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, Gothenburg.jpg?width=300)
Ashley RichesRoyal Opera House, London.jpg?width=300)
Clemens UnterreinerWiener Staatsoper, Wien.jpg?width=300)
Paul BradyOldenburgisches Staatstheater, Oldenburg
Roman TrekelStaatsoper Unter den Linden, BerlinAAdam PalkaStaatsoper Stuttgart, StuttgartAAdrian ErödWiener Staatsoper, WienAAksel DaveyanOldenburgisches Staatstheater, OldenburgAAlbert DohmenGran Teatre del Liceu, BarcelonaAAlexander 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, StuttgartJJay RockwellGrimeborn Festival (Arcola Theatre), LondonJJochen SchmeckenbecherRoyal Opera House, LondonJJosef WagnerVolksoper Wien, WienKKyle AlbertsonFlorentine Opera (Uihlein Hall), MilwaukeeLLe BuSanta Fe Opera, Santa FeMMark MorouseTheater Bonn (Opernhaus), Bonn · Opernhaus Bonn, BonnMMarkus MarquardtSemperoper Dresden, DresdenMMartin SnellBayerische Staatsoper, MünchenMMartin-Jan NijhofSemperoper Dresden, DresdenMMathias HausmannOper Leipzig, LeipzigMMatthias HoffmannOper Köln, KölnPPeter 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 AvivData: open sources (opera houses, ticketing platforms, Wikidata). Part of the worldwide Die Zauberflöte map.