Rafał Siwek

Bass The Polish bass Rafał Siwek has distinguished himself as an interpreter of Verdi’s roles, including Filippo II in Don Carlo with Zubin Mehta at the Teatro Regio in Turin and with Semyon Bychkov at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Zaccaria in Nabucco at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa with Daniel Oren and at the Polish National Opera in Warsaw, Fiesco in Simone Boccanegra at the Teatro Regio in Parma, the title role in Attila at the PNO in Warsaw, and Silva in Ernani at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania. Under the baton of Lorin Maazel, he has sung Wurm in Luisa Miller in Valencia and Ramfis in Aida in São Paolo and Rio de Janeiro. In 2011, he made debuts at the Teatro alla Scala as Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, the Staatsoper Berlin as the Grande Inquisitore in Don Carlo and the Ba