Richard Šveda
Solist
© Mischa Blank
With the ensemble since 2010/11
Voice type: Baritone
Richard Šveda, born in Slovakia, studied in Bratislava and Graz. He has won various prizes at international singing competitions. After a year at the opera studio of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, he became a member of the ensemble. His repertoire here includes several roles. Guest engagements have taken him to the Opéra Comique Paris, Vienna Volksoper, Semperoper Dresden, Dortmund Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Zurich Opera, the National Theater in Prague, Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona, Shanghai Grand Theater, Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Aalto-Musiktheater in Essen, the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava, the Staatstheater in Nürnberg, and New Zealand.
In the 2025/26 season, his roles at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein will include Orestes in the premiere of “Elektra” (R. Strauss), Papageno (Mozart's “Die Zauberflöte”) and Peter (Humperdinck's “Hänsel and Gretel”).
(Stand 07/2025)
Voice type: Baritone
Richard Šveda, born in Slovakia, studied in Bratislava and Graz. He has won various prizes at international singing competitions. After a year at the opera studio of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, he became a member of the ensemble. His repertoire here includes several roles. Guest engagements have taken him to the Opéra Comique Paris, Vienna Volksoper, Semperoper Dresden, Dortmund Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Zurich Opera, the National Theater in Prague, Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona, Shanghai Grand Theater, Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Aalto-Musiktheater in Essen, the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava, the Staatstheater in Nürnberg, and New Zealand.
In the 2025/26 season, his roles at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein will include Orestes in the premiere of “Elektra” (R. Strauss), Papageno (Mozart's “Die Zauberflöte”) and Peter (Humperdinck's “Hänsel and Gretel”).
(Stand 07/2025)
Repertoire
- Albert (Massenet „Werther“)
- Alfio (Mascagni „Cavalleria rusticana“)
- Doktor Malatesta (Donizetti „Don Pasquale“)
- Don Giovanni (Mozart „Don Giovanni“)
- Don Quijote (de Falla „Meister Pedros Puppenspiel“)
- Donner (Wagner „Das Rheingold“)
- Escamillo (Bizet „Carmen“)
- Eugen Onegin (Tschaikowskiy „Eugen Onegin“)
- Frank Fluth (Nicolai „Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor“)
- Frank/Fritz (Korngold „Die Tote Stadt“)
- Graf Almaviva (Mozart „Le nozze di Figaro“)
- Guglielmo (Mozart „Così fan tutte“)
- Gunther (Wagner „Götterdämmerung“)
- Kurwenal (Wagner „Tristan und Isolde“)
- Lionel (Tschaikowsky „Die Jungfrau von Orleans“)
- Lord Guglielmo Cecil (Donizetti „Maria Stuarda“)
- Papageno (Mozart „Die Zauberflöte“)
- Peter (Humperdinck „Hänsel und Gretel“)
- Schaunard (Puccini „La Boheme“)
- Sharpless (Puccini „Madama Butterfly“)
- Silvio (Leoncavallo „Pagliacci“)
- Tschang-Ling, ihr Bruder (Zemlinsky „Der Kreidekreis“)
Externe Partien
- Captain (Čekovská „Here I am, Orlando“) – ND Brno
- Don Giovanni („Don Giovanni") - National Theater Prague, Slovak National Theater, APO New Zealand, Janáček Theatre Brno, Staatstheater Nürnberg
- Papageno („Die Zauberflöte") - Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Volksoper Wien, Opéra Comique Paris, Opéra de Montréal, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Shanghai Grand Theatre
- Frank/Fritz („Die tote Stadt") - Auckland Philharmonie Orchestra, New Zealand
- Kurwenal („Tristan und Isolde") - Opernhaus Zürich
- Marcello („La Bohème") - Volksoper Wien
- Schaunard („La Bohème") - Opernhaus Dortmund, Slovak National Theater
- Sharpless („Madama Butterfly") - Staatstheater Nürnberg
Di 07.04.2026
Opernhaus Düsseldorf – Foyer
18:00 - 19:30
Opernwerkstatt Oper
So 12.04.2026
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 20:15
Premiere Oper
Sa 18.04.2026
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:15
Oper
Fr 24.04.2026
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:15
Oper
Do 30.04.2026
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:15
Oper
So 03.05.2026
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 16:45
Oper
Fr 29.05.2026
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:15
Oper
Im Anschluss: Nachgefragt
Do 04.06.2026
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 20:15
Zum letzten Mal in dieser Spielzeit Oper
Mi 10.12.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Wiederaufnahme Oper
Sa 03.01.2026
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Familienkarte Oper
Sa 10.01.2026
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:15
Oper
Do 22.01.2026
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Oper
Fr 19.12.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 20:45
Wiederaufnahme Oper
Di 23.12.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:00 - 20:15
Oper
Fr 26.12.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 20:45
Oper
So 18.01.2026
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:00 - 20:15
Audiodeskription, Zum letzten Mal in dieser Spielzeit Oper


