Piotr Beczala

Polish tenor Piotr Beczala made his Company debut as Rodolfo in 2010’s La bohème and was seen in 2014 Gustav III in A Masked Ball and appeared as a soloist that same season in the Verdi Requiem. Recent engagements include Edgardo inLucia di Lammermoor at the San Francisco Opera, the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto for the Metropolitan Opera, the title role of Werther at Opéra National de Paris, performances of A Masked Ball at both the Bavarian State Opera and Vienna Staatsoper, the title role of Lohengrin at Semperoper Dresden. Other notable engagements include the title role of Faust, Les Chevalier des Grieux in Manon and Rodolfo with the Metropolitan Opera, Rodolfo with Vienna Staatsoper,  La Scala and the Salzburg Festival, The Prince in Rusalka with Bayerische Staatsoper, Edgardo at Vienna Staatsoper, Hamburgische Staatsoper and in Tokyo, Riccardo/Gustavo, the Duke of Mantua, and Alfredo Germont in La traviata at Opernhaus Zurich, the Duke of Mantua at Paris Opera, Faust at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Alfredo Germont at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Count Vaudémony in Iolanta with the Salzburg Fesitval, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at the Metropolitan Opera, the Salzburg Festival and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Lensky in Eugene Onegin with the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera, and Tamino in The Magic Flute and Rodolfo with San Francisco Opera. His first engagement was at the Landestheater Linz and in 1997 he became a company member of the Zürich Opera, a distinction he still enjoys. His repertoire also includes the title role in Werther and The Tales of Hoffmann, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, the Italian Singer in Der Rosenkavalier, Camille de Rosillon in The Merry Widow, Jeník in The Bartered Bride, the Shepherd in Król Roger, Synodal in The Demon and Orombello in Beatrice di Tenda. He is very busy as a concert soloist joining frequently the leading orchestras of the world.  He has released two solo aria CDs; Salut, featuring French and Italian arias and Slavic Opera Arias. His DVD releases include a series of performances from the Zurich Opera including: Rigoletto, La traviata, Die lustige Witwe, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, The Magic Flute, Simplicius as well as Don Giovanni, among others.