René Pape

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René Pape (born September 4, 1964 in Dresden ) is a German opera singer ( bass ).

Life

René Pape received his training at the Dresden Kreuzchor and at the Carl-Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden, where he was already on stage as one of the boys in the Magic Flute . As a student he made his debut as a bassist in Mozart's Magic Flute at the State Opera Unter den Linden . In 1988 the State Opera hired him as a permanent member of the ensemble, to which he has been a member since then. There he sang numerous great roles in his field such as Sarastro ( Die Zauberflöte ), Rocco ( Fidelio ), König Heinrich ( Lohengrin ), Fafner ( Das Rheingold ), Pogner ( Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ), König Marke ( Tristan und Isolde ) and Ramphis ( Aida ). In 1994 he followed Wolfgang Wagner's call and made his first appearance at the Bayreuth Festival , where he sang Fasolt in the Rheingold . In 1991 Sir Georg Solti and Johannes Schaaf cast him as Sarastro at the Salzburg Festival . Here he sang Filippo ( Don Carlos ) in 1998 .

Pape, who has received two Grammy Awards , has sung at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Opéra National de Paris , the Lyric Opera Chicago, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera , the La Scala in Milan and others of the Saxon State Opera Dresden . In January 2011 he made his recital debut at the Los Angeles Opera with songs by Hugo Wolf , Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert .

With Kenneth Branagh , Pape shot Mozart's The Magic Flute / Die Zauberflöte (cinema version), in which he plays and sings Sarastro. The film had its world premiere at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival . Pape can also be heard on the single Mann Gegen Mann (Musensohn remix) in an arrangement by Sven Helbig for the industrial metal band Rammstein .

Pape lives in Dresden- Hosterwitz .

Publications (selection)

  • My Heart Burns (composer: Torsten Rasch, producer: Sven Helbig), 2004 - Deutsche Grammophon
  • Gods, Kings and Demons (first solo release with classical arias and songs), 2008 - Deutsche Grammophon

Awards

  • 1998: Grammy Award - Best Opera Recording / Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Solti - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • 2000: Awarded the title of Berliner Kammersänger .
  • 2001: Musical America magazine named Singer of the Year
  • 2003: Grammy Award - Best Opera Recording / Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser / Barenboim - Berliner Staatskapelle
  • 2009: Echo Klassik - Opera recording of the year for Gods, Kings & Demons , released on Deutsche Grammophon
  • 2017: Austrian Music Theater Prize - ORF III Media Prize
  • 2018: Austrian Chamber Singer (official award by Dominique Meyer on December 18, 2018, after his portrayal of Sarastro in the Magic Flute .)
  • 2019: European Culture Prize Taurus

Movies

Web links

Commons : René Pape  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Salzburger Nachrichten: Music Theater Prize: For the first time category for off-music theater . Article dated May 10, 2017, accessed June 1, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Pape, René
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (bass)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th September 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden