Brandon Jovanovich

More contemporary works include the American premiere of Jonathan Dove's Flight as Bill at the Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Hans Buchner in the world premiere of Marco Tutino's Senso at Teatro Massimo (Palermo); the world premiere of David Carlson's Anna Karenina as Constantin Levin with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Florida Grand Opera; as Boconnion in the American premiere of Richard Rodney Bennett's The Mines of Sulphur with Glimmerglass Opera; Lord Geoffrey in the American premiere of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Lowell Liebermann at the Florentine Opera (Milwaukee); and the San Francisco Opera premiere of Carlisle Floyd's Susannah in 2014.

The 2007 Richard Tucker Award winner keeps a demanding schedule that sees him performing in both concerts and operas through the world.

His first major operatic role was in the summer of 1999 with Smetana's The Two Widows at the Chautauqua Opera. Abroad, his first foray into Europe was as Don José in l'Opera de Bordeaux's production of Carmen in 2000.

Jovanovich moved to New York City in the mid-1990s, where he dabbled in modeling, acting, musical theater, operetta and eventually opera. Having apprenticed with the Santa Fe Opera in 1996 and 1997, he asked to sing the role of Giovanni in Daniel Catan's opera La hija de Rappaccini. He was awarded a scholarship and was enrolled at the Manhattan School of Music until 1998. Concurrently he was singing with the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players (NYGASP). Between 1995 and 1999, he sang in seven operettas with that company both in New York and on tour, but it was his performance of Luiz in The Gondoliers that first attracted the attention of the New York Times.

Brandon Jovanovich (born 5 October 1970) is an American operatic tenor whose repertoire encompasses Wagner, Puccini, Strauss, Britten, and from early Baroque to world premiere operas. He is most known for his passionate portrayals of Slavic, French and German operas. His signature roles include Don José in Bizet's Carmen, B. F. Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca, and the title role in Wagner's Lohengrin.