Solokonzert Piotr Beczała & Luca Salsi

Cast:

singer: Piotr Beczała & Luca Salsi

At the now traditional recitals, you will experience internationally renowned singers not in the usual opera productions, but with specially compiled song and aria programs.

Equally fêted by audiences and critics, Piotr Beczała is one of the most popular tenors of our time and a regular guest at the world’s leading opera houses. He was born in southern Poland and studied at the Academy of Music in Katowice with Pavel Lisitsian and Sena Jurinac. Recent appearances include Jontek in a new production of Stanisław Moniuszko’s »Halka« at the Theater an der Wien and Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, Lohengrin and the Prince in »Rusalka« at the Wiener Staatsoper, where he débuted in 1996 and has so far sung in just under 100 performances. Since his début as the Duke in 2006, Piotr Beczała has been a regular guest at the Metropolitan Opera, where he has so far sung Lensky (»Eugene Onegin«), the Prince (»Rusalka«), Edgardo (»Lucia di Lammermoor«), Rodolfo (»La Bohème«), Vaudémont (»Iolanta«), Riccardo and the title roles in »Roméo et Juliette« and »Faust«. In 2011 he accompanied the Metropolitan Opera to Japan, and in 2012 he made his role début as Des Grieux in Massenet’s »Manon«. Piotr Beczała is also a regular guest at Milan’s La Scala and Munich’s Bavarian State Opera. He recently appeared at the Munich Festival as Riccardo. Guest appearances include the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Gran Teatre del Liceu, San Francisco Opera, Dutch National Opera, the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin State Opera, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Teatr Wielki Warsaw, the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg and the Salzburg Festival, where recent appearances include Rodolfo, Vaudémont, Faust and Werther. In 2016 he made his début beside Anna Netrebko as Lohengrin at Dresden’s Semperoper under the baton of Christian Thielemann. Besides his opera career Piotr Beczała is much in demand as a concert and Lieder artist. Engagements have taken him to Baden-Baden, Amsterdam, Madrid, Budapest, Vienna, Milan and Oman, among others. Piotr Beczała features on dozens of CDs and DVDs with a wide-ranging repertoire. In 2014 he was awarded the ECHO Klassik as »Singer of the year«.


LUCA SALSI completed his vocal studies in Parma and continued his training with Carlo Meliciani. His career regularly takes him to the world's most important stages in major roles: the New York Met, La Scala in Milan, the ROH Covent Garden, the Bavarian State Opera, the Washington National Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Los Angeles Opera, the Berlin State Opera, the Liceu in Barcelona, the Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Teatro Real in Madrid.

In 2024/25 he sings or sang among others Scarpia (Tosca) at La Scala in Milan, at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago and in Monte-Carlo, Rigoletto at the Teatro La Fenice and at the Erl Festival, Giorgio Germont (La traviata) at the New York Met, at the Teatro Real in Madrid, at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival and in Erl, Nabucco at the Arena di Verona and at the Berlin State Opera, Francesco Foscari (I due Foscari) in Modena, Carlo Gérard (Andrea Chénier) at the Salzburg Festival and Simon Boccanegra in Rome and Parma. He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 2018.

Place

Opéra d'État de Vienne – Scène lyrique et chorégraphique de renommée mondiale au cœur de Vienne

L'Opéra d'État de Vienne (Wiener Staatsoper) est l'une des plus prestigieuses maisons d'opéra au monde et un emblème culturel incontournable de l’Autriche. Situé au cœur de Vienne, sur la célèbre Ringstrasse, il impressionne par ses productions exceptionnelles, ses artistes internationaux de renom et son ballet de réputation mondiale.

Depuis son inauguration en 1869, l’Opéra d'État de Vienne incarne l’excellence musicale, la perfection artistique et propose un vaste répertoire allant des grands classiques aux œuvres contemporaines. Chaque saison, plus de 300 représentations sont données, incluant des opéras mondialement célèbres tels que « La Flûte enchantée » de Mozart, « La Traviata » de Verdi ou « Tosca » de Puccini.

Outre ses remarquables productions d'opéra, la Wiener Staatsoper abrite le prestigieux Ballet d'État de Vienne, réputé pour ses performances classiques et contemporaines. Le Bal de l'Opéra de Vienne, organisé chaque année, constitue l'un des événements sociaux les plus prestigieux sur la scène internationale.

Accès en transports publics

Métro :

• Lignes U1, U2, U4 – station Karlsplatz, accès direct

Tramway :

• Lignes 1, 2, D, 62, 71 – arrêt Oper/Karlsplatz

Bus :

• Ligne 59A – arrêt Oper

Grâce à son emplacement central sur la Ringstrasse de Vienne, l'opéra est très facilement accessible.

Opéra d'État de Vienne – Symbole de la culture viennoise et de l’excellence musicale

Figurant parmi les plus prestigieuses maisons d'opéra au monde, l'Opéra d'État de Vienne est une destination incontournable pour les passionnés d'opéra, les mélomanes et les visiteurs souhaitant découvrir l'essence même de la culture viennoise.