Brenden Gunnell

The much sought - after Heldentenor Brenden Gunnell is renowned in opera and in concert. Born in the USA, he has gained an international reputation for his clarion and carefully nuanced tone, effortless upper tessitura, clear articulation, and intense acting style. Core roles of his opera repertoire include the title roles in Peter Grimes, Lohengrin, Parsifal, Idomeneo, Oedipus Rex and Der Zwerg as well as Siegmund in Die Walkure , Laça in Jenufa , the Prin ce in Rusalka , Sergei in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk , Erik in Der Fliegende Hollander and Loge in Das Rheingold. Brenden Gunnell is an ensemble member of Oper Leipzig from the 2022/2023 season onwards , where he makes his debut as Herod es in Salome , and will reprise the title role in a new production of Peter Grimes . On the concert sta