HAO JIANG TIAN 田浩江
Bass
Since his Metropolitan Opera debut during the 1991/92 season, Hao Jiang Tian, a native of Beijing, has earned worldwide recognition as one of today’s most talented basso cantantes, singing over 1300 performances of 40 operatic roles worldwide. He has appeared at the Metropolitan every subsequent season in 26 operas. Tian has also been highly praised for his appearances in many international theaters such as the Berlin State Opera, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Arena di Verona, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Chicago Lyric Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Washington Opera, and opera houses in France, Spain, Holland, Portugal, Chile, Japan and China. Tian has won acclaim for some of the greatest roles written for bass and these include Philip II in Don Carlos, Procida in I Vespri Siciliani and Mephistopheles in Faust.
Tian’s recent engagements included the title role of Poet Li Bai in the world and China premiere in Colorado (USA), Beijing, Shanghai and European premiere in Rome, Italy, at the Metropolitan Opera, Oroveso in Norma, and General Wang in Tan Dun’s The First Emperor, opposite Placido Domingo in the title role and at the opening season of the National Performing Arts Center in Beijing as Timur in a new production of Turandot. His current engagements also include, Philip II in Don Carlos in Liege, Belgium, Chang, the major bass in the world premiere of Amy Tan’s Bonesetter’s Daughter, composed by Stewart Wallace, at the San Francisco Opera, Oroveso at the Baltimore Opera and two Verdi concerts at Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Italy.
In 2009-2010 season, his engagements include Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera and at the Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing, a new production directed by Zhang Yimou for the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the Peoples’ Republic of China; Macbeth at Opera Santa Barbara and Fresno Grand Opera, Aida at San Francisco Opera and the world premiere of The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci in Hong Kong. His one-man show “From Mao to the Met” which is based on his autobiography will be a special TV show on PBS nationwide in December 2009.
Recording credits include Gomez’s Il Guarany (on Sony Classical), Tan Dun’s The First Emperor (EMI Classics), both with Placido Domingo, and his solo album of opera arias released by Naxos in 2006. His autobiography, Along the Roaring River: …from Mao to the Met, was released in 2008 worldwide by Wiley as a Lincoln Center Book. Tian was nominated as a Principal Soloist for the 51st Grammy Award (2008) for Best Opera Recording of Tan Dun’s The First Emperor.