René Pape is a singer with immense vitality, revered by critics and audiences worldwide. As Opera News wrote: “René Pape is an artist who thrills his audiences with charisma, intelligence, and a one-in-a-million voice: the luxurious timbre of Pape’s supple, expressive bass is unmistakable; its velvety, dark-brown texture shot with ear-catching flashes of brightness.”
René Pape German bass born in Dresden
Born in Dresden, René 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 inSamson et Dalila. But it was at the famous Unter den Linden – home of the Berlin State Opera – where Pape honed most of the great roles of his career. Music Director Daniel Barenboim was an early supporter, and the Berlin State Opera has played host to Pape’s performances as King Marke in Tristan und Isolde; King Heinrich in Lohengrin; Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte; Pogner in DieMeistersinger; Rocco in Beethoven’s Fidelio; Fasolt in Das Rheingold; Hunding in Die Walküre; and the title role in Don Giovanni. The opera house was also the venue for Pape’s appearances as Ramfis in Verdi’s Aida; Figaro in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro; Leporello in Don Giovanni; and Orest in Strauss’sElektra. In 2006 he expanded his repertoire to include the title role in Boris Godunov, which won him the title “Artist of the Year” from the German Critics Association.
René Pape begins his 2011-12 season at London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in the role of Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust. Later this fall he brings the role to the Metropolitan Opera (in a production directed by Des McAnuff). It was his role debut as Méphistophélès at the Met Opera in 2005 that prompted Martin Bernheimer of the Financial Times to write: “The evening was stolen…by René Pape, the powerful, playfully sardonic Méphistophélès. His basso, more cantante than profondo, rolled, roared, and crooned, as needed, with easy insinuation. Strutting through the evil charades with a different costume from a different period in each scene, he underplayed the menace, and doubled its impact. This devil got his due.”
Following his Met turn in Faust, René Pape returns to Europe for the remainder of the winter and spring, performing recitals in Geneva and Barcelona before traveling to Berlin for performances of Tristan und Isolde (King Marke), Das Rheingold (Wotan), and Die Walküre (Wotan). In June René Pape sets off to Vienna to sing the role of King Philip II in Don Carlos.
This fall saw the first U.S. release of what is – for many of Pape’s fans – a dream recording: Wagner, a collection of favorite arias featuring the Berlin Staatskapelle conducted by Daniel Barenboim on the Deutsche Grammophon label. When it was released in Europe this past spring, the reviewer for the U.K.’s Guardian exclaimed: “He is unquestionably magnificent. This is very lyrical Wagner singing, sensual, even sexual in tone, noble in utterance, and shaped as much through the line as off the words.”
René Pape’s 2010-11 season was a memorable one, dominated by performances in the title role of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, and increased recital activities around the world. Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times praised Pape’s role debut as Boris at the Metropolitan Opera: “With his towering physique and unforced charisma, Mr. Pape looks regal and imposing. Yet with his vacant stare, the haggard intensity in his face, his stringy long hair and his hulking gait, he is already bent over with guilt and doubt. Mr. Pape has vocal charisma as well, and his dark, penetrating voice is ideal for the role. Not knowing Russian, I cannot vouch for the idiomatic quality of his singing. But his enunciation was crisp and natural. And in every language, René Pape makes words matter.”
Early in 2011, René Pape gave his recital debut in Los Angeles, of which Mark Swed, chief critic of the Los Angeles Times wrote: “Vocally, René Pape is a complete singer. His lows vibrate with a satisfying subterranean buzz, his highs have a baritonal smoothness. He doesn’t fuss. Wolf’s three Michelangelo Songs were the closest he came to soul-searching opera, these examples of raw, inconsolable inner anguish. Pape ended the first half with Schubert’s ‘Prometheus,’ a Goethe text in which the distressed poet…rails against Zeus. I would not have liked to have been that god facing Pape.”
2009 was a landmark season in René Pape’s career. He gave his first solo recital to a sold-out Carnegie Hall audience, having chosen a program of serious German lieder for the occasion; the reviews were ecstatic. He also participated in the Met’s final presentation of Otto Schenk’s popular production of Wagner’s Ring, first staged at the Met more than 20 years ago.
René Pape’s first CD of solo arias, Gods, Kings & Demons, was released in 2008 on Deutsche Grammophon with his hometown orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Sebastian Weigle. The disc won a coveted “ECHO” award, the German equivalent of a Grammy. Pape made his first DG recording when a childhood friend, Dresden composer Torsten Rasch, hand-picked him for Mein Herz brennt, a song-cycle based on works by the industrial rock group Rammstein. In addition, Pape has participated in a number of complete opera recordings, many available on DVD – including Die Zauberflöte with Claudio Abbado for DG. He sang his signature role – King Marke in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde – on an EMI Classics CD starring Plácido Domingo. Pape joined tenor Rolando Villazón for a new recording of Verdi’s Requiem, released by EMI Classics in October 2009. In fall 2010, the Mariinsky label released Valery Gergiev’s first Wagner recording, Parsifal, which featured Pape singing the role of Gurnemanz.
René Pape made his debut in Bayreuth as Fasolt in Das Rheingold in 1994; at London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as King Heinrich in Lohengrin in 1997; at the Opéra National de Paris as King Marke inTristan in 1998; and at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Pogner in Die Meistersinger in 1999. René Pape has sung at France’s Orange Festival; Glyndebourne; Carnegie Hall; Avery Fisher Hall; and with the touring Metropolitan Opera in Japan. He was one of a quartet of singers chosen by James Levine to participate in a unique “Schubertiade” at Carnegie Hall in 2004.
René Pape received his musical education in Dresden as a member of the world-famous Dresden Kreuzchor, and completed his studies at the Dresden Conservatory. He first won international recognition when Sir Georg Solti invited him to sing Sarastro in a new production of Die Zauberflöte at the 1995 Salzburg Festival. Musical America named him its 2001 Singer of the Year, and in 2006 he was one of five leading figures in the world of opera honored by the Opera News Awards.
In Swedish
René Pape är född 1964 i Dresden och började sin utbildning i stadens berömda Kreuzchor.Hans utbildning fortsatte vid konservatoriet i samma stad
Han debuterade 1988 på Staatsoper Unter den Linden i Berlin. Han blev berömd när han sjöng Sarastro i sir Georg Soltis uppsättning av Mozart´s Die Zauberflöte på Festivalen i Salzburg 1995. Han debuterade samma år på Metropolitan Opera i New York och där är han en årligen återkommande gäst.
Han filmdebuterade som Sarastro i Kenneth Branag´s The Magic Flute 2006.
Metropolitan Opera
| [Met Performance] CID:322610 Die Zauberflöte {311} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/2/1995 Debuts: Joan Rodgers, René Pape |
| [Met Performance] CID:322630 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {387} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/4/1995 Debut: Peter McClintock Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:322660 Die Zauberflöte {312} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/7/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322670 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {388} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/8/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322710 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {389} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/12/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322720 Die Zauberflöte {313} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/13/1995 Debut: Larissa Rudakova |
| [Met Performance] CID:322750 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {390} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/16/1995 Broadcast Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:322760 Die Zauberflöte {314} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/16/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322780 Die Zauberflöte {315} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/19/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322800 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {391} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/21/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322820 Die Zauberflöte {316} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/23/1995 Broadcast |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:324110 The MET Orchestra Madrid, Spain; 05/8/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:327680 Aida {1008} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/15/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:327700 Aida {1009} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/18/1997 Debut: Lisa Gasteen |
| [Met Performance] CID:327750 Aida {1010} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/22/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:327780 Das Rheingold {139} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/26/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:327800 Aida {1011} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/28/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:327810 Das Rheingold {140} Ring Cycle [97] Uncut Metropolitan Opera House; 03/29/1997 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:327860 Aida {1012} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/3/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:328390 The MET Orchestra Verdi Requiem Mass {46} NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan; 06/11/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:328410 The MET Orchestra La Damnation de Faust {11} Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan; 06/13/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331000 Samson et Dalila {186} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/28/1998 Opening Night {114} Joseph Volpe, General Manager Plàcido Domingo’s 30th Anniversary Broadcast / Telecast |
| [Met Performance] CID:331006 Lohengrin {606} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/30/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331009 Samson et Dalila {187} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/1/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331015 Lohengrin {607} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/3/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331021 Samson et Dalila {188} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/5/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331024 Lohengrin {608} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/6/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331030 Samson et Dalila {189} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/8/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331036 Lohengrin {609} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/10/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331045 Samson et Dalila {190} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/13/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331048 Lohengrin {610} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/14/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331054 Samson et Dalila {191} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/16/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331060 Lohengrin {611} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/17/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331072 Lohengrin {612} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/22/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331078 Samson et Dalila {193} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/24/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332114 Aida {1041} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/4/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332129 Aida {1042} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/8/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332142 Aida {1043} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/13/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332150 Aida {1044} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/16/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332162 Aida {1045} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/20/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332168 New Production Tristan und Isolde {431} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/22/1999 Debuts: Katarina Dalayman, Brian Davis, Dieter Dorn, Max Keller |
| [Met Performance] CID:332177 Tristan und Isolde {432} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/26/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332186 Tristan und Isolde {433} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/29/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332210 Tristan und Isolde {435} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/6/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332228 Tristan und Isolde {436} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332234 Tristan und Isolde {437} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/14/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332246 Tristan und Isolde {438} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/18/1999 Broadcast/Telecast |
| [Met Performance] CID:333003 Samson et Dalila {194} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/26/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333012 Samson et Dalila {195} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/29/2000 Debut: Joel Sorensen |
| [Met Performance] CID:333024 Samson et Dalila {196} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/3/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333039 Samson et Dalila {197} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/7/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333051 Samson et Dalila {198} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/11/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333057 New Production Fidelio {205} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/13/2000 Debuts: Eric Cutler, Jürgen Flimm, Florence von Gerkan Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:333069 Fidelio {206} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/17/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333084 Fidelio {207} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/21/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333087 Carmen {884} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/23/2000 Debuts: Jossie Pérez, Troy Cook |
| [Met Performance] CID:333093 Fidelio {208} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/25/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333096 Carmen {885} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/26/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333102 Fidelio {209} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/28/2000 Telecast |
| [Met Performance] CID:333114 Carmen {886} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/31/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333120 Fidelio {210} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/2/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333129 Carmen {887} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/4/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333138 Carmen {888} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/8/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333147 Carmen {889} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/11/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333270 Fidelio {211} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/22/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333282 Fidelio {212} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/27/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333294 Fidelio {213} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/30/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333297 The Merry Widow {13} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333303 Fidelio {214} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/3/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333312 Fidelio {215} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/6/2001 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:333327 Fidelio {216} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/11/2001 Debut: Renate Behle |
| [Met Performance] CID:350277 The MET Orchestra Verdi Requiem Mass {47} Carnegie Hall, New York; 04/29/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333720 The MET Orchestra Verdi Requiem Mass {48} Suntory Hall, Japan, Tokyo; 06/8/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333723 Samson et Dalila {209} NHK Hall, Japan, Tokyo; 06/9/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350063 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {396} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/17/2001 Debut: Mathias Zachariassen |
| [Met Performance] CID:350043 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {397} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/20/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350044 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {398} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/24/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350045 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {399} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/27/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350046 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {400} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/01/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350047 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {401} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/05/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350048 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {402} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/08/2001 First Broadcast / Telecast sponsored by ChevronTexaco |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:350285 The MET Orchestra: The Creation Carnegie Hall, New York; 05/05/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350433 Elektra {93} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/14/2002 Debut: Oren Gradus |
| [Met Performance] CID:350437 Elektra {94} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/18/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350440 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Elektra {95} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/21/2002 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:350648 ![]() Parsifal {281} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/04/2003 Debut: Don Frazure |
| [Met Performance] CID:350656 Parsifal {282} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/07/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350670 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Parsifal {283} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/12/2003 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350677 Parsifal {284} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/15/2003 Debut: Linda Watson |
| [Met Performance] CID:350684 Parsifal {285} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/18/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350697 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {403} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/25/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350700 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {404} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/28/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350702 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {405} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/01/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350760 Tristan und Isolde {439} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/30/2003 |
[Met Performance] CID:350767 ![]() Tristan und Isolde {440} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/03/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350770 Tristan und Isolde {441} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/06/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350776 Tristan und Isolde {442} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/11/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350779 Tristan und Isolde {443} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/14/2003 |
[Met Performance] CID:350919 ![]() New Production Don Giovanni {476} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/01/2004 Debuts: Ildar Abdrazakov, Marthe Keller, Christine Rabot-Pinson, Blanca Li Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:350927 Don Giovanni {477} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/05/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350933 Don Giovanni {478} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/09/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350923 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Don Giovanni {479} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/13/2004 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350934 Don Giovanni {480} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350937 Don Giovanni {481} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/20/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350943 Don Giovanni {482} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/24/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350954 Don Giovanni {483} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/27/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351225 Die Zauberflöte {348} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/08/2005 Debut: Lisa Milne |
| [Met Performance] CID:351230 Die Zauberflöte {349} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/13/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351233 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Die Zauberflöte {350} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/16/2005 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351238 Die Zauberflöte {351} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/20/2005 |
[Met Performance] CID:351239 ![]() New Production Faust {714} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/21/2005 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:351242 Die Zauberflöte {352} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/23/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351245 Faust {715} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/26/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351248 Faust {716} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/30/2005 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351254 Faust {717} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/04/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351257 Faust {718} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/07/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351259 Faust {719} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/10/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351264 Faust {720} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/14/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351273 Faust {721} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/18/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351276 Faust {722} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/21/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351505 Lohengrin {615} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/24/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351510 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Lohengrin {616} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/29/2006 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351514 Lohengrin {617} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/03/2006 Debut: Klaus Florian Vogt |
| [Met Performance] CID:351518 Lohengrin {618} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/06/2006 |
[Met Performance] CID:351523 ![]() Parsifal {286} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/12/2006 Debut: Jordan Bisch |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:351526 The MET Orchestra Carnegie Hall, New York; 05/14/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351527 Parsifal {287} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/15/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351530 Parsifal {288} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/18/2006 |
[Met Concert/Gala] CID:351533 ![]() Gala Celebration in honor of Joseph Volpe Metropolitan Opera House; 05/20/2006 Broadcast / Telecast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351535 Don Giovanni {497} Kobe, Japan; 06/11/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351241 Die Walküre {511} Nagoya, Japan; 06/12/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351539 Die Walküre {512} Tokyo, Japan; 06/15/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351541 Don Giovanni {498} Tokyo, Japan; 06/17/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351542 Die Walküre {513} Tokyo, Japan; 06/18/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351544 Don Giovanni {499} Tokyo, Japan; 06/20/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351545 Die Walküre {514} Tokyo, Japan; 06/21/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351548 Don Giovanni {500} Tokyo, Japan; 06/23/2006 |
[Met Performance] CID:351687 ![]() Don Carlo {184} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/30/2006 Debut: Andrea Lucaciu Broadcast/Streamed Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:351693 Don Carlo {185} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/04/2006 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351703 Don Carlo {186} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/07/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351708 Don Carlo {187} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/2006 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:351719 Don Carlo {188} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/14/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351730 Don Carlo {189} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/18/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351736 Don Carlo {190} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/23/2006 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351752 Die Zauberflöte {364} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/28/2006 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351757 Die Zauberflöte {366} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/30/2006 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351762 Die Zauberflöte {369} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/01/2007 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351779 Die Zauberflöte {372} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/04/2007 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351784 Die Zauberflöte {373} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/06/2007 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351785 Die Zauberflöte {374} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/08/2007 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352538 Macbeth {89} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/09/2008 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352545 Macbeth {90} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/13/2008 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352553 Macbeth {91} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/17/2008 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:352555 The MET Orchestra Carnegie Hall, New York; 05/18/2008 |
[Met Performance] CID:352720 ![]() Tristan und Isolde {450} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/28/2008 Debuts: Daniel Barenboim, Gerd Grochowski Broadcast Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:352725 Tristan und Isolde {451} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/02/2008 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353025 Das Rheingold {153} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/23/2009 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353033 Das Rheingold {154} Ring Cycle [107] Uncut Metropolitan Opera House; 04/27/2009 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353034 Die Walküre {523} Ring Cycle [107] Uncut Metropolitan Opera House; 04/28/2009 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353044 Das Rheingold {155} Ring Cycle [108] Uncut Metropolitan Opera House; 05/04/2009 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353052 Die Walküre {524} Ring Cycle [108] Uncut Metropolitan Opera House; 05/05/2009 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:353590 ![]() New Production Boris Godunov {265} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/11/2010 Debuts: Mikhail Svetlov, Andrew Oakden, Ferdinand Wõgerbauer, Moidele Bickel, Apostolia Tsolaki Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:353596 Boris Godunov {266} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/15/2010 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353601 Boris Godunov {267} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/18/2010 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353671 Boris Godunov {268} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/23/2010 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353602 Boris Godunov {269} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/25/2010 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353608 Boris Godunov {270} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/30/2010 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353863 Boris Godunov {271} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/09/2011 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353882 Boris Godunov {272} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/12/2011 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353883 Boris Godunov {273} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/17/2011 |
| [Met Performance] CID:354002 Don Carlo {199} Nagoya, Japan; 06/05/2011 |
| [Met Performance] CID:354018 Don Carlo {200} Tokyo, Japan; 06/10/2011 |
| [Met Performance] CID:354022 Don Carlo {201} Tokyo, Japan; 06/15/2011 |
| [Met Performance] CID:354025 Don Carlo {202} Tokyo, Japan; 06/18/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:354183 ![]() New Production Faust {734} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/29/2011 Debuts: Des McAnuff, Robert Brill, Paul Tazewell, Kelly Devine, Sean Nieuwenhuis, Jonathan Beyer Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:354192 Faust {735} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/03/2011 |
| [Met Performance] CID:354197 Faust {736} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/06/2011 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:354203 Faust {737} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/10/2011 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:354213 Faust {738} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/13/2011 |
| [Met Performance] CID:354232 Faust {739} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/17/2011 Debut: Pierre Vallet |
| [Met Performance] CID:354237 Faust {740} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/20/2011 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354248 ![]() Faust {741} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/23/2011 Debut: Malin Byström |
| [Met Performance] CID:354262 Faust {742} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/28/2011 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354861 ![]() New Production Parsifal {289} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/15/2013 Debuts: François Girard, Thibault Vancraenenbroeck, David Finn, Peter Flaherty, Serge Lamothe Lauren McNeese, Jennifer Forni, Heather Johnson, Mario Chang, Rúni Brattaberg, Kiera Duffy |
| [Met Performance] CID:354864 Parsifal {290} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/18/2013 |
| [Met Performance] CID:354862 Parsifal {291} Metropolitan Opera House; 2/21/2013 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:354878 Parsifal {292} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/27/2013 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:354884 Parsifal {293} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/02/2013 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:354889 Parsifal {294} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/05/2013 |
| [Met Performance] CID:354894 Parsifal {295} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/08/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:355520 ![]() Macbeth {99} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/24/2014 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:355526 Macbeth {100} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/27/2014 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355528 René Pape in Recital Metropolitan Opera House; 09/28/2014 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:355539 Macbeth {101} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/03/2014 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:355544 ![]() Die Zauberflöte {417} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/06/2014 Debuts: Ana Durlovski, Amy Shoremount-Obra, Rod Nelman, Sebastian Berg Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:355550 Macbeth {102} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/08/2014 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:355557 Macbeth {103} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/11/2014 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:355558 Die Zauberflöte {418} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/11/2014 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355567 Macbeth {104} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/15/2014 Debut: Ethan Herschenfeld Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:355568 Die Zauberflöte {419} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/16/2014 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355574 Macbeth {105} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/18/2014 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356483 New Production Tristan und Isolde {456} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/26/2016 Opening Night {132} Peter Gelb General Manager Debuts: Neal Cooper, Alex Richardson, Jonathan O’Reilly Broadcast/Streamed/Times Squarecast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356478 Tristan und Isolde {457} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/30/2016 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356484 Tristan und Isolde {458} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/03/2016 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356491 Tristan und Isolde {459} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/08/2016 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356495 Tristan und Isolde {460} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/13/2016 Debut: Carsten Wittmoser Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356499 Tristan und Isolde {461} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/17/2016 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356506 Tristan und Isolde {462} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/24/2016 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356511 Tristan und Isolde {463} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/27/2016 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:356718 50 YEARS AT LINCOLN CENTER: A GALA CELEBRATION Metropolitan Opera House; 05/07/2017 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:356759 Die Zauberflöte {437} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/14/2017 Debut: Michelle Vargo HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356874 Parsifal {296} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/05/2018 Debuts: Evelyn Herlizius, Augusta Caso Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:356878 Parsifal {297} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/10/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356881 Parsifal {298} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/13/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356885 Parsifal {299} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/17/2018 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356891 Parsifal {300} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/20/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356894 Parsifal {301} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356899 Parsifal {302} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/27/2018 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:357449 At Home Gala Streaming live from around the world; 4/25/2020 |














