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Joseph Frank, Tenor

Since his 1974 San Francisco Opera debut, tenor Joseph Frank has specialized in the lyric character tenor repertoire. In a career spanning over 50 years, the tenor has garnered acclaim in over 80 roles. He has sung with many of the world’s greatest voices, including Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Leontyne Price, Jose Carreras to name a few. He has sung at the most prestigious opera venues including the Metropolitan Opera and the opera companies of Los Angeles, Houston, Seattle, Washington, San Diego, London, and Paris.

His DVD discography include Ariadne auf Naxos (with Jessye Norman and Katthleen Battle,) and Der Rosenkavalier with Dame Kiri TeKanawa and Luciano Pavarotti both for the Metropolitan Opera, Turandot (with Eva Marton) for the San Francisco Opera. Recordings include Boris Godunov, Adriana Lecouvreur, Madama Butterfly, Pagliacci (with Domingo) and Turandot (with Pavarotti).

As a professor of voice, art song and opera, Joseph Frank retired from San Jose State University with a tenure of 28 years in 2019. In 2020 he inaugurated the Joseph Frank Opera Excellence Endowment which has raised over $144,000.00.

Mr. Frank received a Bachelor of Music, Masters of Music and the coveted Performers

Certificate from Indiana University and an Opera Diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music.

Website: Josephfranktenor.com

franktenor@aol.com (email)