Piotr Beczała is one of the most sought-after artists and a constant guest in the world’s leading opera houses. The Polish-born tenor is acclaimed not only for the beauty of his voice, but also for his ardent commitment to each character he portrays. In addition to his operatic work, he has performed much of the classical vocal canon with the world’s most distinguished orchestras and conductors.
“The kind of voice you want to hang medals on.” Opera News
Numerous outstanding engagements await Piotr Beczała in the 2025/26 season: Following his role debut as Andrea Chénier in a concert performance at the Salzburg Festival in August 2025, he makes his staged debut as Andrea Chénier at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He can also be seen as Radames in Aida at the Opéra National de Paris and as the Prince in Rusalka and Don José in Carmen at the Vienna State Opera. Other highlights of the season include his signature role as Lohengrin in a new production with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the musical direction of Joana Mallwitz at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. At the Bavarian State Opera, Beczała sings both Manrico in Il trovatore and the title role in Faust. Further engagements take him to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin as Cavaradossi (Tosca), to the Opera de Las Palmas as Andrea Chénier and to the Teatro Real Madrid as Manrico (Il trovatore). Beczała’s concert season includes recitals in Santa Monica, Klagenfurt, Graz, Barcelona and Grafenegg as well as concert appearances in Baden-Baden, Linz, Bayreuth and Santander.
Piotr Beczała is represented on numerous CDs and DVDs with works by Verdi, Puccini, Dvořák, Gounod and others. His discography includes solo albums for Orfeo, Deutsche Grammophon and Pentatone and is regularly expanded by award-winning new releases.
In 2014, he received the ECHO Klassik as “Singer of the Year”, as well as the Opus Klassik in the category “Singer of the Year” in 2021. In 2019 he was honored with the Austrian professional title “Kammersänger” and in 2022 he received an honorary doctorate (Dr. h. c.) from the Katowice Academy of Music, Poland.
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"Polish tenor and Met house favorite Piotr Beczala didn’t merely sing with gleaming lyric authority in each of the modes (comic, romantic, tragic) that Verdi packs into his part.… This was just the first hint of how completely Beczala would elevate everything around him." The Guardian
