Nessun dorma: Arias For Tenor (rias by Adam, Giordano, Ponchielli, Puccini, Rossini & Verdi)

The American tenor Thomas Harper was born in Oklahoma but has made his home in Germany, where he is a member of the Dortmund Opera Theatre. In addition to a recent highly acclaimed American debut as Mime in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Seattle Opera, he has won enthusiastic praise for his recording of the role of Fritz in the Marco Polo recording of Franz Schreker's opera Der ferne Klang, a milestone in the current revival of operas by Schreker. In Italy, Switzerland and Germany Thomas Harper has amassed a wide and varied repertoire of some fifty roles, ranging from the Duke in Rigoletto and Radames in Aida to Anton in Alban Berg's opera Lulu and Gregor in Janacek's The Makropoulos Affair. Other important roles include that of Florestan in Fidelio, Erik in Der fliegende Hollander and the Witch in Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel.