporary American opera. He gained international recognition in 1987 when he created the role of Richard Nixon at the premiere of Adams's opera ''Nixon in China'' at Houston. He has since reprised the role on many occasions, and recorded it for the Nonesuch Records release of the opera in 1987.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Nonesuch/7559791772 )〕 In addition to Maddelena's role as Nixon, he has created two other Adams characters: the Captain in ''The Death of Klinghoffer'' and Jack Hubbard in ''Doctor Atomic''. He has also performed roles in the premieres of operas by Paul Moravec and Stewart Wallace among other American composers. In addition to American opera, Maddalena has sung a broad operatic repertoire which ranges from Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, and Verdi to modern composers like Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett. He is also a concert artist whose regular performances include works by Bach, Handel and Schubert as well as those by modern composers.〔 ==Early life and career== Maddalena was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1954. He was trained at the New England Conservatory (NEC), and while a student there made his professional singing debut with the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1974. He became a member of Emmanuel Music while an NEC student, with whom he performed all of Bach's cantatas under conductor Craig Smith. In 1976 he co-founded the Liederkreis Ensemble, whose members included a quartet of vocalists with Smith as pianist. The ensemble was dedicated to performing lieder, particularly rarely heard works, and was awarded the Naumburg Award in 1980. He also actively performed with other music ensembles in New England during the 1970s, including singing in the world premiere of Robert Schumann's ''Requiem'' with the New Hampshire Sinfonietta (1975)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=N.H. Sinfonietta Presents World Premiere Nov. 14 )〕 and performances of Harrison Birtwistle's ''Down by the Greenwood Side'' with Boston Musica Viva (1978).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='World of Opera' features triple bill )〕 Maddalena made his first forray into opera as Mr. Gedge in a student production of Benjamin Britten's ''Albert Herring'' at the NEC in March 1975. In the summers of 1975, 1976, and 1977 he performed with the Wolf Trap Opera Company, a prestigious program for young opera singers at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. His professional opera debut was made in February 1977 with the Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) during that company's first season as Allazim in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's ''Zaide''. He later returned to the BLO several more times during his career, performing such roles as John Sorel in Gian Carlo Menotti's ''The Consul'' (1981),〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=The Boston Globe )〕 Albert (1981) in Jules Massenet's ''Werther'', the Music Master in Richard Strauss' ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' (1982), Somarone in Hector Berlioz's ''Béatrice et Bénédict'' (1993), Don Alfonso in ''Così fan tutte'' (2004), and Baron Duphol in ''La traviata'' (2006). In 1979 he starred in a production of George Frideric Handel's ''Atalanta'' at the American Repertory Theater under conductor Herbert von Karajan. In 1980 Maddalena created the title role in Tony Schemmer's pop opera ''Phaust'' at Harvard University's Sanders Theater under the baton of Philip Morehead. That same year he portrayed the role of Death in Gustav Holst's ''Savitri'' with Boston Cecilia. He sang as a soloist in several other performances with Boston Cecilia, including in concerts of Handel's ''Athalia'' (1982, Abner) and Johann Sebastian Bach's ''Mass in B minor'' (1983). In 1983 he performed the role of Abramane in the United States premiere of Jean-Philippe Rameau's ''Zoroastre'' with Boston Baroque (then known as Banchetto Musicale) at the Sanders Theater under conductor Martin Pearlman. He performed with the ensemble again in December 1984 as a soloist in Handel's ''Messiah'' for performances in both Boston and at New York City's Carnegie Hall. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Maddalena」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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