Star tenor Piotr Beczala looks forward to a 2016-17 season that will feature returns to Chicago, New York, Berlin, Barcelona, Vienna, Zürich, and beyond. Following a September 17 recital with San Diego Opera, Piotr encores his signature portrayal of Edgardo in a new-to-Chicago production of Lucia di Lammermoor at Lyric Opera of Chicago (October 15 […]

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Following his acclaimed run of Faust at the Salzburg Festival, Piotr Beczala remains in Austria for a liederabend at the annual Schubertiade on September 3. Given in Hohenems at Markus Sittikus Hall, the evening of song hears the star tenor in a signature mix of repertoire including Schumann’s Dichterliebe, Rachmaninoff’s Six Romances, and assorted lieder […]

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On August 13 at 7:30pm CET, ORF broadcasts Faust, recorded on August 10 at the Salzburg Festival and starring Piotr Beczala as the eponymous philosopher, on Ö1. The performance hears Piotr starring opposite Maria Agresta as Marguerite and Ildar Abdrazakov as Méphistophélès. An encore television broadcast of the production, staged by Reinhard von der Thannen […]

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Tenor Piotr Beczala has earned critical and popular acclaim for his performance as Gounod’s Faust at the Salzburg Festival, running now through August 29: “Der polnische Tenor Piotr Beczala wirkt als Faust-Interpret wie der legitime Erbe einer schwedischen Legende: Nicolai Gedda! Idiomatisch genauso perfekt, geschmackvoll phrasierend, mit brillanter Höhe.” (BR Klassik) “Die Krone gebührt Piotr […]

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Following his return to the Bayerische Staatsoper for the Münchner Opernfestspiele, Piotr Beczala heads across the Alps to the Salzburger Festspiele to star in a new production of Gounod’s Faust. The internationally-acclaimed interpreter of Gounod’s soul-selling philosopher stars opposite Ildar Abdrazakov as Méphistophélès and Maria Agresta as Marguerite in a production helmed by Reinhard von […]

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