Piotr Beczała was born in Czechowice-Dziedzice in southern Poland and initially trained in Katowice. He studied under Sena Jurinac in Switzerland. His first engagements were with the Linz State Theatre from 1992 to 1997, after which he became a regular member of Zurich Opera. Between 2004 and 2006, Beczała made several major international house debuts.
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Piotr Beczala tenor from Poland born 1966-
Piotr Beczała (born December 28, 1966) is a Polish operatic tenor. In April 2004, he made his debut at London’s Royal Opera House as the Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavalier, later returning in October of that year in the title role of Faust, then in June 2005 as the Duke in Rigoletto, and in September 2006, again inFaust. In November 2004, he made his San Francisco Opera and American debut as Lensky in Eugene Onegin. Beczała’s La Scala debut came in January 2006 as the Duke in Rigoletto, the role in which he also made Metropolitan Opera debut on December 19, 2006. In 2007, Beczała was awarded the Munich Opera FestivalPrize.
Metropolitan Opera
In 2012/2013, Beczała reprised his role as the Duke in Michael Mayer’s new ”Rat Pack” production of Rigoletto at the Met. Following a hostile reception from theloggionisti at the opening night of the 2013/14 La Scala season in La traviata], Beczała announced his refusal ever to appear in another production at La Scala.
Piotr Beczała’s commercial recordings include a Farao Classics recording of La traviata (as Alfredo Germont), and the complete songs of Karol Szymanowski.
Experienced performances
Opera | Roles | Operahouse | Date |
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Eugen Onegin | Lensky | Metropolitan Opera | 5.10.2013 |
Manon | Des Grieux | Metropolitan Opera | 7.4.2012 |
Rigoletto | Hertigen | Metropolitan Opera | 16.2.2013 |
Iolanta | Greve Tristan Vaudemont | Metropolitan Opera | 14.2.2015 |
Bayreuther Festspiele
Lohengrin in Bayreuth 2018-19
Metropolitan Opera
[Met Performance] CID:351731 Rigoletto {814} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/19/2006 Debuts: Piotr Beczala, Kate Aldrich Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:351735 Rigoletto {815} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/22/2006 |
[Met Performance] CID:352590 Lucia di Lammermoor {570} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/03/2008 Debut: Vladimir Stoyanov Broadcast/Streamed Review |
[Met Performance] CID:352603 Lucia di Lammermoor {571} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/08/2008 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:352613 Lucia di Lammermoor {572} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/11/2008 |
[Met Performance] CID:352619 Lucia di Lammermoor {573} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/15/2008 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:352626 Lucia di Lammermoor {574} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/18/2008 |
[Met Performance] CID:352639 Lucia di Lammermoor {575} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/22/2008 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:352640 Lucia di Lammermoor {576} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/25/2008 |
[Met Performance] CID:352840 Eugene Onegin {129} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/30/2009 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:352843 Eugene Onegin {130} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/02/2009 |
[Met Performance] CID:352853 Eugene Onegin {131} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/05/2009 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:352857 Lucia di Lammermoor {580} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/07/2009 HD Simulcast |
[Met Performance] CID:352861 Eugene Onegin {132} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/09/2009 |
[Met Performance] CID:352868 Rigoletto {821} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/12/2009 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:352870 Eugene Onegin {133} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/14/2009 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:352881 Eugene Onegin {134} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/18/2009 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:352890 Eugene Onegin {135} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/21/2009 |
[Met Performance] CID:353373 La Bohème {1209} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/20/2010 Debut: Massimo Cavalletti |
[Met Performance] CID:353383 La Bohème {1210} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/24/2010 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:353385 La Bohème {1211} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/27/2010 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:353390 La Bohème {1212} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/02/2010 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:353400 La Bohème {1213} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/06/2010 |
[Met Performance] CID:353410 La Bohème {1214} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/10/2010 Debut: George Petean Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:353417 La Bohème {1215} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/13/2010 |
[Met Performance] CID:353426 La Bohème {1216} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/17/2010 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:353434 La Bohème {1217} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/20/2010 |
[Met Performance] CID:353773 Rigoletto {836} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/27/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:353779 La Bohème {1228} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/31/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:353788 La Bohème {1229} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/03/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:353793 La Bohème {1230} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/07/2011 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:353802 La Bohème {1231} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/10/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:353849 Roméo et Juliette {323} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/03/2011 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:353859 Roméo et Juliette {324} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/07/2011 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:353866 Roméo et Juliette {325} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/10/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:353877 Roméo et Juliette {326} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/14/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:353887 Roméo et Juliette {327} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/19/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:353893 Roméo et Juliette {328} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/22/2011 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:353900 Roméo et Juliette {329} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/26/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:354001 La Bohème {1235} Nagoya, Japan; 06/04/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:354016 La Bohème {1236} Tokyo, Japan; 06/08/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:354019 La Bohème {1237} Tokyo, Japan; 06/11/2011 |
[Met Concert/Gala] CID:354021 Concert Tokyo, Japan; 06/14/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:354023 Lucia di Lammermoor {590} Tokyo, Japan; 06/16/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:354026 Lucia di Lammermoor {591} Tokyo, Japan; 06/19/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:354438 New Production Manon {258} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/26/2012 Debuts: Lionel Hoche, Christophe Mortagne, Alexander Lewis Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:354447 Manon {259} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/31/2012 |
[Met Performance] CID:354453 Manon {260} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/03/2012 |
[Met Performance] CID:354461 Manon {261} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/07/2012 HD Simulcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354469 Manon {262} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/11/2012 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354474 Manon {263} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/2012 |
[Met Performance] CID:354480 Manon {264} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/2012 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:354485 Manon {265} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/20/2012 |
[Met Performance] CID:354489 Manon {266} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/23/2012 |
[Met Performance] CID:354827 New Production Rigoletto {842} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/28/2013 Debuts: Michael Mayer, Christine Jones, Susan Hilferty, Kevin Adams, Steven Hoggett, Robert Pomakov, Oksana Volkova Broadcast/Streamed Review |
[Met Performance] CID:354834 Rigoletto {843} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/31/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:354838 Rigoletto {844} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/04/2013 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:354846 Rigoletto {845} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/08/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:354853 Rigoletto {846} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/12/2013 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354860 Rigoletto {847} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/16/2013 HD Simulcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354857 Rigoletto {848} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/19/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:354873 Rigoletto {849} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:354924 Faust {748} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/21/2013 Debut: Jonathon Loy Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:354929 Faust {749} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/25/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:354939 Faust {750} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/28/2013 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354940 Faust {751} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/02/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:354947 Faust {752} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/05/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:355023 New Production Eugene Onegin {136} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/23/2013 Opening Night {129} Peter Gelb, General Manager Debuts: Deborah Warner, Fiona Shaw, Tom Pye, Chloe Obolensky, Ian William Galloway, Finn Ross Broadcast/Streamed/Times Squarecast/Plazacast Review |
[Met Performance] CID:355025 Eugene Onegin {137} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/26/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:355037 Eugene Onegin {138} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/01/2013 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:355042 Eugene Onegin {139} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/05/2013 HD Simulcast |
[Met Performance] CID:355053 Eugene Onegin {140} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/09/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:355059 Eugene Onegin {141} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/12/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:355068 Eugene Onegin {142} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/16/2013 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:355076 Eugene Onegin {143} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/19/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:355265 Rusalka {21} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/23/2014 Debut: Emily Magee Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:355271 Rusalka {22} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/27/2014 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:355282 Rusalka {23} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/31/2014 |
[Met Performance] CID:355277 Rusalka {24} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/04/2014 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:355295 Rusalka {25} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/08/2014 HD Simulcast |
[Met Performance] CID:355298 Rusalka {26} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/12/2014 |
[Met Performance] CID:355312 Rusalka {27} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/15/2014 Debut: Tyler Duncan |
[Met Performance] CID:355785 Metropolitan Opera Premiere (Iolanta) New Production (Bluebeard’s Castle) Iolanta {1} Bluebeard’s Castle {25} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/29/2015 Debuts: Ilya Bannik, Mariusz Trelinski, Boris Kudlicka, Marek Adamski, Marc Heinz, Tomasz Wygoda, Bartek Macias, Piotr Gruszczynski, Cassandra Zoé Velasco, Eichin Azizov Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:355786 Iolanta {2} Bluebeard’s Castle {26} Metropolitan Opera House; 2/03/2015 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:355796 Iolanta {3} Bluebeard’s Castle {27} Metropolitan Opera House; 2/07/2015 |
[Met Performance] CID:355800 Iolanta {4} Bluebeard’s Castle {28} Metropolitan Opera House; 2/10/2015 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:355813 Iolanta {5} Bluebeard’s Castle {29} Metropolitan Opera House; 2/14/2015 HD Simulcast |
[Met Performance] CID:355821 Iolanta {6} Bluebeard’s Castle {30} Metropolitan Opera House; 2/18/2015 |
[Met Performance] CID:355828 Iolanta {7} Bluebeard’s Castle {31} Metropolitan Opera House; 2/21/2015 |
[Met Performance] CID:355954 Un Ballo in Maschera {298} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/23/2015 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:355960 Un Ballo in Maschera {299} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/28/2015 |
[Met Performance] CID:355981 Un Ballo in Maschera {301} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/06/2015 |
[Met Performance] CID:355986 Un Ballo in Maschera {302} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/09/2015 |
[Met Performance] CID:356121 Rigoletto {871} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/13/2015 |
[Met Performance] CID:356126 Rigoletto {872} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/16/2015 |
[Met Performance] CID:356137 Rigoletto {873} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/19/2015 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:356159 Rigoletto {874} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/02/2015 Debuts: Nadine Sierra, Dimitry Ivashchenko |
[Met Performance] CID:356168 Rigoletto {875} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/05/2015 |
[Met Performance] CID:356169 Rigoletto {876} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/08/2015 |
[Met Performance] CID:356182 Rigoletto {877} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/12/2015 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:356532 La Bohème {1296} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/16/2016 Debut: Brigitta Kele |
[Met Performance] CID:356536 La Bohème {1297} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/19/2016 |
[Met Performance] CID:356539 La Bohème {1298} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/23/2016 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:356541 La Bohème {1299} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/26/2016 |
[Met Performance] CID:356545 La Bohème {1300} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/29/2016 |
[Met Performance] CID:356553 La Bohème {1301} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/03/2016 |
[Met Performance] CID:356557 La Bohème {1302} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/08/2016 |
[Met Concert/Gala] CID:356718 50 YEARS AT LINCOLN CENTER: A GALA CELEBRATION Metropolitan Opera House; 05/07/2017 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:356929 Luisa Miller {87} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/29/2018 Debut: Alexander Vinogradov Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:356933 Luisa Miller {88} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/02/2018 |
[Met Performance] CID:356939 Luisa Miller {89} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/06/2018 |
[Met Performance] CID:356942 Luisa Miller {90} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/09/2018 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:356947 Luisa Miller {91} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/2018 HD Simulcast |
[Met Performance] CID:356954 Luisa Miller {92} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/18/2018 |
[Met Performance] CID:356958 Luisa Miller {93} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/21/2018 |
[Met Performance] CID:357100 New production Adriana Lecouvreur {74} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/2018 Debuts: Sarah Joy Miller, Snezhana Chernova, Cara Seymour, Erin Monteleone, Cajai Fellows Johnson, Sarah Kay Marchetti, Justin Way Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:357106 Adriana Lecouvreur {75} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/04/2019 |
[Met Performance] CID:357111 Adriana Lecouvreur {76} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/08/2019 |
[Met Performance] CID:357116 Adriana Lecouvreur {77} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/12/2019 HD Simulcast |
[Met Performance] CID:357119 Adriana Lecouvreur {78} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/16/2019 |
[Met Performance] CID:357121 Adriana Lecouvreur {79} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/19/2019 |
[Met Performance] CID:357126 Adriana Lecouvreur {80} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/23/2019 |
[Met Performance] CID:357130 Adriana Lecouvreur {81} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/26/2019 |
[Met Concert/Gala] CID:357449 At Home Gala Streaming live from around the world; 4/25/2020 |
Read more
- Wikipedia about Piotr Beczala
- Piotr Beczala web-site
- Bayreuth Festspiele 2018-19
- Tenors in the world
- Artsjournalblogs in an intervju with Piotr Beczala