| Biography | American baritone John Chest is winner of the prestigious 2010 Stella Maris International Vocal Competition and was a finalist in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 2017. He has recently been awarded a Richard Tucker Music Foundation Career Grant. Until September 2016 he was a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where his roles included the title role of Billy Budd in a new production by David Alden, Valentin Faust, Ford Falstaff, Silvio Pagliacci, Figaro Il barbiere di Siviglia, Papageno Die Zauberflöte, Guglielmo Cosi fan tutte, and Il Conte Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro.
Highlights of the 2017-18 season include Guglielmo Cosi fan tutte (Bayerische Staatsoper), Dr Falke Die Fledermaus (Deutsche Oper Berlin) and his house debut at Glyndebourne Festival as Pelléas Pelléas et Mélisande. |