| Biography | Sean Panikkar is an American tenor of Sri Lankan heritage who made his Metropolitan Opera debut in the 2007-08 season under the baton of James Levine in Manon Lescaut (commercially available on DVD on EMI), and his European operatic debut in Mozarts Zaïde at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in a production directed by Peter Sellars and conducted by Louis Langrée (commercially available on DVD on Opus Arte). During the 2013-14 season operatic engagements include the role of Rodolfo in a new production of La bohème staged by Francesca Zambello at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Macduff in Macbeth for the tenors debut at Palm Beach Opera, and return engagements with Pittsburgh Opera as Tamino in The Magic Flute and with Fort Worth Opera as Nadir in Les pêcheurs de perles. |