John Keyes (tenor)

John Keyes is an American operatic tenor who specializes in the dramatic repertoire. After studies in Chicago, he apprenticed and performed at both the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Houston Grand Opera during the late 1980s. In 1990 he won an international singing competition in San Antonio and was awarded the Richard Tucker Career Grant. He made his European debut the following year as Siegmund in Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre" at the Scottish Opera.
Keyes has since performed leading roles at major opera houses internationally, including the Bavarian State Opera, De Nederlandse Opera, the English National Opera, the Hamburg State Opera, the Hawaii Opera Theatre, the Metropolitan Opera, the Michigan Opera Theatre, the National Theatre Mannheim, Opera Australia, Opera de Nantes, Opera Pacific, the Palacio de Bellas Artes, the San Francisco Opera, the Teatro Colón, the Théâtre du Capitole, the Toledo Opera, the Tulsa Opera, and the Vlaamse Opera. Among the roles he has performed are Calaf in "Turandot", Canio in "Pagliacci", Don José in "Carmen", Eisenstein in "Die Fledermaus", Erik in "The Flying Dutchman", Florestan in "Fidelio", Jean in "Hérodiade", Pollione in "Norma", Radames in "Aida", Ramirez in "La Fanciulla del West", Rodrigo in Rossini's "Otello", Samson in "Samson et Dalila", Tristan in "Tristan und Isolde", Turridu in "Cavalleria Rusticana", Walther in "Tannhäuser", and the title roles in "Don Carlos", "Lohengrin", Verdi's "Otello", "Parsifal", and "Siegfried". He is also active as a concert soloist, and is particularly known for his performances of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9".