René Pape

A German opera singer who emerged in the early 1990s, René Pape is the most eminent bass voice of his generation. First noticed in the Dresden Desdner Kreuzchor, where he made his debut at the age of eight, he went on to cause a sensation in Mozart's Requiem in 1991 and The Magic Flute in 1995, the year he made his debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera. Blessed with a powerful timbre, René Pape is naturally a great interpreter of the Wagnerian repertoire, from Lohengrin to Tristan und Isolde, and an eclectic singer who tackles Mozart(Bastien et Bastienne) as much as Verdi(Don Carlo), Gounod(Faust) or Moussorgsky (Boris Godounov). His discography includes several high-quality recitals, such as Gods, Kings and Demons in 2008 and a Wagner special with Daniel Barenboim in 2011.

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