Brandon Jovanovich

Praised by The Wall Street Journal for his “ardent, heroic tenor and strong acting,” Brandon Jovanovich appears regularly at the world’s leading opera companies for his passionate portrayals of leading roles in French, Italian, German, and Slavic opera.

Jovanovich opened the 2024-25 season as Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos at Opernhaus Zürich and joined the Washington National Opera for a concert of Wagner scenes. He returned to the Metropolitan Opera as Captain Ahab in the company premiere of Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick and performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra as Paul in Die tote Stadt. He also returned to Carnegie Hall in recital, singing Shostakovich’s From Jewish Folk Poetry with pianist Evgeny Kissin, soprano Susanna Phillips, and mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke. Additionally, he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Zubin Mehta for Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder.

Jovanovich opened the 2023-24 season with his return to Teatro alla Scala in the title role of Peter Grimes, followed by performances as Gherman in The Queen of Spades in a new production opposite Asmik Grigorian and later Lise Davidsen at Bayerische Staatsoper. He reprised Don José in Carmen for his return to Covent Garden and appeared in Berlin as Dick Johnson in Lydia Steier’s production of La Fanciulla del West at Staatsoper Berlin. On the concert stage, he sang Siegmund in a concert performance of Die Walküre with Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic in Baden-Baden, as well as in a concert presentation of the first act with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Spano and directed by James Robinson.

In the 2022-23 season, Jovanovich performed as Sergei in Graham Vick’s production of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson. He later returned to Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona as Luigi in Il Tabarro, conducted by Susanna Mälkki and opposite Lise Davidsen. He made his role and house debut as Laca in Jenůfa with the Opera of Palau de les Arts in Valencia and reprised the role of Florestan in Fidelio at the Vienna State Opera. He also appeared as a soloist in San Francisco Opera’s Centennial Gala.

Jovanovich has enjoyed much success in concert work across Europe and the United States, performing works including Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder with Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne conducted by Markus Stenz (recorded by Hyperion) and with Manchester’s Hallé conducted by Mark Elder. He collaborated with Markus Stenz and the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne again on Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 and made his debut in Dresden with the Dresden Philharmonic. At the Festival Saint-Denis, he performed Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. Jovanovich has also sung Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at venues across the U.S. and Europe, including with the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, St. Louis Symphony, and Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine.

A native of Billings, Montana, Jovanovich received his training at Northern Arizona University and the Manhattan School of Music. He was the recipient of the 2007 Richard Tucker Award and was twice a New York City district winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. He was a founding member of the Seattle Opera Young Artists Program and a member of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program, where he received the Anna Case Mackay Award. He also won the Crawley Award from the Young Patronesses of the Opera/Florida Grand Opera Voice Competition and was awarded the prestigious ARIA Award in 2004.