René Pape
Born in Dresden, Germany — Sep 04 1964
Biography
"René Pape’s bass showed considerable velvet sheen and elegant dynamic play; purely as singing and star presence, he impressed." Born in Dresden, Black Diamond Bass Rene Pape has been a member of the Berlin State Opera since 1988, but considers New York’s Metropolitan Opera his operatic “home away from home.” Since his house debut in 1995, he has appeared every season at the Met, in 18 roles and more than 160 performances, including four major debuts: Méphistophélès in Faust, Gurnemanz in Parsifal, Escamillo in Carmen, and the Old Hebrew in Samson et Da…
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René Pape's Credits
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Great Performances
Rocco
Lebensläufe
Self
Semperopernball
Self
The Magic Flute
Sarastro
The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
Sarastro
The Magic Flute
Sarastro
The Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte
Sarastro
Tristan und Isolde
King Marke
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov
Tannhäuser
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
Self
Hunter's Bride
Eremit
The Magic Flute
Sarastro
Parsifal
Gurnemanz
Beethoven: Fidelio
Rocco
Lohengrin
Heinrich der Vogler
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
Self
Gounod: Faust
Mephistophélès
My Home Is a Dark and Cloud-Hung Land
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde
King Marke
Strauss R: Elektra
Orest
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
Rocco
Messiah
Wagner : Parsifal
Gurnemanz
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Jacopo Fiesco
Daphne - Berlin Staatsoper
Peneios
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
Bass
The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio
Rocco
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust
Mephistopheles / Evil Spirit / Pater Profondus
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Timur
Mefistofele
Mefistofele
The Metropolitan Opera - Verdi: Macbeth
Banquo
Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti
Heinrich der Vogler
Mozart Requiem
Self
The Mariinsky II Opening Gala
Self
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
König Marke (bass)
Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Self - Bass
Le nozze di Figaro
Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
Samson et Dalila
Un vieillard hébreu
Sven Helbig: Requiem A
Himself (bass)
Don Carlo
Filippo II
Parsifal
Gurnemanz
Solti Centenary Concert
bass
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Wotan
Die Schöpfung
Self - Bass
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
König Marke
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: T.H.A.M.O.S
König Pape
Faust (The Royal Opera House)
Méphistophélès
Festive Concert on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Grafenegg Festival
Self - Bass
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunow
Boris Godunov
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Self - Bass
Die Zauberflöte aus der Semperoper Dresden
Sarastro