{"id":239671,"date":"2025-09-19T19:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239671\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T19:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:45:09","slug":"jonathan-tetelman-rare-recital-at-fort-worth-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239671\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Tetelman: Rare Recital at Fort Worth Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a city that knows a thing or two about showmanship \u2014 from honky-tonks to the Stock Show \u2014 the Fort Worth Opera <\/a>is setting the stage this fall for something more intimate: a single evening with Jonathan Tetelman, one of the most talked-about tenors in the world.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 10, inside the 700-seat Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU, Tetelman will walk out with nothing but a pianist, a program of songs, and a voice critics have called \u201ca major talent\u201d (Opera News) and \u201cthe future\u201d (Salzburger Nachrichten). For an artist who spends most of his time filling the grand opera houses of Europe, it is a rare chance to hear him up close, the kind of proximity that makes a recital feel less like spectacle and more like communion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn America, it\u2019s hard to put together a cross-country touring schedule as we don\u2019t have that grassroots popularity, where every city and town has an opera house,\u201d Tetelman explained. \u201cBut Fort Worth stands apart there. It\u2019s not the biggest city in Texas, but it\u2019s home to the state\u2019s oldest opera company. There\u2019s a real sophistication here \u2014 and I\u2019m thrilled we could put this event together with Fort Worth Opera.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chilean-born, New Jersey\u2013raised singer does not often find himself in the United States these days. Germany is his home base, and his next American stops after Fort Worth will be Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. But Texas\u2019s oldest opera company managed to tempt him south for its 80th anniversary season.<\/p>\n

The program he has chosen makes good on that promise of intimacy: Italian songs by Tosti, Spanish favorites like \u201cGranada\u201d and \u201cNo puede ser,\u201d a few Puccini arias heard without orchestral firepower, and even Nino Rota\u2019s \u201cParla pi\u00f9 piano,\u201d better known as the love theme from \u201cThe Godfather.\u201d It is music that asks for nuance, softness that might be swallowed up in a larger hall.<\/p>\n

At the piano will be Michael Recchiuti, a longtime mentor whose career has seen collaborations with stars as wide-ranging as Ren\u00e9e Fleming and Vanessa Williams.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael and I have done a lot of behind-the-scenes work together \u2014 he prepared me for several of the roles I\u2019m touring now,\u201d Tetelman said. \u201cI\u2019ve wanted to collaborate with him in performance for a long time, so when this opportunity came up, he was my first call.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, the recital is only part of the evening. Once the final note fades, the company will cross campus to the Music Center Orchestra Hall for Dinner with the Stars, a separately ticketed celebration hosted by Director Emeritus Joe Illick, according to a release.<\/p>\n

The night doubles as a reunion: dramatic tenor Clifton Forbis, a Met regular and now head of voice at SMU, will sing, as will mezzo-soprano Stephanie Doche, who stole the show last season in \u201cLa Cenerentola.\u201d The company\u2019s young resident artists will join them, performing highlights from across eight decades of Fort Worth Opera history.<\/p>\n

For Angela Turner Wilson<\/a>, the company\u2019s general and artistic director, the opening night strikes a balance between tradition and boldness.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you know Jonathan Tetelman\u2019s recordings or you\u2019ve been lucky to hear him on a grand stage, you understand that any performance he makes is unmissable,\u201d Turner Wilson said. \u201cIn recital, he brings that same power and warmth, but with a rare connection to the room. People are going to be talking about this event for a long time \u2014 but there are only 700 seats in the theater. This is your chance to be one of the few who can say, \u2018I was there.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

For tickets and information, visit fwopera.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a city that knows a thing or two about showmanship \u2014 from honky-tonks to the Stock Show…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":239672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,12043,2879,2105,7371,98095,7372,9730,11878,10077,358,7453,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-239671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arts-and-culture","10":"tag-events","11":"tag-food-and-drink","12":"tag-fort-worth","13":"tag-fort-worth-opera","14":"tag-fortworth","15":"tag-fwtx-staff","16":"tag-live-music","17":"tag-tcu","18":"tag-texas","19":"tag-top-story","20":"tag-tx","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115232684309443062","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}