John Osborn

The multi-award-winning American tenor JOHN OSBORN, named Singer of the Year 2024, has established an international reputation in the bel canto and French repertoire.

He has enjoyed great success at the Salzburg Festival, the Arena di Verona, the Paris Opéra, Opéra Bastille, Dutch National Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Zurich Opera, Semperoper Dresden, La Monnaie in Brussels, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Liceu in Barcelona, the Aalto Theater in Essen, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Theater an der Wien, and in Geneva, Frankfurt, Rome, and Naples. His roles have included Roméo (Roméo et Juliette), Léopold (La Juive), Raoul (Les Huguenots), Jean de Leyde (Le prophète), Werther, Des Grieux (Manon), Hoffmann, Nadir (Les pêcheurs de perles), Polyeucte (Les Martyrs), Faust (both Gounod and Berlioz), and the title role in Benvenuto Cellini.

Future projects include Benvenuto Cellini in Brussels, Werther in Frankfurt, Jean de Leyde in Paris, the Duke (Rigoletto) in Marseille, and Pollione (Norma) at the Savonlinna Festival.

John Osborn made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 2008 as Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and has since appeared there as Arturo Talbo (I puritani), Faust, Pollione, Arnold (Guillaume Tell), Arrigo (I vespri siciliani), and Hoffmann (Les Contes d’Hoffmann).

Performances with John Osborn

Saison 2025-26
Sun
09 Nov
19:00—22:30
Charles Gounod
Oper Main Stage

with John Osborn, Olga Kulchynska, Alex Esposito, Stefan Astakhov, Margaret Plummer, Monika Bohinec, Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin

Faust

Cast on Sunday 9. November 2025

Doktor Faust

Méphistophélès

Marthe

Monika Bohinec * *instead of Zoryana Kushpler

Kameramann 1

Daniel Keller

Kamermann 2

Tobias Dusche

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Frank Castorf

Bühne

Aleksandar Denić

Kostüme

Adriana Braga Peretzki

Licht

Lothar Baumgarte

Regieassistenz

Wolfgang Gruber

Videoregie

Martin Andersson

Kamera/Bildgestaltung

Tobias Dusche

Daniel Keller

Dramaturgie

Ann-Christine Mecke
Ö1
Wed
12 Nov
19:00—22:30
Charles Gounod
Oper Main Stage

with John Osborn, Olga Kulchynska, Alex Esposito, Stefan Astakhov, Margaret Plummer, Monika Bohinec, Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin

Faust

Cast on Wednesday 12. November 2025

Doktor Faust

Méphistophélès

Marthe

Monika Bohinec * *instead of Zoryana Kushpler

Kameramann 1

Daniel Keller

Kamermann 2

Tobias Dusche

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Frank Castorf

Bühne

Aleksandar Denić

Kostüme

Adriana Braga Peretzki

Licht

Lothar Baumgarte

Regieassistenz

Wolfgang Gruber

Videoregie

Martin Andersson

Kamera/Bildgestaltung

Tobias Dusche

Daniel Keller

Dramaturgie

Ann-Christine Mecke
Abo 10

Ticket information

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

17. September 2025Tannhäsuer
22. Oktober 2025Kallirhoe (Ballett)
12. November 2025Faust
25. März 2026Le grand macabre
20. Mai 2026Les Pêcheurs de perles
Sat
15 Nov
19:00—22:30
Charles Gounod
Oper Main Stage

with John Osborn, Olga Kulchynska, Alex Esposito, Stefan Astakhov, Margaret Plummer, Monika Bohinec, Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin

Faust

Cast on Saturday 15. November 2025

Doktor Faust

Méphistophélès

Marthe

Monika Bohinec * *instead of Zoryana Kushpler

Kameramann 1

Daniel Keller

Kamermann 2

Tobias Dusche

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Frank Castorf

Bühne

Aleksandar Denić

Kostüme

Adriana Braga Peretzki

Licht

Lothar Baumgarte

Regieassistenz

Wolfgang Gruber

Videoregie

Martin Andersson

Kamera/Bildgestaltung

Tobias Dusche

Daniel Keller

Dramaturgie

Ann-Christine Mecke

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