Family needs led Rovin out of theater, and for many years he enjoyed a successful career in marketing, but the call of his first love, opera, remained foremost in his heart. This compeling drive resulted in his leaving the corporate world, and in the summer of 1995 he set out to realize his operatic ambitions.
Rovin began an intense program of study and total immersion in operatic training in both the U.S. and Europe. He won the attention and acclaim of many prestigious teachers, including Carlo Bergonzi ('96), Jerome Hines ('96-'98), Maria Chiara and Gianni Raimondi ('97), and Giovanni Consiglio ('98 - present). Rovin's talents have been enthusiastically recognized and lauded by the Metropolitan Opera's former Artistic Administrator, Charles Riecker, and L'Opéra de Montreal's General and Artistic Director Bernard Uzan, among many others.
In the last three years, Rovin has appeared in Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Mexico, and the United States, performing the roles of Amonasro, Scarpia, Germont, Sharpless, Don Alfonso, and Enrico. In 1999, Rovin won first place in the Orvieto Music Festival vocal competition. He recently returned from a highly successful concert tour of several Italian cities, where his programs were broadcast on Italy's classical television channel.
28 Sep. 2000