Notice Board

Music at Noon Series
J. Patrick Raftery, tenor (University of British Columbia); Carolyn Herrington, piano
12:15 pm, October 6, 2015
University Recital Hall

“A very personal choice of repertoire from four decades of study is represented in this recital.  Included in this repertoire are songs I first sang in school in the 1970s and repertoire I performed for the first time just this past year.  I have loved these songs for much of my life and I am excited to share them with the students in Lethbridge.” - J. Patrick Raftery (Vancouver), August 2015.

Biography
J. Patrick Raftery’s debut was with Luciano Pavarotti for The San Diego Opera’s production of La bohème. This debut and The Richard Tucker Music Foundation Award Winner’s concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall helped catapult Mr. Raftery to performances with the major opera houses and orchestras of the world. After a number of years at the University of Toronto Mr. Raftery joined full time faculty at the University of British Columbia in 2014.

Notable debuts:
Théâtre du Châtelet-Paris ( Les pêcheurs de perles-Zurga), The Canadian Opera Company (Marcello),The Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden (Le Nozze di Figaro-Conte), Das Deutsche Oper Berlin (Marcello), The Glyndebourne Festival (Guglielmo),The Metropolitan Opera of New York (Manon Lescaut-Lescaut), Opéra de Paris (Il Barbiere di Siviglia-Figaro), Bayerische Staatsoper (Sharpless), Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro (Il Turco in Italia-Poeta),The San Fransisco Opera (Marcello), The Washington Opera (Il Barbiere di Siviglia-Figaro), Teatro alla Scala (La Vestale-Cinna).