Canadian tenor Josh Lovell, whose voice has been described by the The Guardian as “a handsome sounding tenor with a warm, liquid voice and easy high notes” is quickly gaining notoriety in the world’s most prestigious houses. An incredibly versatile artist, Mr. Lovell’s repertoire spans the Baroque to Romantic periods, as well as modern works of the 20th Century.
Canadian tenor Josh Lovell, whose voice has been described by the The Guardian as “a handsome sounding tenor with a warm, liquid voice and easy high notes” is quickly gaining notoriety in the world’s most prestigious houses. An incredibly versatile artist, Mr. Lovell’s repertoire spans the Baroque to Romantic periods, as well as modern works of the 20th Century.
In the 2024-25 season, Josh Lovell will return to Teatro alla Scala for a new production of Gassmann’s L’Opera seria as Ritornello, debut at the Rossini Opera Festival as Lindoro in a new production of L’italiana in Algeri, Oper Frankfurt as Grimoaldo in Rodelinda, and Atlanta Opera as Jupiter and Apollo in Semele. In concert, he will debut with the Chicago Symphony in Mozart’s Coronation Mass, the Mozart’s Requiem with Stéphane Denève and the St. Louis Symphony, and a solo concert with orchestra with the Victoria Symphony in British Columbia.
In the 2023-24 season, Josh Lovell performed Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Opéra national de Paris and Edinburgh International Festival, Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Italian Singer in Capriccio with Christian Thielemann at the Salzburg Festival, Medoro in Orlando Paladino with Giovanni Antonini at Teatro Real and Gran Teatre del Liceu, Ernesto in Don Pasquale with Vancouver Opera, and Jacquino in Fidelio with the Canadian Opera Company. In concert, Mr. Lovell made debuts at the Royal Concertgebouw singing in Rossini’s Petite messe solonnelle with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Vesperae solennes de confessore with Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, Clistene in Cimarosa’s L’Olimpiade in recording and on tour with Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset at the Opéra royal de Versailles and Theater an der Wien, the Bach Consort Wien for Handel’s Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Messiah with North Carolina Symphony and Peter in Handel’s Brockes Passion with The English Concert and Harry Bicket.
A former member of the Wiener Staatsoper ensemble, Lovell’s performed roles include Ernesto, Don Ottavio, Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Fenton in Falstaff, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Italian Singer in Der Rosenkavalier, Ruodi in Guillaume Tell, Lurcanio in Ariodante, Andres in Wozzeck, Noboru in Henze’s Das verratene meer, Telemachus in a new production of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, and Lukas in a staged ballet version of Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten.
Outside of Vienna, Mr. Lovell recently made debuts at the Teatro alla Scala as Ferdinand in Thomas Adès’ The Tempest, the Glyndebourne Festival as Ernesto in Don Pasquale, the Bolshoi Theater as Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Oper Leipzig as Don Ottavio in a new production of Don Giovanni, the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Gérald in Lakmé at the Berlin Philharmonie, and Don Gomez de Féria in Saint-Saëns Henry VIII at the Bard Festival. and the Bayerische Staatsoper as Florville in Il signor Bruschino, and later, the Italian Singer in Der Rosenkavalier.
An avid and experienced concert artist, Josh Lovell has vast experience from numerous performances of the works of Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Britten, Vaughan Williams, and Bach. He has performed Bach’s Coffee Cantata with Music of the Baroque, Opera Rara and the London Philharmonic as Prince Casimir in a recording and performance of Offenbach’s La Princesse de Trébizonde, Messiah with The International Music Foundation, the Victoria Symphony, as well as the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, Mozart’s Requiem with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Sinfonietta Rīga, the Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Victoria Philharmonic Choir, and sang Bach’s Magnificat and select cantatas with Baroque ensemble I Musici de Montréal. Additionally, Lovell has appeared with the Wiener Philharmoniker, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, and L’Orquestra Simfònica de les Balears.
A Victoria, British Columbia native, Josh Lovell is the winner of the 39th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, the Grand Prize and Opera Prize winner of the 52nd Annual International Vocal Competition’s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, the Opus Klassik award for the 2024 Opera Recording of the Year, in addition to, the Oper! Award for the 2024 Best opera recording for the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s recording of Le Princesse de Trébizonde, the 2nd place winner of the Dallas Opera competition, and the 3rd place winner of the Marcello Giordani Foundation competition.
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