American tenor Bryan Register has garnered critical acclaim as “a Heldentenor who treats Wagner with the subtlety and tenderness of a Lieder singer, making the climaxes all the more powerful” (Opera Now). Renowned for his expressive vocal artistry, Register has graced the stages of many of the world’s most prestigious theaters, captivating audiences across Europe and beyond.

In the 2023/24 season, he sang his signature role Tristan (Tristan und Isolde) with the Czech Radio Symphony in Prague, at the Aalto Theater in Essen and in a new production at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen. He also gave two important role debuts: Erik (Der fliegende Holländer) with Pittsburgh Opera and Parsifal (Parsifal) with the Spanish National Orchestra in Madrid under David Afkham.

In 2024/25 Bryan Register will give his much-anticipated role debut as Siegfried (Götterdämmerung) under Alain Altinoglu in Pierre Audi’s new production at La Monnaie in Brussels. Once again, he will also return to Tristan und Isolde.

He had great successes as Siegmund (Die Walküre), which he has sung at the Baden-Baden Festival Theater, in Copenhagen and Singapore, as well as Tristan, which he has portrayed at Cottbus State Theater, in Santa Fe, Bologna, Brussels and with Tokyo Nikikai Opera. He sang Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos) in Limoges, Florestan (Fidelio) at the Nationale Reisopera in the Netherlands, the National Theatre Prague, the English National Opera and Opera Omaha, and the Prince (Rusalka) at Opéra National du Rhin. He gave his debut at Semperoper Dresden as Enée (Les Troyens), a role that he had sung previously at Frankfurt Opera. Bryan Register has sung Lohengrin (Lohengrin) at La Monnaie, the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Savonlinna Opera Festival. Other hightlights include the Drum Major (Wozzeck) at ENO, Otello (Otello) with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

He received 2nd prize in the 2012 Liederkranz Vocal Competition and won the 2008 Gerda Lissner, the 2006 Sullivan Foundation and the Licia Albanese/Puccini competitions. Bryan Register trained at the Manhattan School of Music, receiving the Birgit Nilsson Scholarship, and at the studios of Santa Fe Opera and Glimmerglass Opera.

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