American tenor Charles Castronovo made his Royal Opera debut in 2004 as Ferrando (Così fan tutte) and has since sung Alfredo Germont (La traviata), Tom Rakewell (The Rake’s Progress), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Ruggero Lastouc (La rondine), Rodolfo (La bohème) and Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) for The Royal Opera. He returns in the 2018/19 Season to sing Alfredo Germont.

Castronovo was born in New York to Sicilian and Ecuadorian parents and grew up in Southern California. He studied at California State University, Fullerton, and began his career as a member of the chorus of Los Angeles Opera. In 1988 he joined San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program and later joined the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. He now sings regularly for major opera houses around the world, including Vienna State Opera, Berlin State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Paris Opéra, La Monnaie, Brussels, San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. His repertory also includes Don José (Carmen), Chevalier des Grieux (Manon), Werther, Vincent (Mireille), Roméo (Roméo et Juliette), Giasone (Medea), Admète (Alceste), Faust (Faust, Mefistofele and La Damnation de Faust), Gennaro (Lucrezia Borgia), Roberto (Roberto Devereux), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore) and the title role in La clemenza di Tito. He created the role of Mario Ruoppolo (Catán’s Il postino) opposite Plácido Domingo in Los Angeles, and has since performed the role in Paris and Santiago de Chile.

Castronovo’s recordings include a DVD of Il postino and a CD of Neapolitan songs.

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