Joseph Tancredi

Praised by Opera Wire for possessing an instrument “ stunning… and [with] ability to stretch with ease into his high notes with his pure tone,” previous engagements include performances with The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst as Harry (La fanciulla del West), Mozart’s Requiem with Voices of Ascension, Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang both with the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, and Handel’s Messiah with the Tucson Symphony.  He also made an exciting debut with Opera Philadelphia, replacing an ill colleague at the last moment in Orff’s Carmina Burana. 

Joseph Tancredi proudly was a Renée Fleming Artist at the 2023 Aspen Music Festival, where he covered the title role in Francesca Zambello’s production of Mozart’s Idomeneo.  There he also performed as the Tenor in Terrence McNally’s play Master Class, alongside award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad as Maria Callas.  While at Aspen, Tancredi was heard in opera scenes as Rodolfo (La bohème), Nadir (Les pêcheurs de perles), and Chevalier de la Force (Dialogues des Carmélites).  He spent the summers of 2019 and 2021 as an Apprentice Singer at  Santa Fe Opera and, subsequently, was a Studio Artist with Opera Maine in summer of 2022, where he performed as Roderick Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher) and covered Der Steuermann (Der fliegende Holländer). 

The young tenor was named a National Semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in 2023 and garnered awards from the Gerda Lissner Foundation, the George & Nora London Foundation, and the Premiere Opera Foundation + NYIOP.  Joseph Tancredi holds a Professional Studies Certificate and a Master’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and a Bachelor’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied under the tutelage of Ashley Putnam and Jack LiVigni.