Richard Wiegold

A close association with the Wagnerian repertoire has seen Wiegold perform Gurnemanz Parsifal (Estonian National Opera); König Marke Tristan und Isolde (Prague State Opera; North Carolina Opera); Reinmar von Zweter Tannhäuser (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Stefano Colonna Rienzi and Reinmar von Zweter Tannhäuser (Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse); Hans Schwarz Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden); Fasolt Das Rheingold (North Carolina Opera); Veit Pogner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Hallé Orchestra); Titurel Parsifal and Veit Pogner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Saffron Hall); and Daland Die Fliegende Holländer (Real Filharmonía de Galicia & Grange Park Opera).

Further highlights include Commendatore Don Giovanni (Canadian Opera Company; Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Opera Colorado; Utah Opera); Arkel Pelléas et Mélisande (Canadian Opera Company; Glyndebourne Festival Opera); Sarastro Die Zauberflöte (Opéra Théâtre Saint-Étienne); Timur Turandot (Utah Opera); Doctor Grenvil La traviata (Royal Opera House); Oroe Semiramide, and Elder Ott Susannah (ABAO Bilbao); L'homme à la Fenêtre/le Vieux/le Mendiant Aveugle Juliette (Grand Théâtre de Genève); 5^th Jew Salome (Salzburg Easter Festival); Banquo Macbeth  (Palm Beach Opera); Monterone Rigoletto (Opéra de Limoges); Theseus A Midsummer Night's Dream (Montpellier); Bonze Madama Butterfly (Scottish Opera; Welsh National Opera); Melchtal & Walther Guillaume Tell, Basilio Il barbiere di Siviglia, Bartolo Le nozze di Figaro, Ein Priester Moses und Aron, Vairochana in Jonathan Harvey’s Wagner Dream, and Police Officer The Consul (Welsh National Opera); Zweiter Geharnischte Mann Die Zauberflöte (Palau de les Arts, Valencia); and Death Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Hallé Orchestra at the Imperial War Museum North).

On the concert platform he has performed with an array of leading orchestras and conductors, highlights have included Arkel Pelléas et Mélisande with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Rocco in Beethoven’s Leonore with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Orest Elektra with Real Filharmonica de Galicia under Paul Daniel; 1^st Nazarene/2^nd Soldier/5^th Jew in Salome at the Verbier Festival; 5^th Jew Salome under Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoiker; King Louis VI Euryanthe, and Marchese di Calatrava La forza del destino for Chelsea Opera Group; Gualtiero in Puccini’s Edgar for Scottish Opera; 1^st Apprentice Wozzeck at the Concertgebouw with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest; and Verdi Messa da Requiem with the Royal Philharmonic at the Royal Albert Hall.