Personal Info
The Black Diamond Bass
René Pape
Acting
Biography
"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…
Filmography
Movies
The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio
as Rocco
Sven Helbig: Requiem A
as Himself (bass)
Daphne - Berlin Staatsoper
as Peneios
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
as Timur
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunow
as Boris Godunov
Die Zauberflöte aus der Semperoper Dresden
as Sarastro
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
as Self
Lohengrin
as Heinrich der Vogler
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
as Jacopo Fiesco
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: T.H.A.M.O.S
as König Pape
