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Speaker

bass-baritone

The Speaker guards the door of Sarastro's temple and gives Tamino his first lesson in truth. His scene with the prince is short but pivotal: solemn, searching recitative that turns the whole story around. It calls for a bass-baritone of authority and warmth.

Who sings it in 2026/27

Åke ZetterströmGöteborgsOperan, GothenburgAshley RichesRoyal Opera House, LondonClemens UnterreinerWiener Staatsoper, WienPaul BradyOldenburgisches Staatstheater, OldenburgRoman TrekelStaatsoper Unter den Linden, BerlinAAdam PalkaStaatsoper Stuttgart, StuttgartAAdrian ErödWiener Staatsoper, WienAAksel DaveyanOldenburgisches Staatstheater, OldenburgAAlbert DohmenGran Teatre del Liceu, BarcelonaAAlexander FritzeVolksoper Wien, WienAAlexander GrassauerSemperoper Dresden, DresdenAAndrew MooreOpernhaus Zürich, ZürichAArttu KatajaStaatsoper Unter den Linden, BerlinBBrandon CedelBrown Theater (Wortham Center), HoustonEEvan GrayOpernhaus Zürich, ZürichEEvgueniy AlexievTheater Bielefeld, BielefeldFFrieder FleschOper Leipzig, LeipzigGGoran JurićStaatsoper Stuttgart, StuttgartJJochen SchmeckenbecherRoyal Opera House, LondonKKyle AlbertsonFlorentine Opera (Uihlein Hall), MilwaukeeMMark MorouseOpernhaus Bonn, BonnMMarkus MarquardtSemperoper Dresden, DresdenMMartin-Jan NijhofSemperoper Dresden, DresdenMMathias HausmannOper Leipzig, LeipzigPPeter MonaghanNorthern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, EdmontonPPnini Leon GrubnerOpera House Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel AvivRRobin FrindtDeutsche Oper am Rhein, DüsseldorfSSon Jin KimTeatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa, WarsawTTuomas PursioOper Leipzig, Leipzig · Olavinlinna Castle (Savonlinna Opera Festival), SavonlinnaVValentin RuckebierDeutsche Oper am Rhein, DüsseldorfVVincenzo NeriDeutsche Oper Berlin, BerlinYYoav AyalonOpera House Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv

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