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Named a “standout whose sound was warm and rich” by Anne Midgette in The Washington Post, the 2024 – 2025 season for bass Patrick Guetti sees him return to Detusche Oper Berlin as a featured ensemble member singing a total of over fourty performances. This season in Berlin sees a number of role debuts including Il Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlo conducted by music director Sir Donald Runnicles, Daland in Der fliegende Holländer conducted by John Fiore, and Gesiterbote in Tobias Kratzer’s production of Die Frau ohne Schatten conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles. Additional roles include Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Colline in La bohème, Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Sparafucile in Rigoletto, and Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia.

The 2023 – 2024 season included his house debuts with both Houston Grand Opera and Cincinnati Opera as Commendatore in Kasper Holten’s production of Don Giovanni, conducted by Dame Jane Glover. Mr. Guetti also made his house debut at Opernhaus Zürich stepping in to replace an ailing colleague on hours notice as Procida in I vespri sicilliani to much critical acclaim, and his house debut with Atlanta Opera as Sparafucile in Rigoletto, directed by Tomer Zvulun, and returns to Deutsche Oper Berlin as a featured ensemble member with roles including Sparafucile, Commendatore, Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte. Concert work includes his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra singing the roles of Sergeant and Sentry, and covering the Pope, in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, marking his debut at both Symphony Hall in Boston and Carnegie Hall in New York. These performances are conducted by music director Andris Nelsons and recorded for release on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

Operatic highlights Mr. Guetti’s debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Sarastro in the Julie Taymor production of The Magic Flute, his role debut as Fafner in the David Pountney production of Siegfried at Lyric Opera of Chicago, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, and his role debut as Fafner in the Jonathan Dove adaptation of Das Rheingold at Deutsche Oper Berlin. Mr. Guetti has also appeared at Bayerische Staatsoper as Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and Montano in Otello, and at Oper Stuttgart, singing Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia.

At Deutsche Oper Berlin, Mr. Guetti has been seen as Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Procida in a new production of Les Vêpres Siciliennes, the title role in Massenet’s Don Quichotte, Colline in La bohème, Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Bottom in a new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and the King in Aida.

Additional operatic highlights at Lyric Opera of Chicago include Der Polizeikomissar in Der Rosenkavalier conducted by Edward Gardner, Zaretsky in the Robert Carsen production of Yevgeny Onegin, the Mandarin in Turandot, and a Greek Captain in Les Troyens. Additional operatic highlights include his debut at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofie in Valencia as the Erster Handwerksbursch in a new production of Wozzeck, conducted by James Gaffigan, the role of Snug in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Opera Philadelphia, his debut with the Glyndebourne Festival as the Nightwatchman in a revival of Sir David McVicar’s production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and covering the role of Don Basilio in a new production of Il barbiere di Siviglia, his company debut with Opera Philadelphia as José Tripaldi in Golijov’s Ainadamar, his company debut with Dallas Opera in Francesca Zambello’s production of Salome as the Fifth Jew, and the Commendatore in Don Giovanni with Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance program.

On the concert stage, Mr. Guetti made his debut with the Saint Louis Symphony as Brander in La damnation de Faust, conducted by music director Stéphane Denève, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for a concert performance of Tosca as Sciarrone, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with the New Choral Society, conducted by John King, and Beethoven’s Mass in C Major with the Santa Cruz Symphony, conducted by Music Director Daniel Stewart. He also appeared with the National Symphony Orchestra for Bernstein’s Songfest, which was recorded live and released on the Naxos recording label. 

While studying at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia Mr. Guetti appeared as the title role in Don Quichotte, Prince Gremin and Zaretsky in Yevgeny Onegin, Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Tom in Un ballo in maschera, Arkel in Pelléas et Mélisande, and Crespel and Wilhelm in Les Contes d’Hoffmann. As a member of the Filene Artist Program at Wolf Trap Opera, Mr. Guetti appeared as Sparafucile in Rigoletto with Grant Gershon conducting the National Symphony Orchestra, and as an apprentice at Santa Fe Opera, Mr. Guetti was featured as Leggatt in the world premiere of Theodore Morrison’s Oscar and the American premiere of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen.

Honors and awards include representing the United States in the final round of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in Wales, a 2014 grand prize winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a 2014 Sarah Tucker Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation, first prize in the Gerda Lissner competition in 2015, Audience Favorite Award at the Giargiri Bel Canto Competition in 2013, and First Prize in the Prémio “Verdi” competition.

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