Tsar Power
27 Aug 2010
Photographed in Dresden by Johannes Ifkovits
René Pape, king of the opera world’s basses, talks to AMANDA HOLLOWAY about the challenges of singing Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov.
German bass René Pape was born to play a god or a king. Well over six feet tall, with powerful shoulders and a broad, handsome face, he strides into the upmarket restaurant opposite La Scala between p…
German bass René Pape was born to play a god or a king. Well over six feet tall, with powerful shoulders and a broad, handsome face, he strides into the upmarket restaurant opposite La Scala between p...
– Amanda Holloway, Opera News