Canadian tenor Josh Lovell, whose voice has been described by the Chicago Classical Review as ‘a consistent cause for joy’, is the winner of the 39th Belvedere Singing Competition and an ensemble member of the Wiener Staatsoper. In 2022/23, he made house debuts at the

Teatro alla Scala as Ferdinand in Thomas Adès’s The Tempest, at the Oper Leipzig as Don Ottavio in a new production of Don Giovanni and with Deutsche Oper Berlin as Gérald in Lakmé at the Philharmonie. He also returned to the Wiener Staatsoper for guest performances as Telemachus in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, Lukas in Die Jahreszeiten and Ernesto in Don Pasquale. Recently he stepped in for an unwell colleague as the Italian Singer in Der Rosenkavalier at the Bayerische Staatsoper.

An avid and experienced concert artist, Lovell has given numerous performances of the works of Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Britten, Vaughan Williams and Bach. Most notably, he sang opposite Susan Graham and Nathan Gunn as part of the Jazz Trio in Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti during a ‘Celebrating 100 Years of Bernstein’ concert at Lyric Opera of Chicago. He has

also appeared with Music of the Baroque, performing Bach’s Coffee Cantata conducted by Jane Glover; and Messiah with The International Music Foundation, as well as the Apollo Chorus of Chicago. He debuted as the Evangelist in Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the Victoria Philharmonic Choir in Canada and sang a selection of Bach cantatas as well as his Magnificat with the baroque ensemble I Musici de Montréal. Upcoming engagements include debuts at the Canadian Opera Company and the Opéra National de Paris.

Photo (c) Simon Pauly