For the past two seasons, tenor Carl Rosenthal has been an Artist-in-Residence with Dayton Opera, where he appeared in Sweeney Todd (Pirelli), Das Rheingold (Froh), Amahl and the Night Visitors (King Kaspar), and in Handel’s Messiah (Tenor Soloist) with the Dayton Philharmonic. He has also participated in touring productions of The Elixir of Love (Nemorino) and Who Wants to be an Opera Star? (Emcee), performed for local Dayton schools and libraries.
Other career highlights include La Traviata (Alfredo), Carmen (Don José), La Rondine (Ruggero), Gianni Schicchi (Rinuccio), Die Zauberflöte (Tamino), Die Fledermaus (Alfred), and Bernstein’s MASS (Celebrant). He has performed with a number of professional U.S. regional companies, including MIOpera, MassOpera, Hub City Opera, Loudoun Lyric Opera, Peach State Opera, and Franklin Light Opera. Upcoming engagements include Tosca (Spoletta) with Dayton Opera, A Little Night Music (Henrik) with Greater Worcester Opera, and Roméo et Juliette (Roméo) with MIOpera.
In addition to his Opera and Musical Theater work, Rosenthal has found success in the world of Orchestral Narration (especially in pieces intended for children). He has performed The Composer is Dead and Maestro Stu Saves the Zoo with the Dayton Philharmonic to great acclaim, and he will add Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to his repertoire in February.
Originally from Arlington, Virginia, Rosenthal holds a Master of Music from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University. He worked as a mathematics teacher in New York City before pursuing a career in classical music.