The young tenor Eric Fenell's considerable singer career highlights include a.o. RODOLFO at the New York City Opera, the Glimmerglass Opera, the National Theater Mannheim, the Edmonton Opera, and in Baz Luhrman's La Boheme on Broadway; the DUKE OF MANTUA at the German Opera Berlin and the Slovak National Theater; ALFREDO at the New York City Opera and the Slovak National Theater, TAMINO at the Sarasota Opera and the Wichita Opera; ROBERTO DEVEREUX at the Dallas Opera; ROMEO at the Schwerin State Theatre, the Slovakian National Theatre and the Opera North (USA); DON JOSE at the St. Margarethen Festival, the Lubeck Theatre and the Pacific Opera Victoria; CAMILLE DE ROSSILLON at the German Opera on Rhine (European debut); PINKERTON at the Austin Lyric Opera and the Lake George Opera; EDGARDO at the Des Moines Metro Opera and the Granite State Opera; RINUCCIO in "Gianni Scgicci" at the Macau International Music Festival (China); DES GRIEUX in "Manon Lescaut" at the Maria Biesu International Opera Festival; NADIR at the Madison Opera and GERALD in "Lakmé" at the Sarasota Opera and the Teatro Principal de Palma de Mallorca. Moreover, the artist also performed at the San Francisco Opera, the Boston Lyric Opera, the Seattle Opera, the Washington Concert Opera, the Tulsa Opera, the Chautauqua Opera, the Central City Opera, the Weimar National Theatre, the Salzburg Municipal Theatre, the Opera Festival in Tenerife, the Arena di Verona, theTeatro Petruzzelli di Bari, and the Spoleto Festival USA.

Born into a musical family, his father, a conductor, and mother, a pianist, instilled in him a strong sense of musicality at an early age. Originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania, Eric Fennell now lives in Berlin, Germany. He received a BA in music from Gettysburg College and a Masters in Voice and Artist Diploma from Boston University, where he was a member of the Opera Institute. Mr. Fennell is a student of Arthur Levy and is mentored by internationally acclaimed tenor Gregory Kunde.

Fennell's professional career began when he stepped in for an indisposed colleague as RODOLFO at the Glimmerglass Opera Festival. This lead to a contract with The New York City Opera where he sang six seasons and 13 roles. A Metropolitan Opera National Council regional finalist and prize winner in the Licia Albanese Competition, he is also very much in demand as a concert soloist. He regularly performs at the Avery Fisher Hall, the Carnegie Hall and the Arena di Verona. Besides, he sang in Washington D.C., Tokyo, Palma de Mallorca, Potsdam and Cairo.

Eric Fenell started the season 2013-2014 with his succesful debut as RICCARDO in "Un ballo in maschera" at the Pforzheim Theatre. In March 2014 he had his role debut as HOFFMANN in "Les Contes d'Hoffmann". In 2014-2015 he returned to the USA als PINKERTON. In February 2015 the young singer sang in the world premiere of John Adam's production ' A Flowering Tree'at the Gothenburg Opera House. This season's highlight was his portrayal of ROBERTO in 'Le Villi' at the Lavinan National Opera in Riga. In 2016 he made his debut as DON CARLO at the Vilnius National Opera and in 2017 he is WERTHER at the Braunschweig State Theatre and HOFFMANN in Hawai.