Artists

Highlights this season include a re-invitation to Theater Basel to sing Don Josė in Carmen as well as his debut at Opéra de Lausanne in the same role; Erik and Steuermann in Der fliegende Holländer in a new production at Opera North and a re-worked staged version of Schumann Dichterliebe composed and conducted by Christian Jost with the Horenstein Ensemble at the Konzerthaus Berlin. He also sings Janáček Glagolitic Mass and Bruckner Te Deum at the Casa da Música Porto. Further ahead he makes his role debut as Laca Jenůfa at Opéra de Montréal and his debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, as Don José.

In the 2023-24 season Edgaras made two house debuts: the title role in La Clemenza di Tito at Royal Danish Opera and Don José Carmen for Theater Basel, a role that also saw him return to Opernhaus Zürich. As the Artistic Director of the Pažaislis Festival in Lithuania, he sang Szymanowski King Roger, which he has performed before with Sir Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, and appeared in concert with the Sinfonieorchester St Gallen singing Chauson Poème de l’amour et de la mer.

Previous highlights include a return to the Teater an der Wien in a highly successful role debut as Alwa Lulu and other recent appearances include returning to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in the title role of La Clemenza di Tito; debuts at the Opéra national du Rhin Strasbourg as Don José Carmen; Bregenzer Festspiele as Pinkerton Madam Butterfly; Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden as Stewa Jenůfa and Opernhaus Zürich as Grigori Boris Godunov in a new production by Barrie Kosky.

Other roles have included Boris in Katya Kabanová for Staatsoper Hamburg, also in concert with Netherlands Radio Philharmonic conducted by Karina Canellakis; the title role in the world première of Egmont by Christian Jost at the Theater an der Wien; Werther for Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy; Les contes d’Hoffmann for Komische Oper Berlin; Flamand Capriccio for La Monnaie, Brussels; and Anatol in Barber Vanessa for Glyndebourne Festival.

Edgaras also has a strong concert career, highlights being Szymanowski King Roger, Stravinsky Le Rossignol and Perséphone, and Ravel L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Le Rossignol with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Pierre Boulez; Verdi Requiem on tour with the Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner; Szymanowski Harnasie with the London  Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle; Ravel L’heure espagnole with the LSO, and a concert tour of Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with Les Siècles, both conducted by François-Xavier Roth.

Edgaras has been awarded the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts 2022; Lithuanian Order of Merit medal by President Dalia Grybauskaite and has twice been awarded the Lithuanian Theatre Award ‘The Golden Cross of the Stage’ (2009 and 2022).

FOR USE IN THE 2024/25 SEASON