First Armored Man
tenor
The two Armored Men guard the gates of the final trials of fire and water. Over an old chorale melody they proclaim that whoever overcomes the fear of death will be worthy of the light. The First Armored Man carries the tenor line of this extraordinary duet, Mozart's bow to Bach.
Who sings it in 2026/27
AAdi EzraOpera House Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel AvivAAnthony WebbOpera House Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv · Wiener Staatsoper, WienAArtjom KorotkovOper Köln, KölnDDafydd JonesTeatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa, WarsawDDominic LeeNationaltheater Mannheim, MannheimEEmmanuel Fonoti-FuimaonoRoyal Opera House, LondonGGeonmuk LimOper Köln, KölnGGerald HupachSemperoper Dresden, DresdenIIlia SkvirskiiStaatsoper Stuttgart, StuttgartJJürgen MüllerSemperoper Dresden, DresdenKKovácsházi IstvánHungarian State Opera (Andrássy), BudapestLLuka TsevelidzeBrown Theater (Wortham Center), HoustonNN. N.Deutsche Oper Berlin, BerlinOOriol LuquePalau de la Música Catalana, BarcelonaPPiotr KalinaTeatr Wielki Poznań, PoznańRRafael RojasOpernhaus Zürich, ZürichRRalf RachbauerOpernhaus Bonn, BonnSSatriya KrisnaRoyal Opera House, LondonSSeiyoung KimVolksoper Wien, WienSSimeon EsperSemperoper Dresden, DresdenSSung Min SongNationaltheater Mannheim, MannheimTTaylor WallbankNationaltheater Mannheim, MannheimUUjvári GergelyHungarian State Opera (Andrássy), BudapestZZachary TaylorFlorentine Opera (Uihlein Hall), Milwaukee
Data: open sources (opera houses, ticketing platforms, Wikidata). Part of the worldwide Die Zauberflöte map.