"Der Clou erscheint aber der Desportes des Daniel Brenna" Der Neue Merker
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Daniel Brenna is one of the most sought-after SIEGFRIED interpreters worldwide. He sang this very role in the RING at the San Francisco Opera, the Washington National Opera, the Theater an der Wien, at the Budapest Wagner Days, at the Ravello Festival and the Opéra Dijon. He was SIEGFRIED in ‘Siegfried’ at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, the Staatstheater Kassel, and with the Odense Symphony Orchestra and SIEGFRIED in ‘Götterdämmerung‘ at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe State and with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2018 a CD recording with these concerts was released at the label Naxos. Recently, he was SIEGMUND at the Budapest Wagner Days and he will portray this very role in 2025 at the Bejing Opera. He succeeded as PARSFAL in concertant performances at the Norske Opera and with his debut as TRISTAN in ‘Tristan und Isolde’ in 2024 at the Opéra de Lilla. Daniel’s international career began in 2011 when he portrayed ARON in ‘Moses and Aron’ at the Opernhaus Zürich. Before, he already enjoyed huge success in this very role with the Budapest Philharmonics at the Miskolc Festival in Hungary and at the Palace of Arts in Budapest. In 2020 he returned to the Opernhaus Zürich as the DRUM MAJOR in ‘Wozzeck’. In 2012 Daniel Brenna made his widely noticed debut as DESPORTES in Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s ‘Die Soldaten’ at the Salzburg Festival. Later, he also sang this role at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and at the Scala di Milano. In 2015 he made his successful debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York as ALWA in ‘Lulu’. This production was elected by the New York Times as THE BEST CULTURE 2015: ” Here was an ingenious staging…., with a superb cast….”,. Besides, a recording of the performance was nominated as the best opera recording for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. In 2016 he returned to the MET as LACA in ‘Jenufa’. Daniel studied musicology at the Boston University and completed his studies with a Master of Music and his opera diploma. First engagements brought him to the Tanglewood Festival Orchestra under the musical direction of Seiji Ozawa and Daniel Harding. Today, he performs with such renowned conductors and directors as Christoph von Dohnányi, Kirill Petrenko, Ingo Metzmacher, Donald Runnicles, Stefan Soltesz, Michael Schonwandt, Alexander Vedernikov, Jaap van Zweden, Lothar Zagrosek, Achim Freyer, Jossi Wieler, Alvis Hermanis, Andreas Baesler, William Kentridge, Peter Konwitschny, Francesca Zambello,… Guest engagements brought the artist to the Opera House Bilbao, the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, the Edmonton Opera, the Comic Opera Berlin, the Opera House Leipzig, the Aalto-Theatre Essen, the Festival St. Margarethen and the Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra. His repertoire also includes such roles as THE FALSE DMITRY in ‘Boris Godunov’, BORIS in ‘Katja Kabanowa’,, AEGISTH in ‘Elektra’ or PRINCE RADJAMI in ‘Die Bajadere’. Daniel enjoyed huge success as JIM MAHONEY on the occasion of the May Festival Wiesbaden. In the seasonal review of the German newspapers “WAZ” and “NRZ” and “Welt am Sonntag” he was elected as best singer for his first interpretation of TANNHÄUSER at the Dortmund Theatre. Lately, his affinity to contemporary music was proved in the world premieres of PUSHKIN in Moscow and as ALOIS OBRIST at the St. Gallen Theatre in Philipp Hefti’s ‘Anna’s Mask’ . Lately he portrayed LACA in ‘Jenufa’ in Dijon, Caen and at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, the DRUM MAJOR at the Helsinki National Opera, EISENSTEIN in ‘Die Fledermaus’ in gala concerts at the BASF Feierabendhaus and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. With the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra he performed Mahler’s LIED VON DER ERDE and at the Bard Summerscape Festival he was the STRANGER in ‘Das Wunder der Heliane’. Due to the COVID19 pandemic his engagement as the DRUM MAJOR at the Festival Aix-en-Provence and his debut as TRISTAN at the Staatsoper Stuttgart and PARSIFAL at the Grand Opera de Genève were cancelled. In autumn 2023 he sing for the first time the title part in Zelinsky's TRAUMGÖRGE at the Opéra Nancy and at the Opéra Dijon. In 2023 he made his debut as MEFISTOFELE in Busoni’s opera ‘Faust’ at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. In 2024/25 he makes his debut as debut as ALEXEJ in Prokofieff’s ‘The Player’. He returns as HERODES in ‘Salome’ to the Helsinki National Opera and in 2026 he performs for the first time at the Bregenz Festival.