Patrick Guetti

Bass Patrick Guetti’s 2023–2024 season includes his house debut with Houston Grand Opera as Commendatore in Kasper Holten’s production of Don Giovanni, conducted by Dame Jane Glover. Mr. Guetti also makes his house debut with Atlanta Opera as Sparafucile in Rigoletto, directed by Tomer Zvulun, and returns to Deutsche Oper Berlin as a featured ensemble member with roles including Sparafucile, Commendatore, Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk marks his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

The 2022–2023 season saw Mr. Guetti return to both the Bayerische Staatsoper to sing Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and to the Glyndebourne Festival to sing Snug in Peter Hall’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Mr. Guetti also returned to Deutsche Oper Berlin as a featured ensemble member with roles including the title role in Massenet’s Don Quichotte, Colline in La bohème, Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Geronte in Manon Lescaut, and Sciarrone in Tosca. Concert appearances included his debut with the Saint Louis Symphony as Brander in La damnation de Faust, conducted by music director Stéphane Denève.

Mr. Guetti studied at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia and was a member of the Filene Artist Program at Wolf Trap Opera. Honors and awards include representing the United States in the final round of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in Wales, a 2014 grand prize winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a 2014 Sarah Tucker Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation, first prize in the Gerda Lissner competition in 2015, Audience Favorite Award at the Giargiri Bel Canto Competition in 2013, and first prize in the Prémio “Verdi” competition.