Jonathan Lemalu

San Diego Opera debut. New Zealand born Samoan bass Jonathan Lemalu created the role of Queequeg during the world premiere of Moby-Dick at the Dallas Opera. Recent notable engagements include Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro and Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville for English National Opera, Papageno in The Magic Flute for the Glyndebourne Festival, Zoroastro in Orlando and Colline in La bohème at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, The Barber in The Barber of Baghdad and the High Priest in Idomeneo: King of Crete for Buxton Opera House, the title roles of Saul and The Marriage of Figaro as well as Argante in Rinaldo and Leporello in Don Giovanni at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Leporello for Hamburgische Staatsoper, Rodomonte in Orlando Palladino, Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia and Papageno for the Theatre an der Wien, Leoprello and Figaro for Opera Australia, Masetto in Don Giovanni for the Metropolitan Opera and Papageno for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. An extensive concert performer he has sung with such organizations as Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra among many others.