Lauri Vasar

Engagements this season include Schelkalov in Boris Godunov at the Staatsoper Hamburg; Orest Elektra and Amfortas Parsifal, both at Staatsoper unter den Linden and Wolfram Tannhäuser at the Budapest Wagner Days. Recent successes include a highly acclaimed Papageno Die Zauberflöte at San Francisco Opera where Vasar was described as ‘the star of the show’ (Opera Today); Sharpless Madama Butterfly at the Royal Ballet & Opera; Graf von Gloster Lear at Teatro Real and  Orest Elektra at Staatsoper unter den Linden.

Other highlights include King Lessons in Love and Violence (Opernhaus Zürich); Orest Elektra (Staatsoper Hamburg); Papageno Die Zauberflöte and Wolfram Tannhäuser (Estonian National Opera); Gunther and Donner Der Ring des Nibelungen (Staatsoper unter den Linden); Gunther Götterdämmerung (Teatro Real); Donner Das Rheingold (Opéra national de Paris); Sharpless Madama Butterfly (Staatsoper unter den Linden); and Don Carlos Bethrothal in a Monastery (Staatsoper unter den Linden).

Vasar has sung under the baton of many renowned conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Christian Thielemann, Simone Young, Bertrand de Billy, Sebastian Weigle, Kirill Petrenko, Adam Fischer, Peter Schneider, Gustavo Dudamel and Phillippe Jordan and has worked with acclaimed directors such as Robert Carsen, Stefan Herheim, Calixto Bieto, Peter Stein, and Christoph Loy and was nominated for the Faust Prize for his portrayal of Billy Budd at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.