Following studies in his native city, he made his debut as Count Almaviva in
Il barbiere di Siviglia with Florida Opera in 1972. Noted particularly for his musicianship and abilities as a singing-actor, he went on to appear with the
Chicago Lyric Opera,
San Francisco Opera,
The Royal Opera in London (Lenski in
Eugene Onegin, and Števa in
Jenůfa),
Paris Opéra,
Hamburg Opera,
Dutch National Opera,
Teatro alla Scala (as Narraboth in
Salome in
Robert Wilson's production, 1987),
Santa Fe Opera,
Dallas Opera (world premiere of
The Aspern Papers), and the
New Israeli Opera. In 1992, he appeared in
Luca Ronconi's production of
La damnation de Faust in Turin. He also sang with many of the great orchestras, under
Leonard Bernstein, Sir
Colin Davis,
Seiji Ozawa,
James Levine,
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and
Riccardo Muti. Rosenshein made his debut with the
Metropolitan Opera in 1987, as Alfredo Germont in
La traviata, opposite
Diana Soviero and
Sherrill Milnes, conducted by
Thomas Fulton. He was also seen there in
Die Fledermaus (as Alfred, conducted by
Julius Rudel),
Salome (as Narraboth),
Werther,
Faust (with Soviero and
James Morris, later
Samuel Ramey), the world premiere of
The Ghosts of Versailles (with
Teresa Stratas,
Gino Quilico, and
Marilyn Horne),
La traviata (conducted by
Plácido Domingo),
Rusalka (as the Prince),
Peter Grimes (conducted by
James Conlon), and
Die Fledermaus (now as Eisenstein), which was his last performance with the company, in 1999. Rosenshein's recordings include Bernstein's
Songfest, Haydn's
Die Schöpfung, and Tchaikovsky's
Eugene Onegin (with Dame
Kiri Te Kanawa and
Thomas Hampson, with
Nicolai Gedda as M. Triquet, conducted by Sir
Charles Mackerras, 1992). As of 1997, he is on the voice faculty of the
Manhattan School of Music. He previously served on the faculty at
DePaul University. == Videography ==