The stellar career of tenor Pavol Breslik began in 2005 when he was named "Young Singer of the Year" in the critics' poll conducted by Opernwelt magazine.
From 2003 to 2006 Pavol Breslik was a member of the ensemble of the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden. Since 2006 he has been a regular guest at the great European opera houses.
At the Vienna State Opera he sang Lenski, Nemorino, Don Ottavio and Alfredo, at the Bavarian State Opera he made two important role debuts: Gennaro (Lucrezia Borgia) alongside Edita Gruberova and Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) with Diana Damrau. At Covent Garden he was heard as Lenski in Onegin as well as Ferrando, Don Ottavio and Tamino. He has also made guest appearances at the Paris Opera, Liceu Barcelona, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Berlin State Opera, Salzburg Festival, Aix Festival, Theater an der Wien, Semperoper Dresden and Geneva Grand Théâtre.
From 2012 to 2018 he was an ensemble member of the Zurich Opera House, where he sang Stewa, Don Ottavio, Nadir, Peter Quint and Leicester, among others.
In 2021 he was awarded the honorary title of "Bayerischer Kammersänger".
After successful role debuts as "Hans" (The Bartered Bride) at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, as Edwin (The Csardas Princess) at the Zurich Opera House, he recently debuted the role of the Prince (Rusalka) at the National Theatre in Prague with great success.
Projects in the current season include:
„Don Giovanni“ (Don Ottavio) at the Vienna State Opera, „Lucrezia Borgia“ (Gennaro), „Entführung aus dem Serail“ (Belmonte) and „The Bartered Bride“ (Hans) at the Bavarian State Opera, and „Arabella“ (Matteo) at the Semperoper Dresden.
Composer | Work | Role |
Bizet | Les pêcheurs de perles | Nadir |
Britten | Turn of the Screw | Quint |
Donizetti | Elisir d’amore | Nemorino |
Donizetti | Lucrezia Borgia | Gennaro |
Donizetti | Lucia di Lammermoor | Edgardo |
Donizetti | Roberto Devereux | Roberto |
Donizetti | Maria Stuarda | Leicester |
Donizetti | Favorita | Fernando* |
Dvorak | Rusalka | Prinz |
Gluck | Iphigénie en Tauride | Pylade |
Gounod | Faust | Faust |
Gounod | Roméo et Juliette | Roméo |
Händel | Il trionfo del Tempo | Il tempo |
Janacek | Jenufa | Stewa |
Janacek | Jenufa | Laca |
Janacek | Katja Kabanova | Boris* |
Kalman | Die Csardasfürstin | Edwin |
Lehar | Land des Lächelns | Sou-Chong |
Martinu | Juliette (kurze Fassung) | Michel |
Martinu | Greek Passion | Manolios |
Massenet | Manon | Des Grieux* |
Massenet | Werther | Werther* |
Mozart | Don Giovanni | Don Ottavio |
Mozart | Entführung aus dem Serail | Belmonte |
Mozart | Zauberflöte | Tamino |
Mozart | Idomeneo | Idamante |
Mozart | Idomeneo | Idomeneo |
Nicolai | Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor | Fenton |
Puccini | Gianni Schicchi | Rinuccio |
Puccini | La bohème | Rodolfo |
Smetana | Verkaufte Braut | Hans |
Strauss, J. | Die Fledermaus | Alfred |
Strauss, J. | Wiener Blut | Graf |
Strauss, R. | Salome | Narraboth |
Strauss, R. | Der Rosenkavalier | Sänger |
Strauss, R. | Die Schweigsame Frau | Henry Morosus |
Strauss, R. | Capriccio | Matteo |
Strauss, R. | Arabella | Flamand |
Strawinsky | Rake’s Progress | Tom Rakewell |
Tschaikowsky | Eugen Onegin | Lensky |
Verdi | Falstaff | Fenton |
Verdi | Otello | Cassio |
Verdi | La Traviata | Alfredo |
Verdi | Macbeth | Macduff |
Verdi | Luisa Miller | Rodolfo |
Verdi | Rigoletto | Duca |
Verdi | Don Carlos | Don Carlos* |
Wagner | Lohengrin | Lohengrin* |
*in preparation |