Features / 03 Nov 2008

Listening Room: René Pape on “Gods, Kings & Demons”

The incomparable German bass chats with OPERA NEWS about his just-released first solo-recital disc."

Opera News

Features / 10 Jun 2008

Der Berg ruft

Butterweich, voluminös, gerundet, mit einem herrlichen, in den letzten Jahren sanft nachgedunkelten Timbre."

Manuel Brug, Berliner Morgenpost

Features / 09 Jun 2008

To Play the King

Pape’s voice remains one of the most remarkable in opera: it is anchored on low...

Alex Ross, The New Yorker

Features / 30 Jul 2007

René Pape, basse en altitude Interview

Opéra, chant sacré mais aussi rock et chansons de Broadway, aucune musique ne semble pouvoir...

Christophe Rizoud, Forum Opéra

Features / 12 May 2006

René Pape, Bass From on High, Adept at Cameos and Star Turns

That first Boris Godunov -- a harder proposition than Mr. Pape had imagined -- illustrates...

Matthew Gurewitsch, The New York Times

Features / 09 Feb 2004

The Versatile Bass With the Tenor’s Buzz

Visually he is a striking presence: tall and trim but commanding, with the full moon...

Matthew Gurewitsch, The New York Times

Features / 13 Jan 2002

PROFILE / Rene Pape / Master Singer / Young bass in ‘Die Meistersinger’ is used to playing ‘old guys,’ heavies

For anyone who has fallen under his spell onstage, meeting Rene Pape in person is...

Octavio Roca, San Francisco Chronicle