René Pape
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-09-04 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Dresden, Germany
Also known As
The Black Diamond Bass
René Pape
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 P...
Acting
2011
as Méphistophélès
2021
2021
as Boris Godunov
2006
as Sarastro
1998
as Un vieillard hébreu
2010
as Orest
2011
2012
as Heinrich der Vogler
2003
as Rocco
2017
as Sarastro
2014
as Banquo
2006
as Sarastro
2017
as Mephistopheles
2022
as Timur
2014
as Banquo
2013
as bass
2000
as Rocco
2010
as Eremit
2013
as Gurnemanz
2013
2016
as King Marke
2010
as Boris Godunov
2011
as Mephistophélès
2006
as Sarastro
2008
as König Marke (bass)
2013
as Gurnemanz
2018
as König Marke
1999
as Figaro
2019
as Jacopo Fiesco
1991
as Self
2016
as Mefistofele
2013
as Wotan
2017
as Sarastro
2014
as Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen
2020
1999
as King Marke
2013
2015
as Banco
2021
as Sarastro
2016
as Gurnemanz
2020
as Heinrich der Vogler
2016
as Filippo II
2025
as Rocco
2023
as Peneios
2025
as Himself (bass)
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