American tenor Paul Groves enjoys an important international career, performing on the stages of all the world’s leading opera houses and concert halls. Engagements for the 2012/2013 season include Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius with the London Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlioz’s Te Deum with the San Francisco Symphony. Operatic engagements include Iphigénie en Aulide in Vienna and Don Giovanni in Madrid. He made his debut at La Scala in 1995 as Tamino in The Magic Flute and he has returned in several roles, including Renaud in Gluck’s Armide and Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore - the first American tenor invited to La Scala for this role. The role of Tamino was the vehicle for his debut at London’s Royal Opera, Covent Garden, and he appears frequently with the Vienna State Opera and at the Salzburg Festival.