On May 19, Piotr Beczala makes his Wagnerian role debut as the eponymous Grail Knight in Lohengrin at Semperoper Dresden. Headlining Christine Mielitz’s feminist staging of the work, Piotr stars across fellow Wagnerian debutant Anna Netrebko as Elsa von Brabant, with Tomasz Konieczny as Friedrich von Telramund, Evelyn Herlitzius as Ortrud, and Georg Zeppenfeld as […]

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Vienna’s Haus Hofmannsthal gets a head start on Piotr Beczala’s 50th birthday this December with a special exhibit on the career of the star tenor and Vienna resident. Having opened on Monday, April 25, the exhibition on Piotr’s career — featuring glimpses at his work on the stages of Linz, Vienna, new York, Tokyo, London, […]

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Tomorrow’s performance of Un ballo in maschera, starring Piotr Beczala in an acclaimed performance as Gustav III, will be webcast live from the Wiener Staatsoper. Presented as part of the “Staatsoper Live” streaming service, Gianfranco de Bosio’s production of Verdi’s tragedy of love and state can be streamed on a time-delay to allow audiences around […]

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Following a triumph at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Un ballo in maschera, Piotr Beczala returns to the role of Verdi’s lovestruck ruler in the same work at the Wiener Staatsoper. Starring opposite Piotr’s Gustav III will be Krassimira Stoyanova as Amelia and Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Count Ankarström. Nadia Krasteva sings Ulrica, and Hila Fahima is […]

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Piotr Beczala reunites with pianist Helmut Deutsch on April 8, 2016 for a recital at Vienna’s famed Musikverein. The star tenor, who recently earned acclaim for his performance in the Bayerische Staatsoper’s new production of Un ballo in maschera, gives a program that pairs Schumann’s Dichterliebe with selected songs by Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, Dvorak’s Zigeunermelodien, and […]

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