Evan Bowers
Lyric Spinto Tenor
American tenor Evan Bowers was born in New York where he also completed his musical training. His participation in the 1987 Merola San Francisco young artists opera program led to his touring engagements throughout the United States with the San Francisco and Houston Grand Opera. In 1992, he joined the ensemble of the Staatstheater Nürnberg in Germany to be followed by a residency with Opera Leipzig. During this period his roles included Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore, Lensky in Eugene Onegin, Rodolfo in La Bohème, and Alfredo in La Traviata.
This season Mr. Bowers made a sensational debut at the Festival Verdi in Parma, Italy singing the role of Carlo VII in Giovanna D’Arco sending the audience into sensational applause for him. The production, conducted by Bruno Bartoletti, was broadcast live across Italy. After this he travels to Staatstheater Essen to perform Rodolfo in La Bohème and returns to the Opera Bastille for more performances of Ballo in Maschera. Later in the season he makes his debut at the Semperoper in Dresden singing Cavaradossi in Tosca. Mr. Bowers will perform the role of Jose from Carmen with the Finnish National Opera with Andrea Baker as Carmen.
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Mr. Bowers has worked with many of the world's leading opera houses such as the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Frankfurt Opera, Opera di Genova, Finnish National Opera, Scottish Opera, Royal Danish Opera, Opéra de Marseille, Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janiero, Teatro Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Teatro Regio in Torino, Theater Basel in Switzerland, and the Teatro Regio di Parma.
In the United States he has sung with the companies of San Francisco, Houston, Portland, Oregon, Florentine Opera in Milwaukee and New York City Opera. He has also performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City as well as with music festivals throughout the country. In recent seasons, the tenor has expanded his repertoire to include such roles as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Cavaradossi in Tosca, the Duke in Rigoletto, Don José in Carmen, and Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur. A highlight of his 2002/03 season was the honor of opening the Vienna Festwoche in a much acclaimed production of Madama Butterfly. In May 2004, he made his Belgian debut in the role of Matteo in Richard Strauss' Arabella with the Vlaamse Oper.
The 2004/05 season brought productions of Madama Butterfly in Nantes and Nancy, France as well as both Tosca and Simon Boccanegra with the Opera house of Graz, Austria. In 2005/06 he sang the role of Rodolfo in La Bohème with Dijon Opera, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, with the Staatstheater Essen, Gabriel Adorno in Simon Boccanegra with Opera Nante. In 2006/07 he performed Edgardo in the Staatstheater Essen. He sang Laca in Jenufa with the Amsterdam Opera. Last season he made his Paris debut as Gabriel Adorno in Simon Boccanegra with the Opera Bastille. Subsequently, Mr. Bowers was asked to learn Ballo in Maschera in four days and began rehearsals for Riccardo with Semyon Byschkof. He sang the premiere for an indisposed Marcello Alvarez with great success and performed the role for nine more performances. Mr. Bowers made his debut singing the role of Riccardo with the Minnesota Opera. The following season he made his debut in the role of Rodolfo in Luisa Miller at the Bastille. At the Staatstheater in Essen he sang Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Rodolfo La Bohème and Carvaradossi in Tosca. In Bologna he sang Gabriel Adorno in Simon Boccanegra with great success.
Mr. Bowers has sung with many of the world's most prominent orchestras including the Vienna Philharmoniker, the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, the BBC Orchestras of Wales and London, the Israeli Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic in London, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, RTE Ireland and the Opera Orchestra of New York. Mr. Bowers is a graduate of the Purchase College at the State University of New York and lives today in Chicago, Illinois with his wife and daughter.
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