Gala in Paris Philharmonic and sang Zaccaria in Nabucco in Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. He took part in the performance of Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand” at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, which was conducted by Fabio Luisi. He appeared in Opera Bastille in Paris, where he sang Padre Guardiano in La forza del destino, as well as Teatro Real in Madrid and Greek National Opera in Athens, where he performed the role of Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlo. Repertoire Rafał Siwek mainly performs major dramatic bass roles by Verdi, Wagner and Russian composers. His repertoire includes numerous parts in Verdi’s operas: Philip II and Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlo), Attila (Attila), Zaccaria (Nabucco), Wurm (Luisa Miller), Il Padre Guardiano (La forza del destino), Silva (Ernani), Ferrando (Il trovatore), Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra), and Massimiliano (I masnadieri); Wagner’s operas: Daland (Der fliegende Holländer), Heinrich (Lohengrin), King Marke (Tristan und Isolde) and Russian operas: Boris Godunov (Boris Godunov), Galitsky and Konchak in Prince Igor, and Tsar Ivan the Terrible in The Maid of Pskov. Artistic work Rafał Siwek regularly appears at the most prestigious opera houses such as Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Opernhaus in Zurich, Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, Staatsoper in Hamburg, Teatro Real in Madrid, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Royal Theatre in Brussels, New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv and National Theatre in Tokio. In Italy, he performed at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Communale in Bologna, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence, Teatro Regio in Parma as well as during the festivals at Arena di Verona, Terme di Caracalla and Torre del Lago. He has sung at many famed European theatres and festivals, including Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, Beethovenfest in Bonn, Royal Theatre and Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Opéra de Lille, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Savonlinna Festival, and others. He has performed oratorio works with Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, zOrchestra of the Eighteenth Century and the major Polish orchestras. He has sung with many acclaimed opera singers (e.g. Placido Domingo, José Cura, José van Dam, Juan Pons, Leo Nucci, Marcelo Alvarez) and conductors (e.g. Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Semyon Bychkov, Daniel Oren, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Krzysztof Penderecki, Helmuth Rilling, Alberto Zedda, Fabio Luisi, Walerij Giergijew, Kent Nagano, Roberto Abbado,