René Pape
Actor
Born September 4, 1964 in Dresden, Germany
"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.
Filmography
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
Bass
The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio
Rocco
Daphne - Berlin Staatsoper
Peneios
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Timur
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunow
Boris Godunov
Die Zauberflöte aus der Semperoper Dresden
Sarastro
Lohengrin
Heinrich der Vogler
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
Self
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Jacopo Fiesco
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
König Marke
The Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte
Sarastro
The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
Sarastro
Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust
Mephistopheles / Evil Spirit / Pater Profondus
Festive Concert on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Grafenegg Festival
Self - Bass
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde
King Marke
Parsifal
Gurnemanz
Don Carlo
Filippo II
Mefistofele
Mefistofele
The Mariinsky II Opening Gala
Self
The Metropolitan Opera - Verdi: Macbeth
Banquo
Tannhäuser
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen
MDR um 4
Self
Wagner : Parsifal
Gurnemanz
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Wotan
Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Self - Bass
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
Messiah
Solti Centenary Concert
bass
Parsifal
Gurnemanz
Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti
Heinrich der Vogler
Gounod: Faust
Mephistophélès
Faust (The Royal Opera House)
Méphistophélès
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
Self
Hunter's Bride
Eremit
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov
Strauss R: Elektra
Orest
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
König Marke (bass)
The Magic Flute
Sarastro
The Magic Flute
Sarastro
The Magic Flute
Sarastro
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Self - Bass
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
Rocco
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
Beethoven: Fidelio
Rocco
Tristan und Isolde
King Marke
Le nozze di Figaro
Figaro
Samson et Dalila
Un vieillard hébreu
Die Schöpfung
Self - Bass
Riverboat
Self
Mozart Requiem
Self
Great Performances
Rocco