Sean Panikkar

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tenor Sean Panikkar (Photo by Kristina Sherk)

Norman interviews tenor Sean Panikkar who will be playing the role of Don José in Bixet’s Carmen with Madison Opera conducted by John DeMain on November 3rd and 5th at the Overture Center in Madison. The American tenor of Sri Lankan heritage made his Metropolitan Opera debut under the baton of James Levine in Manon Lescaut, and his European operatic debut in Mozart’s Zaïde at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Sean Panikkar
Tenor Sean Panikkar – WPR Studio photo by Allen Rieland

Episode Credits

  • Norman Gilliland Host
  • Allen Rieland Technical Director

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