Carnegie Hall

Piotr Beczała is a celebrated tenor and regular guest at renowned opera houses worldwide. In the upcoming 2024–2025 season, he appears as Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera at the Royal Opera House in Muscat. Further highlights include the role of Radames in a new production of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Vienna State Opera, Don José in Carmen at the Bavarian State Opera, and the title role in Lohengrin at Zürich Opera House. In addition, Mr. Beczała sings the role of Manrico in Il trovatore at Vienna State Opera and the role of the Prince in Rusalka in Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.

Mr. Beczała is also in demand as a concert and lieder singer. He starts with Bruckner’s Te Deum at the Brucknerhaus in Linz, followed by a concert with Olga Kulchynska at the Klassikfestival in Bucharest. He performs in an Oper für Alle concert organized by the Bavarian State Opera, gives recitals in Sofia and Warsaw with Sarah Tysman, as well as recitals with Helmut Deutsch, and sings in a concert with the Vienna Philharmonic in the Musikverein. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini’s death, he embarks on a major European tour, giving concerts together with Sondra Radvanovsky in Spain and Poland. He can also be heard in the Summer Night Concert in the beautiful setting of the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.

Mr. Beczała appears on many CDs and DVDs and has released several solo albums. He has been honored with several awards, including the ECHO Klassik and the Opus Klassik as “Singer of the Year.” He was born in Czechowice-Dziedzice in Poland and studied at the Academy of Music in Katowice.

Helmut Deutsch ranks among the finest, most successful, and in-demand song recital accompanists of the world. He was born in Vienna, where he studied at the Vienna Conservatory and the University of Music and the Performing Arts. He was awarded the Composition Prize of Vienna in 1965 and appointed professor at age 24. Although he has performed with leading instrumentalists as a chamber musician, he has concentrated primarily on accompanying song recitals.

At the beginning of his career, he worked with the soprano Irmgard Seefried, but the most important singer of his early years was Hermann Prey, whom he accompanied as a permanent partner for 12 years. Subsequently he has worked with many of the most important recital singers and played in the world’s major music centers. His collaborations with Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczała, Camilla Nylund, and Michael Volle are currently among his most important. Hehas recorded more than 100 CDs. In recent years the development of young talent has been especially close to his heart. Following his professorship in Vienna, he continued his teaching primarily in Munich at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, where he worked as a professor of song interpretation for 28 years. In addition, he is a visiting professor at various other universities and is sought-after for an increasing number of master classes in Europe and Asia.