American bass-baritone John
Del Carlo made his San Diego Opera debut as Pantalone in
The Love for Three Oranges in 1978 and
returned for the Commissioner in Madama
Butterfly in 1978, Silvio in Pagliacci
in 1979, Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love
in 1987, Sulpice in The Daughter of the
Regiment in 1990, Baron Zeta in The
Merry Widow in 1992, Mustafa in The
Italian Girl in Algiers in 1997, Bartolo in
The Barber of Seville in 1998, Frank in Die Fledermaus in 2005 and Swallow in
Peter Grimes in 2009. He has enjoyed an important relationship with the
Metropolitan Opera since his debut in 1993 as Kothner in
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,
returning twice for the title role of Don
Pasquale, twice as Swallow, Quince in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mathieu in
Andrea Chenier, Bartolo in The Marriage
of Figaro and The Barber of Seville,
and Alfieri in A View from the Bridge,
among others. With San Francisco Opera his numerous appearances include the
title role of Falstaff, Alidoro in
Cinderella and General Boom in
La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein,
among others. Recent engagements include Fritz Kothner in
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg with Cincinnati Opera, Don Alfonso in
Così fan tutte at the Ravinia
Festival, Bartolo for San Francisco Opera, Alfieri in
A View from the Bridge at
Teatro dell' Opera di Roma, and Bartolo
in The Marriage of Figaro for
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
Other houses with which he has
appeared include Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Los
Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera, the Royal Opera House,