Dido and Aeneas Cast

Carl Rosenthal

Role: Aeneas/Ensemble

Tenor Carl Rosenthal is thrilled to return to MIOpera, after having appeared with the company in Carmen (Don José) and La Traviata (Alfredo).

He recently completed a two-year residency with Dayton Opera, where his performances included Tosca (Spoletta), Sweeney Todd (Pirelli), Das Rheingold (Froh), and Amahl and the Night Visitors (King Kaspar), a role he will reprise with the company this December.

Other career highlights include Die Zauberflöte (Tamino), Così fan tutte (Ferrando), Die Fledermaus (Alfred), La Rondine (Ruggero), Too Many Sopranos (Nelson Deadly), and Bernstein’s MASS (Celebrant). He has performed with a number of professional U.S. regional companies, including Cedar Rapids Opera, MassOpera, Hub City Opera, Loudoun Lyric Opera, Peach State Opera, and Franklin Light Opera.

In addition to his Opera and Musical Theater work, Rosenthal has found success in the world of Orchestral Narration (especially in pieces intended for children). He has performed The Composer is Dead, Maestro Stu Saves the Zoo, and Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf with the Dayton Philharmonic to great acclaim.

Originally from Arlington, Virginia, Rosenthal holds a Master of Music from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University. He worked as a mathematics teacher in New York City before pursuing a career in classical music.