Bolshoi Theatre • Peter Berger

Tenor

Peter
Berger

Peter Berger

Peter Berger was born in Slovakia, and studied singing at The Košice Conservatorium of Music with Mgr. Juraj Šomorjai. While still a student, he appeared as a soloist at the Košice State theatre. He has taken part in Vocal Masterclasses with many renowed teachers, including Peter Dvorský, Eva Blahová, and Ryszard Karczykowski.

In the 2007/8 season Peter Berger made his debut with The Slovak National Theater in Bratislava as Pinkerton in Peter Konwitschny’s production of Madama Butterfly under Oliver Dohnányi. He appeared at the State Opera Prague, Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava, The National Theatre Brno, as well as Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, The Royal Danish Opera, Teatro Municipal de Santiago del Chile, Bremen opera, Teatr Wielki in Lodz, Wexford Festival and Janacek Festival in Ostrawa.

In 2019 he debuted at the Bolshoi Theatre in Rusalka production (Prince).

Awards

1st prize at The Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský International Vocal Competition in

2006, Trnava (Slovakia)

Anglo Czecho-Slovak Trust competition

2007, London

The Slovak Literary fund prize for the role of the Prince in Rusalka

Repertoire

Faust (Gounod’s Faust) — Croatian National Theatre in Split

Prince (Rusalka) — Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, National Theatre in Brno, National Theatre Prague, Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava, Teatro Municipal Santiago de Chile, Tokio, Bijing

Ismaele (Nabucco) — National Theatre in Brno

Alfredo (La Traviata) — Slovak National Theatre, National Theatre Brno, National Theatre Prague, National Moravian-Silesian Theatre

Lensky (Eugene Onegin) — Бременская опера (Германия), театр Лодзи (Польша), National Theatre Brno, National Theatre Prague, Братиславы

Michel (Martinů’s Julietta) — National Theatre Prague, Brno, Bratislava

Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) — National Theatres in Brno, Prague, Bratislava

Jenik (Bartered Bride) — National Theatres in Brno, Prague, Bratislava

Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore) — National Theatres in Brno, Prague, Bratislava

Italian Tenor (Der Rosenkavalier) — National Theatres in Brno, Prague, Bratislava

Rodolfo (La bohème) — National Theatres in Brno, Prague, Bratislava

Jiří (The Jacobin) — National Theatres in Brno, Prague, Bratislava

Lukas (Smetana’s Hubicka) — Wexford Festival

Laca (Janacek’s Jenufa) — Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Scottish National Opera, Danish National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Teatro Municipal Santiago de Chile

Boris (Janacek’s Katja Kabanova) — Danish National Opera, Czech Philharmonics in Prague and Hamburg

Don José (Carmen) — Slovak National Theatre, Teatro Regio di Torino

Cavaradossi (Tosca) — National Theatre Prague

Ричард (Un ballo in maschera) — National Theatre Prague

Manru (Paderewski’s Manru) — Teatr Wielki in Warsaw

His concert repertoire includes the Glagolitic Mass, Puccini’s Messa Di Gloria, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, the Mozart Requiem and Masses as well as Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.

In addition to his operatic work Peter Berger is a prolific concert artist, and has sung with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the State Philharmonic Košice, Prague Philharmonia, Brno Philharmonic, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Czech Virtuosi. He has performed in many domestic and foreign concerts as well as being a permanent guest at the festival “Viva il Canto“ in Czeszyn, Poland and at the international festival in Sopron, Hungary. He sang in a Gala concert with Jelena Obraztsova and Peter Dvorský, and concert performances have also taken him to Japan, Malta, and Riga.

General partner of the Bolshoi Theatre — insurance company «Ingosstrakh»

Privileged sponsor of the Bolshoi Theatre — Tinkoff Bank

Privileged partner of the Bolshoi Theatre — GUM