Charles castronovo biography

American operatic tenor

Charles Castronovo (born June 19, 1975) is an American operatictenor. Castronovo was born to a Sicilian father and an Ecuadorian mother in Queens, New York, but grew up in Southern California.^[1] He attended California State University, Fullerton, for undergraduate studies in classical voice.^[2] During his time at the university, his talent came to the attention of William Vendice, the chorusmaster of the Los Angeles Opera, who promptly hired him as a chorister.^[3]

Career

He began his professional career as a resident artist with the Los Angeles Opera.

In the summer of 1998 he was a participant in San Francisco Opera's prestigious Merola Opera Program, and later joined the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.^[4] After garnering much experience at the Metropolitan Opera, a series of significant role debuts soon followed such as Don Ottavio (Mozart's Don Giovanni)