- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 4, 1964
- Place of Birth
- Dresden, Germany
René Pape
"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 M…
Filmography
Sven Helbig: Requiem A
movieSven Helbig: Requiem A
2025 · Himself (bass)
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio
2025 · Rocco
movieDaphne - Berlin Staatsoper
2023 · Peneios
movieGiacomo Puccini: Turandot
2022 · Timur
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunow
2021 · Boris Godunov
movieDie Zauberflöte aus der Semperoper Dresden
2021 · Sarastro
movieLohengrin
2020 · Heinrich der Vogler
movieMetropolitan Opera At Home Gala
2020 · Self
movieVerdi: Simon Boccanegra
2019 · Jacopo Fiesco
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: T.H.A.M.O.S
movieWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: T.H.A.M.O.S
2019 · König Pape
movieWagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018 · König Marke
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte
2017 · Sarastro
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
2017 · Sarastro
movieSchumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust
2017 · Mephistopheles / Evil Spirit / Pater Profondus
movieFestive Concert on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Grafenegg Festival
2017 · Self - Bass
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde
2016 · King Marke
movieParsifal
2016 · Gurnemanz
movieDon Carlo
2016 · Filippo II
movieMefistofele
2016 · Mefistofele
movieThe Mariinsky II Opening Gala
2015 · Self
movieThe Metropolitan Opera - Verdi: Macbeth
2014 · Banquo
movieTannhäuser
2014 · Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen
tvMDR um 4
2014 · Self
movieWagner : Parsifal
2013 · Gurnemanz
movieWagner: Das Rheingold
2013 · Wotan
movieMozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2013 · Self - Bass
movieWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
2013
movieMessiah
2013
movieSolti Centenary Concert
2013 · bass
movieParsifal
2013 · Gurnemanz
movieLohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti
2012 · Heinrich der Vogler
movieGounod: Faust
2011 · Mephistophélès
movieFaust (The Royal Opera House)
2011 · Méphistophélès
movieSalzburg Festival Opening Concert
2011 · Self
movieHunter's Bride
2010 · Eremit
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
2010 · Boris Godunov
movieStrauss R: Elektra
2010 · Orest
movieWagner: Tristan und Isolde
2008 · König Marke (bass)
movieThe Magic Flute
2006 · Sarastro
movieThe Magic Flute
2006 · Sarastro
movieThe Magic Flute
2006 · Sarastro
movieBeethoven: Missa Solemnis
2006 · Self - Bass
Semperopernball
tvSemperopernball
2006 · Self
movieLudwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
2003 · Rocco
movieDie Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
2001
movieBeethoven: Fidelio
2000 · Rocco
movieTristan und Isolde
1999 · King Marke
movieLe nozze di Figaro
1999 · Figaro
movieSamson et Dalila
1998 · Un vieillard hébreu
Lebensläufe
tvLebensläufe
1998 · Self
movieDie Schöpfung
1992 · Self - Bass
tvRiverboat
1992 · Self
movieMozart Requiem
1991 · Self
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Rocco
My Home Is a Dark and Cloud-Hung Land
movieMy Home Is a Dark and Cloud-Hung Land
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movieVerdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
— · Bass