Allan Glassman Head Shot

Allan Glassman has thrilled audiences throughout America and Europe with his vibrant tenor and committed interpretations of roles.

Allan Glassman will begin the 2005-2006 season singing Rusalka with The Fort Worth Symphony and he will take part in 3 productions at the Metropolitan Opera: The world premier of Tobias Picker’s An American Tragedy, Wozzeck and Mazeppa. Mr. Glassman began the 2004-2005 season singing the title role in Idomeneo with The Los Angeles Opera where he was double cast with Placido Domingo. He also sang Herod in Salome with Ft. Worth Opera and Das Lied von der Erde with Grand Rapids Symphony. He has sung over 80 different tenor roles, and he added one more to his repertoire with Samson in Samson and Dalilah which he sang with both Opera Pacific in Orange County, CA, and The New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv this year.

A regular at the Metropolitan Opera, Allan Glassman triumphed as Herod in and new production of Salome starring Karita Mattila in the spring of 2004. He was also heard in Die Frau Ohne Schatten and Boris Godunov last season at the Met. Mr. Glassman sang the role of Calaf in Turandot with Florida Grand Opera and he sang a concert performance of Boito’s Mephistofeles with Boston Concert Opera last spring.

In recent seasons Mr. Glassman has been heard at the Metropolitan Opera in operas such as The Great Gatsby, Carmen, Elektra, Katya Kabonova and The Ghost of Versailles. He has been a frequent guest at New York City Opera as well, where he has performed the title role in Les Conets D’Hoffmann, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Don Jose in Carmen and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly among many other things. He was heard recently with Florida Grand Opera as Herod in Salome, Shuisky in Boris Gudenov, and Boris in Katya Kabonova.

Mr. Glassman has performed extensively in Europe, where his performances have included Manrico in Il Trovatore with the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin; title role in Ernani, Don Jose in Carmen and I Vespri Siciliana with L’Opéra de Nice; I Vespri Siciliani with Den Norske Opera; Carmen with Opera Valencia in Spain and the Prince in Rusalka with Oper Frankfurt. In concert he has sung Prince Osaka in Mascagni’s Iris with the Münchner Philharmoniker and Verdi’s Requiem with L’Opéra de Nice.

Other companies to which Mr. Glassman has lent his talents in the States include Dallas Opera, Connecticut Opera, Arizona Opera, Washington Opera, Greensboro Opera, Atlanta Opera, Florentine Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera to name but a few. Allan Glassman lives in Plano, Texas with his wife, soprano, Jeanine Thames, and their 5 year old son, Benjamin.