René Pape
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 4, 1964 (age 62)
- Birthplace
- Dresden, Germany
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 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.
Known For
Filmography
My Home Is a Dark and Cloud-Hung Land
Movie
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
Movie · as Bass
The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio
Movie · as Rocco
Sven Helbig: Requiem A
Movie · as Himself (bass)
Daphne - Berlin Staatsoper
Movie · as Peneios
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Movie · as Timur
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunow
Movie · as Boris Godunov
Die Zauberflöte aus der Semperoper Dresden
Movie · as Sarastro
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
Movie · as Self
Lohengrin
Movie · as Heinrich der Vogler
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Movie · as Jacopo Fiesco
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: T.H.A.M.O.S
Movie · as König Pape
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Movie · as König Marke
Parsifal - Bayerische Staatsoper
Movie · as Gurnemanz
The Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte
Movie · as Sarastro
Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust
Movie · as Mephistopheles / Evil Spirit / Pater Profondus
The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
Movie · as Sarastro
Festive Concert on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Grafenegg Festival
Movie · as Self - Bass
Tristan und Isolde - Metropolitan Opera
Movie · as König Marke
Mefistofele
Movie · as Mefistofele
Don Carlo
Movie · as Filippo II
Parsifal
Movie · as Gurnemanz
The Mariinsky II Opening Gala
Movie · as Self
The Metropolitan Opera - Verdi: Macbeth
Movie · as Banquo
Tannhäuser
Movie · as Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen
MDR um 4
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Solti Centenary Concert
Movie · as bass
Parsifal
Movie · as Gurnemanz
Messiah
Movie
Wagner : Parsifal
Movie · as Gurnemanz
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Movie · as Wotan
Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Movie · as Self - Bass
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
Movie
Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti
Movie · as Heinrich der Vogler
Faust (The Royal Opera House)
Movie · as Méphistophélès
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
Movie · as Self
Gounod: Faust
Movie · as Mephistophélès
Strauss R: Elektra
Movie · as Orest
Hunter's Bride
Movie · as Eremit
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
Movie · as Boris Godunov
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Movie · as König Marke (bass)
The Magic Flute
Movie · as Sarastro
The Magic Flute
Movie · as Sarastro
The Magic Flute
Movie · as Sarastro
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Movie · as Self - Bass
Semperopernball
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
Movie · as Rocco
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
Movie
Beethoven: Fidelio
Movie · as Rocco
Le nozze di Figaro
Movie · as Figaro
Tristan und Isolde
Movie · as King Marke
Samson et Dalila
Movie · as Un vieillard hébreu
Lebensläufe
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Die Schöpfung
Movie · as Self - Bass
Riverboat
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mozart Requiem
Movie · as Self
Great Performances
TV · as Rocco · 1 ep