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Monostatos

tenor

Monostatos is Sarastro's overseer, who torments Pamina and plots with the Queen of the Night. Mozart paints him with quick, buzzing music that has to sound as light as it is menacing. A character tenor with crisp diction and real stage presence makes the part unforgettable.

Who sings it in 2026/27

Florian HoffmannStaatsoper Unter den Linden, BerlinNathan HallerOpernhaus Zürich, ZürichPablo García-LópezGran Teatre del Liceu, BarcelonaAAled HallRoyal Opera House, LondonBBarry BanksRoyal Opera House, LondonBBurkhard UlrichDeutsche Oper Berlin, BerlinCCarsten SüssVolksoper Wien, WienJJorge Rodríguez NortonGran Teatre del Liceu, BarcelonaMMartin KochOper Köln, KölnRRalf RachbauerOper Köln, KölnRRaphael WittmerNationaltheater Mannheim, MannheimRRodell RoselMetropolitan Opera, New York CityRRodolphe BriandThéâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-ProvenceSSeumas BeggOldenburgisches Staatstheater, OldenburgSSpencer HamlinSanta Fe Opera, Santa FeTThomas CapobiancoMetropolitan Opera, New York CityTTimothy OliverSemperoper Dresden, Dresden · Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa, WarsawUUwe EikötterNationaltheater Mannheim, Mannheim

Data: open sources (opera houses, ticketing platforms, Wikidata). Part of the worldwide Die Zauberflöte map.