Iain Paterson
Deutsche Oper Berlin - Das Rheingold
Iain Paterson offered a thoughtful performance...with equal attention to both text and music...as part of a new yet rooted performance text.
Boulezian Blog (May 11, 2024)Bavarian State Opera - Peter Grimes
Iain Paterson was convincing as Balstrode with his balancing sympathy for Grimes, even though he ultimately encourages him to commit suicide at sea.
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Season 26/27 and Highlights
ORCHESTRA PHILHARMONIQUE DE RADIO FRANCE
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde
Sep 25
MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde
May 20/23/26/29
Biography
The British bass-baritone Iain Paterson is one of the most distinguished Wagner interpreters of his generation.
In the 2026/27 season, Iain Paterson returns to one of his key Wagnerian roles: as Kurwenal, he will appear in two star-studded performance series of Tristan und Isolde . First, he will appear as a guest artist with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris under the musical direction of Jaap van Zweden; subsequently, the same role will take him to Florence, where he will perform with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino performs under the baton of Alexander Soddy.
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Among the outstanding engagements of recent seasons are his role debut as Orest in Strauss's Elektra at the Bavarian State Opera and his return to the Deutsche Oper Berlin , where he appeared as Wotan in Wagner's Das Rheingold and Siegfried .
His repertoire includes key roles such as Wotan/Wanderer, The Flying Dutchman, Kurwenal, Amfortas (Parsifal), Jochanaan, Orest, Balstrode, and the Forester in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen .
He regularly performs at major opera houses such as the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, the Berlin State Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Opéra national de Paris. He has also appeared as a guest artist at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, and the English National Opera, where he developed numerous roles within his core repertoire. His interpretation of Leontes in the world premiere of Ryan Wigglesworth's The Winter's Tale also demonstrated his artistic versatility.
Paterson has appeared several times at the Bayreuth Festival, most recently as Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde) under Christian Thielemann and as Wotan in Das Rheingold under Marek Janowski. In the concert arena, he has sung, among other works, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the BBC Philharmonic, as well as Elgar's Dream of Gerontius at the Edinburgh Festival.
He works regularly with conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Christian Thielemann, Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir Simon Rattle, Andris Nelsons, Edward Gardner, and Vasily Petrenko. Iain Paterson studied singing at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with Neilson Taylor.
2026/27
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