René Pape
Birthday
1964/09/04 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Dresden, Germany
Also know as
The Black Diamond Bass
Biography
"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...Read more
Acting
(2011) Faust (The Royal Opera House)
as Méphistophélès
(2021) The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunow
as Boris Godunov
(2006) The Magic Flute
as Sarastro
(1998) Samson et Dalila
as Un vieillard hébreu
(2010) Strauss R: Elektra
as Orest
(2011) Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
as Self
(2012) Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti
as Heinrich der Vogler
(2003) Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
as Rocco
(2017) The Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte
as Sarastro
(2014) The Metropolitan Opera - Verdi: Macbeth
as Banquo
(2006) The Magic Flute
as Sarastro
(2017) Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust
as Mephistopheles
(2022) Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
as Timur
(2013) Solti Centenary Concert
as bass
(2000) Beethoven: Fidelio
as Rocco
(2010) Hunter's Bride
as Eremit
(2013) Parsifal
as Gurnemanz
(2001) Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
as ---
(2013) Messiah
as ---
(2016) The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde
as King Marke
(2010) The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
as Boris Godunov
(2011) Gounod: Faust
as Mephistophélès
(2006) The Magic Flute
as Sarastro
(2008) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
as König Marke (bass)
(2013) Wagner : Parsifal
as Gurnemanz
(2018) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
as König Marke
(1999) Le nozze di Figaro
as Figaro
(2019) Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Salzburg Festival)
as Jacopo Fiesco
(1991) Mozart Requiem
as Self
(2016) Mefistofele
as Mefistofele
(2013) Wagner: Das Rheingold
as Wotan
(2017) The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
as Sarastro
(2014) Tannhäuser
as Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen
(2020) Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
as Self
(1999) Tristan und Isolde
as King Marke
(2013) Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
as Self - Bass
(2013) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
as ---
(2021) Die Zauberflöte aus der Semperoper Dresden
as Sarastro
(2016) Parsifal
as Gurnemanz
(2020) Lohengrin
as Heinrich der Vogler
(2016) Don Carlo
as Filippo II
(2025) The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio
as Rocco
(2023) Daphne - Berlin Staatsoper
as Peneios
(2025) Sven Helbig: Requiem A
as Himself (bass)
(2017) Festive Concert on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Grafenegg Festival
as Self - Bass
(2019) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: T.H.A.M.O.S
as König Pape
My Home Is a Dark and Cloud-Hung Land
as ---
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
as Bass
(2015) The Mariinsky II Opening Gala
as Self
(1992) Die Schöpfung
as Self - Bass
(2014) MDR um 4
as Self
(1998) Lebensläufe
as Self
(1992) Riverboat
as Self
(2006) Semperopernball
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Rocco