Peter Kellner

Worldwide representation (exclusive: Slovakia, Czech Republic)

The Slovakian bass Peter Kellner has been an ensemble member of the Vienna State Opera since the 2018/19 season and has since been able to make a name for himself internationally.

Two major role debuts characterize the new 2023/24 season: at the Hamburg State Opera, Peter Kellner will make his debut as Osmin (Entführung aus dem Serail), and at the National Theater in Prague he will sing Votnik (Rusalka) for the first time in a new production. At the Vienna State Opera, Peter Kellner will be seen in roles such as Papageno (Magic Flute), Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), Leporello (Don Giovanni), Guglielmo in the new production Cosi fan tutte (Barrie Kosky / Philippe Jordan) and Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia). In Basel, he will join Slávka Zamecnikova for a New Year's concert.

Recent highlights include Colline and Papageno at London's Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Colline for his MET debut, Figaro and Masetto at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Theseus in Midsummer Night's Dream under the baton of Simone Young, and Il re di Scozia in Ariodante at the Vienna State Opera. Peter Kellner is a regular guest at the Salzburg Festival, most recently appearing as Brander in La Damnation de Faust, in Elektra and a Mozart matinee, among others.

Peter Kellner made his debut at the Vienna State Opera as Panthée in Berlioz's Les Troyens, debuted as Ratcliffe (Billy Budd) at Covent Garden London and as Figaro at the Volksoper Wien and at the Glyndebourne Festival. His other repertoire includes roles such as the title role in Handel's Hercules, Colas (Bastien und Bastienne), Dulcamara (Elisir d'amore), Brother Laurent (Roméo et Juliette) and Lord Sidney (Il viaggio a Reims). Already in 2013 he was engaged at the Salzburg Festival as Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail for children and in Don Carlo under the direction of Antonio Pappano.

In addition, Peter Kellner gave concerts in Seville, Prague, Krasnoyarsk and Mallorca, among others.

Peter Kellner won the Independent Opera Fellowship of the Wigmore Hall Song Competition, the 2nd Prize and Audience Award of the International Mozart Competition Salzburg 2018 and the First Prize of the International Competition Ferruccio Tagliavini in Deutschlandsberg. He has so far worked with conductors such as Sir Antonio Pappano, Vasily Petrenko, Adam Fischer, Bertrand de Billy, Marco Armiliato, Ivor Bolton, Friedrich Haider and others, and orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, Camerata Salzburg, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, Košice State Philharmonic and Graz Philharmonic.

Peter Kellner comes from the Slovak Republic and studied at the Košice Conservatory with M. Adamenko, at the Mozarteum Salzburg with B. Bakow and graduated with a Bachelor's degree with A. Sol at the University of Arts in Graz. From there he was engaged to Oldenburg and later to the ensemble of the Opera Graz.

2023/24

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