René Pape
Known for: Acting
Born: September 4, 1964
"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 Parsi…
Known for
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunow
2021
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
2010
Mefistofele
2016
Wagner: Das Rheingold
2013
Tannhäuser
2014
Sven Helbig: Requiem A
2025
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: T.H.A.M.O.S
2019
My Home Is a Dark and Cloud-Hung Land
Faust (The Royal Opera House)
2011
Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti
2012
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
2003
The Metropolitan Opera - Verdi: Macbeth
2014
Solti Centenary Concert
2013
Gounod: Faust
2011
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2008
Wagner : Parsifal
2013
Die Zauberflöte aus der Semperoper Dresden
2021
Daphne - Berlin Staatsoper
2023
Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust
2017
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
2022
Beethoven: Fidelio
2000
Parsifal
2013
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
2019
Lohengrin
2020
Don Carlo
2016
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
2011
The Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte
2017
Messiah
2013
Le nozze di Figaro
1999
Mozart Requiem
1991
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
2013
Parsifal
2016
Die Schöpfung
1992
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
2006
The Magic Flute
2006
Samson et Dalila
1998
Strauss R: Elektra
2010
The Magic Flute
2006
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde
2016
The Magic Flute
2006
The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
2017
Tristan und Isolde
1999
Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2013
Festive Concert on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Grafenegg Festival
2017
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
The Mariinsky II Opening Gala
2015
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
2001
The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio
2025
Hunter's Bride
2010
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
2020
MDR um 4
2014
Lebensläufe
1998
Riverboat
1992
Semperopernball
2006
Great Performances
1971