Bio
In the 2022-23 Season, Olafur Sigurdarson’s engagements include Peter Grimes (Captain Baltrode) at Teatro alla Scala; Das Rheingold (Alberich) and Tristan and Isolde (Melot) at Bayreuth Festival; Tosca (Baron Scarpia) at Leipzig Opera; and the title roles in Rigoletto and Macbeth at Prague Opera. Other remarkable highlights of the season include Lohengrin (Telramund) at Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Parsifal (Klingsor) with Bergen National Orchestra. His recent season appearances include debuts in a new Das Rheingold (/Bitterolf) with Bayreuth Festival; Lohengrin (Telramund) at Grand Theater Liceu; Siegfried (Alberich) and the title role Rigoletto at Gothenburg Opera; The Flying Dutchman (Dutchman) in a house debut with Leipzig Opera, the title role of Macbeth with National Theater in Prague; Peter Grimes (Captain Baltrode) and the title role in Don Pasquale at the Finnish National Opera; and Luisa Miller (Miller) at the English National Opera. His other appearances include a debut at Wexford Festival in Don Quichotte (Sancho), a return to Prague National Theater in Lohengrin (Telramund), the title roles in Wozzeck and The Flying Dutchman at the Finnish National Opera, Das Rheingold (Alberich) at Gothenburg Opera. He was also seen in the title role in Falstaff at Opera Omaha and Opera Colorado.