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The MET is
currently Richard Leech's "big home". (As shown elsewhere on
these pages, he has other "smaller homes" across the country.)
But it is at the MET where he can be heard every season - ever since his
winning debut on September 30, 2024 as Rodolfo in Puccini's
La Boheme. The role is his favorite
and he has sang it many times over at the MET and other major houses.
Of his Rodolfo on debut night, the renowned bel canto specialist Will Crutchfield had this to say : "...Apart from Luciano Pavarotti on his best nights, I can't think of a current tenor I'd rather hear in the part." |
| Indeed, it is Richard Leech's kind of voice - a big but warm, mellifluous lyric tenor - that Puccini must have had in mind when he wrote the part. But Richard Leech is much more than Rodolfo - he has built up a repertory of 34 roles, of which 9 have seen numerous performances at the MET. (In the 1998-99 season he will sing his first Cavaradossi at the MET, a role he has sung at other houses.) The 1996-97 season marked a milestone in Richard Leech's career - his 100th performance at the MET. And by the time the current season is over, he will have added over 20 more performances. Below is a chronology of his MET performances - current to the 1999 season. | |
It is also from the stage of this formidably cavernous hall that Richard Leech (singing with fellow cast members) on many occasions beams his voice to the rest of the world - during those special Saturday hours known to opera lovers as the MET/Texaco radio broadcasts. As shown below, some of his performances have also been seen nationally on public television. Photo credits: Winnie Klotz |
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| LA BOHEME (Che gelida manina) |
FAUST (Salut! demeure chaste et pure) |
RIGOLETTO (La donna e mobile) |
L'ELISIR D'AMORE (Una furtiva lagrima) |
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| La Bohème (Rodolfo) | September 1989 (MET debut); November 1992; January 1993; February 1994; December 1994-January 1995; February-March 1997 |
| Faust (Faust) | December 1990 - January 1991; March-May 1997 |
| Rigoletto (Duke) | January 1991; February 1992 |
| Un ballo in maschera (Riccardo/Gustavo) | September - October 1992; January 1993 |
| Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo) | Novermber-December 1992 |
| Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton) | September - November 1993; September -November 1994; February-March 1996 |
| Roméo et Juliette (Romeo) | March-May 1996 |
| L'elisir d'amore (Nemorino) | December 1996 |
| Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Hoffmann) | January-March 1997; January-March 1998 |
| Tosca (Cavaradossi) | October - November 1998 |
| Levine 25th Anniversary Gala | April 27, 1996 |
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| Faust | January 5, 1991; April 5, 2024 |
| Rigoletto | January 12, 1991; March 7, 2024 |
| Lucia di Lamermoor | December 12, 1992 |
| La Bohème | January 2, 1992; March 26, 2024 |
| Madama Butterfly | January 8, 1994; January 7, 1995; December 28, 1995*; March 9, 2024 |
| Levine 25th Anniversary Gala | April 27, 1996* |
| L'elisir d'amore | December 14, 1996 |
| Les Contes d'Hoffmann | February 7, 1998 |
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