Dennis Chmelensky

Praised for his “carrying power as well as subtle sensitivity to sound” (Philadelphia Inquirer), German baritone Dennis Chmelensky is a former member of the Washington National Opera’s Cafritz Young Artist program and an alum of the Curtis Institute of Music. This season, he made his debut at the Philips Collection with Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte and workshopped the role of Sensor in Jeanine Tesori’s new opera Grounded that was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. In July, he will make his debut at the Verbier Festival, where he will perform Peter in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel conducted by Stanislav Kochanovsky, as well as Tom in Un ballo in maschera under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda. Recent highlights include his debut as Don Giovanni in a Curtis / Opera Philadelphia co-production under the baton of Karina Canellakis and his Konzerthaus Berlin debut. He was a National Semifinalist of the 2022 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition.