Frederick
Ballentine
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Frederick Ballentine
Dr. Richardson
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Sydney Mancasola
Bess McNeil
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Frederick Ballentine
Rodolfo
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Emily Michiko Jensen
Mimì
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Frederick Ballentine
Sportin' Life
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Don José
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Lindsay Kate Brown
Mercédès
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William Guanbo Su
Zuniga
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Biography
During the 2019-2020 season, Mr. Ballentine made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera as Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess, and returned to Seattle Opera as Charlie Parker in Charlie Parker’s Yardbird and Los Angeles Opera as Monastatos in Die Zauberflöte. In concert, he made his debut with the New Jersey Symphony for Handel’s Messiah. Other original engagements for the COVID-19 shortened 2019-2020 season include the role of Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess in a return to Washington National Opera, creating the role of Judah in the world premiere of Gregory Spears’s Castor and Patience with Cincinnati Opera, and his debut in the title role in Les contes d’Hoffmann with Opera Louisiane. Future seasons include additional performances of Sportin’ Life with the Metropolitan Opera, performances of Don José in Carmen with Houston Grand Opera, his first performances of Rodolfo in La bohème with Florentine Opera, and Dr. Richardson in Breaking the Waves with Los Angeles Opera. The 2018-2019 season began with a series of debuts for the tenor, as Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess with both the English National Opera and De Nederlandse Opera. He also made a return to Cincinnati Opera later in the season in the same role. Additionally, he debuted the role of Don José in Carmen with Annapolis Opera and reprised the role with Seattle Opera, and sang in concert with Wolf Trap Opera’s Chamber Music at the Barn series. He closed the season by joining the Bard Music Festival for selections in concert from Kálmán’s Die Herzogin von Chicago.
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