
Brett Polegato has already appeared on several of the world's most distinguished stages in nineteen countries, including those of Lincoln Center, La Scala, the Concertgebouw, the Opéra National de Paris, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, the Teatro Real, Roy Thomson Hall, and Carnegie Hall, and has participated as soloist in the Grammy Awards’ Best Classical Recording of 2003 - Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony (Telarc) with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Robert Spano.
Equally at ease on the concert and recital stages, Mr. Polegato made his Carnegie Hall recital debut at Weill Recital Hall in May 2003 with pianist, Warren Jones, and returned the following year with the Atlanta Symphony to reprise their Grammy Award winning performance of A Sea Symphony. He is a frequent guest artist with the Bayerisher Rundfunkorchester in Munich and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, as well as with most of the other major U.S. and Canadian orchestras.
As a recitalist, Mr. Polegato appears frequently throughout North America and Europe, and is particularly noted for his programming choices and wide range of repertoire. He has premiered several new works, including a work written for him by Malcolm Forsythe.
Brett’s discography includes his critically praised solo disc, To A Poet, with pianist Iain Burnside, on CBC Records.
Future engagements include the title role of Don Giovanni with Calgary Opera, Handel’s Messiah with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir in Toronto and Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Polegato sings in Handel’s Messiah December 5-7 at Symphony Hall. His last appearance with the Society was in the performances of Handel's Messiah in 1999.
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