Daniel Sumegi
Bass-Baritone
Australian bass-baritone Daniel Sumegi has enjoyed an extensive international career spanning more than three decades, singing over one hundred operatic roles on many of the world’s leading stages. He has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera, Seattle Opera, and Opera Australia, as well as major houses throughout Europe and Asia, including those in Paris, Barcelona, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Hamburg, Cologne, and Frankfurt.
A distinguished Wagnerian, Daniel has performed widely in the composer’s major works. He recently made his debut as Wotan/The Wanderer in Opera Australia’s new production of Der Ring des Nibelungen and has appeared extensively throughout the Ring Cycle: as Hagen for Opera Köln, New National Theatre Tokyo, Opera Australia, Seattle Opera and State Opera South Australia; Fafner for San Francisco Opera, Atlanta Opera and Seattle Opera; and Fasolt for Opera Australia. He has also sung Hunding for San Francisco Opera, and in concert with the Hong Kong, Atlanta, Stuttgart and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras.
His Wagnerian repertoire further includes the title role (Die Fliegender Holländer) for Malmö Opera, and Klingsor (Parsifal) for the Gran Teatre del Liceu and State Opera South Australia, as well as Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde), Hermann (Tannhäuser) and Heinrich der Vogler (Lohengrin) for Opera Australia.
Beyond Wagner, Daniel has appeared in a broad range of leading bass and bass-baritone roles across the repertoire, such as Baron Ochs (Der Rosenkavalier), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), the Commendatore (Don Giovanni), the Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlo), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Scarpia (Tosca), and the Four Villains (Les contes d’Hoffmann), among many others.
Recent highlights include Escamillo (Carmen) and the title role in Bluebeard’s Castle for Opera Australia, Old Hebrew (Samson et Dalila) for Seattle Opera, Ramfis (Aida) for Opera Maine, Jochanaan (Salome) for Victorian Opera, and his music theatre debut as Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd) in Sydney and Melbourne.