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Brian Kontes

Pittsburgh

United States

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Noted by Opera News for his “dark bass and strong dramatic energy”, Brian Kontes continues to perform throughout this country and abroad. Mr. Kontes began the 2022-2023 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York with assignments on Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Die Zauberflöte. In March, he will be a featured soloist with the Valdosta Symphony for their performance of Braham’s Requiem. Recently, he returned to Pittsburgh Opera where he sang the role of The Commendatore in Don Giovanni. Additionally, he made his debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony for their concert of Bruckner’s Te Deum. Brian Kontes also made an important debut with Washington Concert Opera as the Spectre in Hamlet. He then returned to the Metropolitan Opera for their production of Manon Lescaut.
In recent years, Mr. Kontes received high praises for his singing and acting by audiences and reviewers alike. Those seasons included his debut at Central City Opera as Lt. Ratcliffe in Billy Budd and The Bonze in Madama Butterfly, Sarastro in Die Zauberflote at Sarasota Opera, The Bonze in Madama Butterfly at Pittsburgh Opera, and M. Javilenot in Dialogues des Carmelites at the Metropolitan Opera.
 Career highlights at the Metropolitan Opera have included HD productions of Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg under the baton of Maestro James Levine, Der Rosenkavalier under the baton of Maestro Sebastian Wiegle, and The Nose, led by Maestro Valery Gergiev.
Other notable career highlights in opera include the roles of Timur in Turandot at San Diego Opera, Hogboy in Brokeback Mountain at New York City Opera, Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro at Pittsburgh Opera, Leporello in Don Giovanni at Seattle Opera, Banquo in Macbeth at Opera National de Lorraine, Palemon in Thais at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Kentucky Opera, The Commendatore in Don Giovanni at New York City Opera, Colline in La Boheme with Opera Hong Kong, Happy in La Fanciulla del West at Opera Omaha, Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata at Opera Colorado, Zuniga in Carmen at New Orleans Opera, The Bonze in Madame Butterfly for Nashville Opera and Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Sprecher in Die Zauberflote with Ash Lawn Opera. He has also sung many operas in concert with the Opera Orchestra of New York.
Brian Kontes is also a noteworthy concert artist. He has sung on numerous occasions at Carnegie Hall in New York City as well as venues throughout the United States. Some highlights include Mozartʼs Requiem, Haydnʼs

Paukenmesse, Faureʼs Requiem, Mozartʼs Coronation Mass, Beethovenʼs 9th Symphony, Bachʼs Magnificat and Rossiniʼs Stabat Mater with various orchestras and conductors in Carnegie Hall. He has also been a guest soloist with the Charlottesville Symphony on numerous occasions, including Beethovenʼs Mass in C, under the baton of Maestro Christof Prick. Recently, he has been a soloist with Boston Baroque as Don Fernando in Beethoven’s Fidelio, the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park for their concert of Dvorakʼs Stabat Mater and was also a guest soloist with The New Choral Society of New York for performances of the Verdi Requiem. Brian Kontes was a first place winner of the George London Competition and is a graduate of the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, PA.

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Fidelio

Thaïs

Palémon

Macbeth

Banco

The Master-Singers of Nuremberg

Hans Foltz

Don Giovanni

Il Commendatore

The Sleepwalker

Alessio

The Girl of the Golden West

Happy

Carmen

Zuniga

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Snug

Loss of Eden

Reporter 8

Tosca

Un carceriere

Leporello

The Knight of the Rose

Dritter Kellner

The Magic Flute

Sprecher

The Barber of Seville

Don Basilio

The Marriage of Figaro

Bartolo

Turandot

Timur

Sarastro

Madame Butterfly

Lo zio Bonzo

Billy Budd

Lieutenant Ratcliffe

Zweiter Geharnischter

Don Fernando

The Nose, op. 15

Ten policemen

1st Acquaintance of Kovalyov

Brokeback Mountain

Hogboy

Role

Un Commis

Un Monsieur

Le Laquais de la comtesse

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