Bio
Texas-born tenor Joseph Dennis studied at The Juilliard School in New York and has been honored with numerous awards, including Grand Final winner of The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and the top prize at the Gerda Lissner Foundation competition.
This season, Joseph returns to Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton) with Austin Opera, makes his role debut as Faust in Berlioz’ La Damnation de Faust with the Santa Fe Symphony, and joins the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra for performances of La traviata (Alfredo).
In the 2023-24 Season, the tenor made his debut at Washington National Opera creating the role of Eric in the world premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s opera Grounded. He returned to the Prague National Theatre in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Kleider machen Leute (Wenzel Strapinski). Elsewhere during the season, performances included The Magic Flute (Tamino) and Verdi’s Otello (Cassio) with Semperoper Dresden, and The Barber of Seville (Almaviva) with Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz.
During the 2022-23 Season at the Semperoper Dresden he performed in Nabucco (Ismaele). Important debuts followed performing in Albert Lortzing’s Undine (Ritter Hugo von Ringstetten) at Oper Leipzig and at Prague National Theater. He returned to the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv in Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton).
Joseph was a member of the soloist ensemble at Semperoper Dresden for six seasons. Additional highlights include the Emmy-winning production of Manon (Des Grieux) and Jenůfa (Števa) at Des Moines Metro Opera, and Spoleto Festival USA in the world premiere of Huang Ruo’s Paradise Interrupted.