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René Pape (born 4 September 1964) is a German opera tic Bass (vocal range)|bass .
Biography
Rene Pape was born in Dresden , then part of East Germany . His mother is a hairdresser and his father a chef. His parents divorced when he was two years old and he sometimes lived with his grandmother, who opened the way for his interest in music. His maternal grandfather was an operetta tenor.
Pape received his musical education from 1974 to 1981 with Dresdner Kreuzchor (he even appeared as one of the Three BoysA Tsar is Born: Rene Pape is about to Have His Moment in Boris Godunov, by Zachary Woolfe, The New York Observer, October 5, 2010 in Die Zauberflöte and the Dresden Conservatory in the early '80s. He had his debut with the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden in 1988 , and achieved international recognition in 1991 , when Sir Georg Solti cast him as Sarastro in a production of Die Zauberflöte , a role he sang again the same year at La Scala in Milan under Solti's direction. He sang in Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten ("The Seasons") with the Orchestre de Paris and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, both under Solti (1992), then Don Fernando ( Fidelio ), the Speaker and Sarastro with the Vienna State Opera during the 1992-93 season, King Philip ( Don Carlo ) in Basle Switzerland) and had his Bayreuth debut under the baton of James Levine as Fasolt in Das Rheingold in 1994. The year 1995 saw his debut with the Metropolitan Opera , as the Night Watchman in Die Meistersinger , where he has performed practically every year since (Fasolt and King of Egypt ( Aida ) in 1997, the Old Hebrew ( Samson and Dalila ) in 1998, King Marke ( Tristan ) in 1999, Escamillo ( Carmen ) and Rocco (Fidelio) in 2000, Oreste (Strauss's Elektra) in 2002, Gürnemanz (Parsifal) in 2003, Leporello (Don Giovanni) and King Marke in 2004, Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust in 2005, King Heinrich, King Philip, and Sarastro in 2006, Banquo in Macbeth in 2008, Fasolt, Hunding in Die Walküre " in 2009, Boris Godunov in 2010 ). About his role as King Marke, Anthony Tommasini wrote in the New York Times' November 30, 2008 issue : Few singers have conveyed Marke’s feelings of betrayal by his beloved nephew Tristan with such lofty, noble anguish. Rene Pape’s King Marke is a magnificent and dignified performance, sung with the utmost compassion and with an enviable richness and range of bass tone, wrote Michael Kennedy in the Sunday Telegraph on May 25, 2003. As Heinrich, Rene Pape displayed what must be the most sumptuous operatic bass in the world, wrote Rupert Christiansen in the Daily Telegraph on 5 June 2003.
Pape was honored on October 27, 2010, by the Metropolitan Opera Guild as part of its Met Mastersingers series. In addition to the Metropolitan Opera, Pape sings often with the Chicago Lyric Opera (Pogner in Die Meistersinger in 1999, Rocco in 2005 and Faust in 2009). He had his first solo recital in Carnegie Hall on April 25, 2009, where he sang German lieder from Schubert, Hugo Wolf and Schumann.
Pape had his debut at London’s Royal Opera Covent Garden as King Heinrich in Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin in 1997; at the Opéra National de Paris under James Conlon as King Marke in Tristan in 1998; and at the Lyric Opera of Chicago under Christian Thielemann as Die Meistersinger’s Pogner in 1999.
Pape made a highly acclaimed debut as Wotan on April 17, 2011 in Berlin in a new co-production by the Staatsoper, directed by the Belgian Guy Cassiers, with Daniel Barenboim conducting. His rendition of Wotan, both virile and lyrical, was very compelling, with all the dilemma he faces and his human frailty.
His repertoire includes virtually all the great German Bass (vocal range)|bass roles, such as Mozart's Figaro, Leporello, and Don Giovanni, Pogner in Wagner's Die Meistersinger, King Heinrich in Lohengrin, Gurnemanz in Parsifal, Fasolt, Hunding and Wotan in the Ring des Nibelungen, Oreste in Strauss's Elektra as well as Ramfis in Aida , Filippo II in Don Carlo , Méphistophélès in Faust (opera)|Faust , Escamillo in Carmen, Gremin in Eugene Oneguine and the title role of Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov .
Pape performs regularly in major opera houses, concert halls, and symphony orchestras around the world, as well as opera festivals such as Bayreuth Festival|Bayreuth , Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne , Lucerne, Orange, Saint-Petersburg, Salzburg, Verbier and White Nights.
Pape made his film debut as Sarastro in Kenneth Branagh 's The Magic Flute (2006 film)|The Magic Flute , which premiered simultaneously at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2006 Venice Film Festival . He has also performed in "Hunter's Bride", a film version of Der Freischütz, released in 2010, by film director Jens Neubert, in which he sang the role of the Hermit.
Pape is also known for his performances of the song cycle Mein Herz brennt , composed by Torsten Rasch and based on the music of the heavy metal band Rammstein . In 2007 he released the Rammstein-Song "Mann Gegen Mann" by the German band Rammstein in a piano version by German composer Sven Helbig .
Pape has received two Grammys for his recordings ("Die Meistersinger" in 1997 and "Tannhauser" in 2002), was named “Vocalist of the Year” by Musical America in 2002, “Artist of the Year” by the German opera critics in 2006 for his Boris Godunov at the Berlin Staatsoper, and won in 2009 an ECHO award (the German equivalent of the Grammy) for his solo arias, Gods, Kings and Demons".
Discography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart : Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem , Mar. 1992, Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti , Decca
Erich Wolfgang Korngold|Korngold : Das Wunder der Heliane , Apr. 1993, Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester conducted by John Mauceri , Decca
Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn : Die erste Walpurgisnacht , Nov. 1993, Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Teldec
Ferruccio Busoni|Busoni : Turandot (Busoni)|Turandot , Oct. 1993, Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester conducted by Gerd Albrecht , Capriccio
Richard Wagner|Wagner : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Sep. 1994, Bayerischen Staatsoper conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch , EMI Classics
Mendelssohn: Antigone , Jan. 1995, Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester conducted by Stefan Soltesz , Capriccio
Joseph Haydn|Haydn : The Creation (Haydn)|The Creation , Feb. 1995, Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti , Decca
Busoni: Arlecchino , Mar. 1995, Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester conducted by Gerd Albrecht , Capriccio
Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven : Missa Solemnis (Beethoven)|Missa Solemnis , Jun. 1995, Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti , Decca
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy (Beethoven)|Choral Fantasy / Triple Concerto (Beethoven)|Triple Concerto , Nov. 1995, Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Daniel Barenboim , EMI Classics
Mendelssohn: Oedipus , Jan. 1996, Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester conducted by Stefan Soltesz, Capriccio
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Feb. 1997, Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti , Decca
Gustav Mahler|Mahler : Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 8 , Mar. 1997, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis , RCA
Franz Schmidt : The Book with Seven Seals , Oct. 1998, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Franz Welser-Möst , EMI Classics
Wagner: Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin , Nov. 1998, Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim , Teldec Classics
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 9 , Dec. 2000, Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim , Teldec Classics
Beethoven: Fidelio , Jan. 2000, Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim , Teldec Classics
Wagner: Tannhäuser (opera)| Tannhäuser , 2001, Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim , Teldec Classics
Torsten Rasch : Mein Herz Brennt , 2003. Dresdner Sinfoniker conducted by John Carewe, Universal Music/Deutsche Grammophon
Rammstein : Reise, Reise , 2004, Motor/Republic
10th Annual Opera Gala in support of the German AIDS Foundation , May 2004, Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Kent Nagano , RCA
Mozart: Bastien und Bastienne , Sep. 2005, Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig conducted by Max Pommer , Brilliant Classics
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde , Sep. 2005, Royal Opera House Covent Garden conducted by Antonio Pappano , EMI Classics
Rammstein: Rosenrot , Oct. 2005, Universal Music Group|Universal
Mozart: Das Mozart Album , Jul. 2006, Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado , Deutsche Grammophon
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Oct. 2007, Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Franz Welser-Möst , Deutsche Grammophon
Mozart: The Magic Flute , May. 2007, Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado , Deutsche Grammophon
Gods, Kings & Demons , Aug. 2008, Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Sebastian Weigle , Deutsche Grammophon
Wagner: Parsifal , September 2010, Mariinsky Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev , with the Mariinsky Chorus, Mariinsky
Wagner: arias from Walküre , Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin , Parsifal , Tannhäuser Staatskapelle Berlin , dir. Daniel Barenboim DGG, 2010
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Louise T. Guinther, http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/issue/article.aspx? id=1973 Cover Feature: René Pape, Opera news , January 2007
http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2008/12/ren-pape.html René Pape: Career, roles, performances, CDs and DVDs
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