Pene Pati

Tenor

“...the round and sunshine filled voice of the tenor, its caressing colors, its amber high notes, the beauty of its style and the perfection of its prosody amazed and seduced.”

Le Monde

2025 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate
2025 Opus Klassik Winner for Solo Recording Singing of the Year


Pene Pati is the first Samoan tenor to perform on Europe’s top stages, including Opéra national de Paris, the Royal Ballet and Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera. He boasts an exceptional versatility in a broad palette of roles including Mozart, Massenet, Donizetti, Gounod, Puccini and Verdi.

Tenor: My name is Pati

Directed by Rebecca Tansley, TENOR: My Name Is Pati is a feature documentary that follows Pene’s story from humble origins in the South Pacific to the world’s greatest opera stages. Weaving intimate family archive footage with behind-the-scenes observations and soaring performances, the film blends humour and heart to reveal how the power of family and cultural pride, determination, and resilience can yield rewards when chasing an unlikely dream.

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Serenata a Napoli

For Pene Pati's third studio album release with Warner Classics, he brings his distinctive warmth to another quintessentially Italian art form: Neapolitan song, with Il Pomo d'Oro.

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Next Performance

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February 20, 22, 24, 2026

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

Opéra national du Capitole
Toulouse, France

Conductor: José Miguel Pérez-Sierra

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