Portrait of René Pape

Acting

René Pape

Career

Active from 1998 to 2025, busiest in 2013 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
25
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute
GoodWatch score67/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Visually Stunning 4
  • Opera Adaptation 3
  • Wagnerian Opera 3
  • Opera 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Musical Spectacle 2
  • Symbolic Storytelling 2
  • Grand Spectacle 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim

as Bass

2020s

6 titles
The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio
The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio (2025)

as Rocco

Daphne - Berlin Staatsoper
Daphne - Berlin Staatsoper (2023)

as Peneios

Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (2022)

as Timur

The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunow
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunow (2021)

as Boris Godunov

Die Zauberflöte aus der Semperoper Dresden
Die Zauberflöte aus der Semperoper Dresden (2021)

as Sarastro

Lohengrin
Lohengrin (2020)

as Heinrich der Vogler

2010s

23 titles
Parsifal - Bayerische Staatsoper
Parsifal - Bayerische Staatsoper (2018)

as Gurnemanz

The Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte
The Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte (2017)

as Sarastro

Tristan und Isolde - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan und Isolde - Metropolitan Opera (2016)

as König Marke

Parsifal
Parsifal (2015)

as Gurnemanz

The Metropolitan Opera - Verdi: Macbeth
The Metropolitan Opera - Verdi: Macbeth (2014)

as Banquo

Parsifal
Parsifal (2013)

as Gurnemanz

Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti
Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti (2012)

as Heinrich der Vogler

Gounod: Faust
Gounod: Faust (2011)

as Mephistophélès

Faust (The Royal Opera House)
Faust (The Royal Opera House) (2011)

as Méphistophélès

The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov (2010)

as Boris Godunov

Hunter's Bride
Hunter's Bride (2010)

as Eremit

Strauss R: Elektra
Strauss R: Elektra (2010)

as Orest

2000s

6 titles · average score 67
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (2008)

as König Marke (bass)

The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute (2006)
GoodWatch score 67

as Sarastro

The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute (2006)

as Sarastro

The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute (2006)

as Sarastro

Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio (2003)

as Rocco

Beethoven: Fidelio
Beethoven: Fidelio (2000)

as Rocco

1990s

3 titles
Tristan und Isolde
Tristan und Isolde (1999)

as King Marke

Le nozze di Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro (1999)

as Figaro

Samson et Dalila
Samson et Dalila (1998)

as Un vieillard hébreu

1970s

1 title · average score 70
Great Performances
Great Performances (1971)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Rocco