composed by Torsten Rasch and based on the music of the heavy metal band Rammstein. In 2007, he released the Rammstein-Song "Mann gegen Mann" by the German band Rammstein in a piano version by German composer Sven Helbig. Pape has received two Grammys for his recordings ("Die Meistersinger" in 1997 and "Tannhauser" in 2002), was named "Vocalist of the Year" by Musical America in 2002, "Artist of the Year" by the German opera critics in 2006 for his Boris Godunov at the Berlin Staatsoper, and won in 2009 an ECHO award (the German equivalent of the Grammy) for his solo arias, Gods, Kings and Demons". Pape performed in Beethoven's Symphony 9 at the BBC Proms in 2012. He has been Österreichischer Kammersänger since 2018. In 2017 and 2018, he appeared as King Marke, in Tristan and Isolde, at Bayreuth, but he has no plans to return there. In 2019, he appeared as Filippo II, in Don Carlo, with Paris National Opera. In 2021, and 2022 he appeared in Boris Godunov, at the Metropolitan Opera. Homophobic controversy Following a Facebook comment by the Metropolitan Opera Chorus celebrating the New York City Pride Parade, Pape responded that he will not return to the institution, and included the sentence "I feel sorry for this wonderful city!" Pape published an apology next day. Discography Mozart: Requiem, Mar. 1992, Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti, Decca Korngold: Das Wunder der Heliane, Apr. 1993, Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester conducted by John Mauceri, Decca Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Nov. 1993, Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Teldec Busoni: Turandot, Oct. 1993, Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester conducted by Gerd Albrecht, Capriccio Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Sep. 1994, Bayerischen Staatsoper conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, EMI Classics Mendelssohn: Antigone, Jan. 1995, Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester conducted by Stefan Soltesz, Capriccio Haydn: The Creation, Feb. 1995, Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti, Decca Busoni: Arlecchino, Mar. 1995, Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester conducted by Gerd Albrecht, Capriccio Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Jun. 1995, Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti, Decca Beethoven: Choral Fantasy/Triple Concerto, Nov. 1995, Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Daniel Barenboim, EMI Classics Mendelssohn: Oedipus, Jan. 1996, Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester conducted by Stefan Soltesz, Capriccio Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Feb. 1997, Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti, Decca Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Mar. 1997, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis, RCA Franz Schmidt: The Book with Seven Seals, Oct. 1998, Bavarian Radio Symphony