Cardamone, Victor

(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Victor Cardamone is garnering critical acclaim for his “gorgeous and sizeable high lyric tenor” (Classical Sonoma) and “thrilling” performances (San Francisco Chronicle). The tenor recently completed his second season as an Adler Fellow with San Francisco Opera, where he performed the roles of Stone/Eunuch in Bright Sheng’s Dream of the Red Chamber, Rodolfo in Bohème Out of the Box, Apparition of a Youth in Die Frau ohne Schatten, and First Brabant Nobleman in Lohengrin.

In March 2024, Cardamone makes his house debut with Livermore Valley Opera in the role of Tamino in The Magic Flute, which he also performed with the Santa Rosa Symphony in 2023. His “beautiful, very strong and clear” voice (The Opera Tattler) has also been heard with the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, Opera Columbus, the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Wolf Trap Opera, the Charleston Symphony, and Brevard Music Center. His additional role credits include Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Ralph Rackstraw (H.M.S. Pinafore), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola), Larry Renault (Dinner at Eight), Jeník (The Bartered Bride), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), and Count Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia).

As a member of Opera Fusion: New Works, he lent his voice to the first workshops and studio recordings for Eurydice (co-commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and Los Angeles Opera), Blind Injustice (sponsored by the Ohio Innocence Project), and The Hours (co-commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra).