Samuel Sakker

The 24/25 season sees him make important role and company debuts, including the title role in new production of Tannhäuser under the musical direction of Vassilis Christopoulos (Oper Graz); title role in Parsifal under the baton of Cornelius Meister (Staatstheater Stuttgart); Tambourmajor in a new production of Wozzeck under Alejo Pérez (Opera Ballet Vlaanderen), and on the concert platform he sings Mahler’s Das lied von der Erde (National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland). The coming seasons see him make debuts with Staatsoper Hamburg, the Beijing Music Festival, and return to Opéra national de Lorraine.

Winner of the Wagner Society Singing Competition, Sakker’s operatic highlights include Tristan Tristan und Isolde (Teatro Massimo di Palermo; Opéra National de Lorraine; Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; Opera Théâtre de Caen; Opernhaus Wuppertal); Florestan Fidelio under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel (Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra); title role Lohengrin (Ópera de Oviedo); Erik Der Fliegende Holländer (Opéra Angers-Nantes; Opéra de Rennes; Nederlandse Reisopera; Cape Town Opera); Siegmund Die Walküre and Pollione Norma (Melbourne Opera); Boris and Tikhon Katya Kabanova (Scottish Opera); Don Josè Carmen (Danish National Opera); Macduff Macbeth (Grange Festival Opera; Melbourne Opera); and subsequent roles with Royal Opera House, Opera Australia, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Adelaide Festival, New Zealand Opera, Opera Queensland, Opera Holland Park, West Australian Opera, and State Opera of South Australia.

On the concert platform he has performed Tristan Tristan und Islode Act 2 (Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra); Mahler’s Das lied von der Erde (Stadttheater Klagenfurt; Bolzano, Italy; Royal Ballet; English National Ballet); Beethoven 9^th Symphony (Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra); the title role in Lili Boulanger’s Faust et Hélène (Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & BBC Symphony Orchestra); Verdi’s Messa de Requiem (Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand); Mozart’s Requiem (Japan; Cadogan Hall); Handel’s Messiah (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra); A Child of our Time (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra); James Nolan in the Grammy nominated recording of Dr Atomic, which was also performed in concert at the Barbican under the baton of John Adams (BBC Symphony Orchestra); and Ulrik in William Alwyn’s Miss Julie (BBC Symphony Orchestra; recorded on the Chandos label) with conductors including Sir Antonio Pappano, Alan Gilbert, Hartmut Haenchen, Daniel Oren, Dan Ettinger, Marc Minkovski, Nicola Luisotti, Sakari Oramo, James Gaffigan, Leo Hussain, and Alejo Pérez.