Bernard Richter’s future engagements include BELMONTE Die Entführung aus dem Serail Opéra Bastille, ORPHÉE Orphée aux Enfers Opéra de Lausanne, EGINHARD Fierrabras Théâtre de la Monnaie, TITO (title) Opéra de Nancy, JAQUINO Fidelio Verbier Festival, PELLÉAS Pelléas et Mélisande Opéra de Lyon, and CASTOR Castor and Pollux Ensemble Pygmalion. Recent highlights include TAMINO Die Zauberflöte Salzburger Festspiele, DON OTTAVIO Don Giovanni and LE CHEVALIER DE LA FORCE Les Dialogues des Carmélites Bayerische Staatsoper München, ROSSILLON Die Lustige Witwe Grand Théâtre de Genève, DON OTTAVIO Opernhaus Zürich, and the title role in Lully’s Atys in a prestigious anniversary production for Les Arts Florissants at Opéra Comique.
Further highlights have included BÉNÉDICT Béatrice et Bénédict Theater an der Wien, PARIS La Belle Hélène, FRITZ La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein Théâtre du Châtelet, DON OTTAVIO, Lucio Silla (title) by J.Ch. Bach Opernhaus Zürich, TAMINO Die Zauberflöte, HYLAS Les Troyens, DON OTTAVIO and FROH Das Rheingold Opéra Bastille, DON OTTAVIO, ECCLITICO Il Mondo della Luna (available on DVD) Theater an der Wien, CLOTARCO Armida Salzburger Festspiele FERRANDO Così fan tutte Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and ALPHONSE Zampa with Les Arts Florissants Opéra Comique. For Theater Freiburg he sang the title roles of Idomeneo, Lucio Silla and Mitridate.
In concert, he has appeared with the Berliner Symphoniker, MDR Orchestra, Les Musiciens du Louvre at the Salzburger Pfingsfestspiele and Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai, as well as at the Salle Gaveau de Paris, Tonhalle Zürich, Mozart Tage Luzern, Styriarte Graz, Gewandhaus Leipzig, L’Accademia di Santa Cecilia and Konzerthaus Wien.
Bernard Richter has worked with prestigious conductors and directors including Adam Fischer, Kent Nagano, Marc Minkowski, Jeffrey Tate, Ivor Bolton, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Fabio Luisi, Sir Neville Marriner, Sylvain Cambreling, Asher Fisch, Claude Schnitzler, Laurent Pelly, Christof Loy, Nikolaus Lehnhoff and Keith Warner.
Bernard Richter studied in Neuchâtel and was a member of the Opera Studio Bienne.
