Fall 2007

A native of Denver, Colorado, tenor Jonathan Hodel has appeared in opera, concert and oratorio in the United States and in Europe. Most recently, Mr. Hodel was a soloist for the 2007 Breckenridge Music Festival. In June, he returned to one of his favorite roles, Rodolfo in Puccini's La Bohème for the final opera in the opening season of St. Petersburg Opera. Earlier this season, Mr. Hodel was seen as Pollione in South Florida Opera's production of Bellini's Norma, Radames in Opera Fort Collins' production of Verdi's Aïda and Nemorino in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore with Asheville Lyric Opera. He was also the tenor soloist in Verdi's Requiem with the Sacramento Choral Society and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Boulder Philharmonic.

In 2005-2006 seasons, Mr. Hodel was seen as Pinkerton with Asheville Lyric Opera and Mansfield Symphony’s joint production of Madama Butterfly and Judge Danforth in Opera San José's The Crucible and Don Jose in Bizet's Carmen for Asheville Lyric Opera.

In 2003, Mr. Hodel concluded a four year residency with Opera San José, during which time he was seen as Manrico in Verdi's Il trovatore, the title role in Gounod's Faust, Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Des Grieux in Massenet's Manon, Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff, Rodolfo in Puccini's La Bohème, the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto, Nemorino in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Alfredo Verdi's La Traviata and Don Jose in Bizet's Carmen.

Recently Mr Hodel sang the role of Rodolfo in Puccini's La Bohème with the Heschise-Stattstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany and with Asheville Lyric Opera, Manrico in Verdi's Il trovatore with the Compagnia d'opera italiana di Milano international opera tour and the Duca Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto for Bayshore Lyric Opera. He has appeared with the Pittsburgh Opera, the Pine Mountain Music Festival and Opera Theatre of Lucca in Lucca, Italy. He was an apprentice artist with Central City Opera, Opera Theater of Saint Louis and the John E. Connelly Pittsburgh Opera Center at Duquesne, where he performed the role of Rinuccio in the world premier of Michael Ching's, Buoso's Ghost. While at Indiana University, Mr Hodel performed many leading roles including the prince in The Love for Three Oranges, and was fortunate to appear as Count Almaviva in the third production ever of Corgliano's modern masterpiece, The Ghosts of Versailles.

As soloist, Mr. Hodel has performed Mendelssohn's Lobgesang in southern Germany with the Württenbergishe Philharmonie, Reutlingen, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Choral Fantasy, Berlioz's Te Deum, Britten's St. Nicolas, Handel's Messiah, Rachmaninov's The Bells, Verdi's Requiem, and concert versions of Verdi's operas Il trovatore and Rigoletto.

Mr. Hodel's lieder concerts have included Schubert's Die Schöne Müllerin, Schumann's Dichterliebe, Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte and Liszt's Tre Sonetti di Petrarca.