„Astonishing richness, lively phrasing and a magnificent presence.
Peter Kellner is an exceptional singer! “
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The young Slovak bass Peter Kellner is one of the most promising opera singers of his generation. Already at his early career he performed with the most importatnt opera companies including Metropolitan Opera New York, Royal Ballet and Opera London, Staatsoper Berlin as well as Salzburger Festspiele. He joined the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera in 2018, performing major roles such as Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Leporello and Masetto (Don Giovanni), Gulielmo (Così fan tutte), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Basilio (Il barbiere di Seviglia), Colline (La Bohème), Frère Laurent (Roméo et Juliette), Rè di Scozia (Ariodante), Theseus(Midsummer night´s dream), Il Re (Aida), Nachtwächter (Die Meistersinger) and Zuniga (Carmen).
In the upcoming season, he will make his debut at the San Francisco Opera as Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) and will appear for the first time as Rocco in the premiere of Leonora by Ferdinando Paer at the Semperoper Dresden.
Recent highlights include his debut as Kecal in The Bartered Bride at the Vienna State Opera, Don Alvaro in the premiere of Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims at the Salzburg Festival, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Semperoper Dresden, and Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
His core repertoire includes Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)—performed at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Vienna State Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Edinburgh Festival, Volksoper Wien, and Oper Graz; Leporello (Don Giovanni) at the Vienna State Opera, Opéra de Normandie Rouen, and Slovak National Theatre; Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) at Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Vienna State Opera, Royal Ballet and Opera London, Teatro Giuseppe Verdi Trieste, and Teatro de la Maestranza Seville; Colline (La Bohème) at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Ballet and Opera London, Semperoper Dresden, Vienna State Opera, and Oper Graz; Osmin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) at Staatsoper Hamburg and Oper Graz; Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia) at Festival della Valle d’Itria and Oper Graz; and the Water Gnome (Rusalka) at the National Theatre Prague.
