Tenor (tenore spinto)
A Chilean-American tenor of radiant spinto voice and darkly colored timbre, Jonathan Tetelman has emerged as one of the most promising Puccini interpreters of his generation, celebrated for his luminous recordings and commanding presence across Europe's leading opera houses.
Defining moments and milestones
Raised in Princeton, New Jersey, after his adoption from Chile, Tetelman trained initially as a baritone at Manhattan School of Music before undergoing a transformative vocal transition to tenor during his graduate studies at Mannes. His 2018 emergency debut as Rodolfo at Tanglewood—replacing Piotr Beczała with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons—launched a meteoric rise that has established him as the leading young interpreter of the Puccini canon, performing across Europe's most prestigious houses and earning the 2024 Gramophone Voice & Ensemble Award for his album *The Great Puccini*.
Gramophone Voice & Ensemble Award 2024 for his album *The Great Puccini*, with the magazine hailing him as 'the young Puccini tenor of our day'
American Boychoir School, Princeton; Manhattan School of Music (undergraduate, 2007–2011); Mannes School of Music (graduate studies)
Recordings featuring Jonathan Tetelman in the Society index
Additional recordings will appear here as the catalog expands.