Since his Metropolitan Opera debut during the 1991/92 season, Hao Jiang Tian, a native of Beijing, has earned worldwide recognition as one of today's most talented basso cantantes, singing over 1300 performances of 40 operatic roles worldwide. He has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera for nineteen years, in 26 operas. Tian has also been highly praised for his appearances in many international theaters such as the Berlin State Opera, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Arena di Verona, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Chicago Lyric Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Washington Opera, and opera houses in France, Spain, Holland, Portugal, Chile, Japan and China. Tian has won acclaim for some of the greatest roles written for bass and these include Philip II in Don Carlos, Procida in I Vespri Siciliani and Mephistopheles in Faust.
Selection courtesy of Hao Jiang Tian's Press Kit.