Roman Trekel
Baritone
Photo: Foto@IMAGEM
Roman Trekel has established himself as one of the most sought-
after baritones. He received his musical education in Berlin start-
ing his career at the Berlin State Opera and has been a principal
singer of this company ever since. His repertoire includes roles
such as Wolfram / Tannhäuser, Posa / Don Carlos, Count / Le
Nozze di Figaro, Don Alfonso / Cosi fan tutte, Kurwenal / Tristan
und Isolde, Beckmesser / Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,
Amfortas / Parsifal, Faust / Doktor Faust and Wozzeck / Wozzeck.
The artist has performed with the leading opera houses throughout
Europe and Japan, inter alia with the Teatro alla Scala di Milano,
the Royal Opera House London, the Dresden, Hamburg and Munich
State Operas, the Vienna State Opera (The Cunning Little Vixen /
Forester, 2016), De Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, the Zurich
Opera House, the New National Theatre Tokyo and the Bayreuth
and Salzburg Festivals.
Roman Trekel's intensive concert work as a lied recitalist and as
soloist with the major and prestigious orchestras and conductors
includes appearances with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Israel Phil-
harmonic Orchestra (Le nozze di Figaro / Count, 2017) under
conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Fabio
Luisi, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Sir Simon Rattle, Christian
Thielemann.
Numerous CD and DVD recordings for different labels - CPO,
Naxos, Berlin Classics, Arte Nova and Oehms Classics (Dichter-
liebe, Winterreise, Die schöne Müllerin), DVD Tannhäuser / Wolfram
productions under Philippe Jordan (ARTHAUS) and under Franz
Welser-Möst (EMI Classics). Lohengrin / Heerrufer (Kent Nagano)
for Opus Arte and Le Nozze di Figaro / Count (Daniel Barenboim)
for TDK.
Award winner of the ECHO-PREIS KLASSIK 2017 for the best opera
recording (20th and 21st century) and of the GRAMMY 2018:
Wozzeck / title role (Houston Symphony Orchestra, conductor:
Hans Graf, NAXOS label).
Representation: General Management / Worldwide