


Zachary National Vocal Competition (2014).

Jagde’s many awards include second prize and the Birgit Nilsson Wagner/Strauss Prize at Operalia (2012) and first prize at the 2014 Loren L. Engagements since have included Don José and Cavaradossi for Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Bavarian State Opera and Arena di Verona, Don José, Der Fremde ( Das Wunder der Heliane) and Cavaradossi for Deutsche Oper Berlin, Don Alvaro ( La forza del destino) for Paris Opéra, Enzo Grimaldo ( La Gioconda) for Liceu, Barcelona, Calaf ( Turandot) for Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Radames ( Aida) for Seattle Opera, Prince ( Rusalka) for Houston Grand Opera, Ismaele ( Nabucco) for Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Bacchus ( Ariadne auf Naxos) for Minnesota Opera and Palm Beach Opera, Count Elemer ( Arabella) for the Metropolitan Opera, New York and Rodolfo ( La bohème) in Munich and Mexico City. He made his European debut in 2013 as Werther in Póznan. Jagde has performed several roles for San Francisco Opera, including Radames ( Aida), Don José, Calaf ( Turandot), Pinkerton and Cavaradossi ( Tosca), and was also a member of the company’s Adler and Merola programmes. In the 2019/20 Season he sings Mario Cavaradossi ( Tosca). Photo by Bill CooperĪmerican tenor Brian Jagde made his Royal Opera debut in 2015 as Pinkerton ( Madama Butterfly) and has since returned to sing Maurizio ( Adriana Lecouvreur) and Don José ( Carmen). Brian Jagde as Lieutenant Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly © ROH 2015.
