Tenor Joseph Kaiser makes his LA Opera debut as Tamino in The Magic Flute (January 2009).

Having starred as Tamino in the Kenneth Branagh film adaptation of The Magic Flute, conducted by James Conlon and released internationally during the 2006/07 season, Joseph Kaiser is recognized by audiences for his beauty of tone, for the intelligence of his programming, and for an innate sense of style and elegance. He is developing rapidly into one of the most gifted artists of his generation and enjoys success in opera, oratorio, and concert throughout North America and Europe.

Engagements of the present and future seasons include Die Fledermaus, Salome, and Dialogues des Carmélites at the Lyric Opera of Chicago under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis, The Magic Flute and Salome at the Metropolitan Opera, Béatrice et Bénédict at Chicago Opera Theatre with Jan Latham-Koenig, a new production of Eugene Onegin at the Salzburg Festival conducted by Daniel Barenboim, the North American premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater at the Santa Fe Opera in a production by Peter Sellars, a Covent Garden debut in Salome with Philippe Jordan, and Jenu*fa for his debut with the Bayerische Staatsoper under Kirill Petrenko. He also appears in concert with Sir Simon Rattle and the Philadelphia Orchestra, in Philadelphia and for his Carnegie Hall concert debut, as well as with Richard Bradshaw and the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra.

Joseph Kaiser joined the prestigious Lyric Opera Center for American Artists in the spring of 2004 and, during his residency with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, he has been involved in productions of The Midsummer Marriage, Fidelio, Aida, and Das Rheingold, singing under the batons of Sir Andrew Davis and Christoph von Dohnányi. He made his Ravinia Festival debut in summer 2005 in Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Christoph Eschenbach and Verdi’s Otello with James Conlon and also debuted with The Philadelphia Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.

Highlights of recent seasons also include concerts with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic as well as with Carlos Kalmar and the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra, Das Rheingold at the Aix en Provence Festival in a new production by Stéphane Braunschweig and conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, the world premiere of John Musto’s Volpone with the Wolf Trap Opera Company, the Baz Luhrmann production of La Bohème on Broadway, New York City Opera productions of Carmen and John Philip Sousa’s The Glassblowers, a Lincoln Center Festival debut in Bright Sheng's opera Silver River, Glimmerglass Opera productions of The Glassblowers and the world premiere of Central Park, and Sweeney Todd at Calgary Opera.

Equally committed to the art of recital, Mr. Kaiser has appeared at the Caramoor Festival, in a joint program with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, which was presented under the auspices of the New York Festival of Song, in Chicago at the Chicago Humanities Festival, in Montreal with the André Turp Society, and on the Debut Series of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, receiving a national broadcast on the CBC Radio network. He joined a roster of emerging artists on a special gala program, hosted by Renée Fleming and Sherrill Milnes, under the auspices of the George London Foundation and, as the Song Prize winner of the Julian Autrey Foundation, offered his New York solo recital debut, both at Weill Hall. A recent solo recital in Montreal was honored by CBC-Radio Canada as the Outstanding Young Vocalist Recital of the Year and given a national broadcast on the network.

A prize winner in the 2005 Plácido Domingo Operalia Competition, Joseph also was recognized with the Robert Jacobson Memorial Grant by the George London Foundation, first prizes at the Elardo Opera Competition and Orlando Opera Heinz Rehfuss Singing Actor Award, and numerous scholarships at McGill University.