René Pape
Acting
Born 1964-09-04
Dresden, Germany
56 credits
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"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 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’s Elektra. 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 performs regularly in major opera houses, concert halls, and symphony orchestras around the world, as well as opera festivals such as Bayreuth, Glyndebourne, Lucerne, Orange, Saint-Petersburg, Salzburg, Verbier and White Nights. He currently resides in Austria and Berlin.
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Filmography
Acting
52 credits
Great Performances
MDR um 4
Riverboat
Lebensläufe
Semperopernball
Die Schöpfung
The Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte
Parsifal
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunow
Mozart Requiem
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust
Hunter's Bride
Festive Concert on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Grafenegg Festival
The Metropolitan Opera - Verdi: Macbeth
Strauss R: Elektra
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Tristan und Isolde
Gounod: Faust
The Magic Flute
Samson et Dalila
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
The Mariinsky II Opening Gala
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
Tannhäuser
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
Parsifal
Sven Helbig: Requiem A
The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
Wagner : Parsifal
Daphne - Berlin Staatsoper
Solti Centenary Concert
Don Carlo
Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti
The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio
Lohengrin
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde
Mefistofele
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Beethoven: Fidelio
Le nozze di Figaro
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Faust (The Royal Opera House)
Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: T.H.A.M.O.S
Die Zauberflöte aus der Semperoper Dresden
Other credits
4 credits
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
My Home Is a Dark and Cloud-Hung Land
Messiah
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
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