Recent house debuts for Canadian bass-baritone Gordon Bintner include San Francisco Opera as Eugene Onegin, and Paris Opera as Junior (A Quiet Place), where his roles have also included Oronte (Médée)and Guglielmo (Così fan tutte). A former member of Canadian Opera Company’s Opera Studio, his roles there include Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), and his role debuts as Eugene Onegin and Belcore (L’elisir d’amore), and as Papageno (Die Zauberflöte). Roles as an Oper Frankfurt ensemble member include Count Almaviva and Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Papageno, Argante (Rinaldo), Gorjančikov (From the House of the Dead), Chorèbe (Les Troyens), Graf (Capriccio), Harlekin (Ariadne auf Naxos), Count (Der ferne Klang). Previously roles for The Royal Opera include Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) and Albert (Werther) under Antonio Pappano. 2024/25 Season highlights include a house debut as Almaviva for the Lyric Opera of Chicago and a return to Opéra de Paris as Golaud (Pelléas et Mélisande).
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