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Pene Pati is revered for his “extraordinary gift for producing a golden thread of sound that can swell without strain to magnificence” (The Telegraph) and is instantly recognizable by his “round and sunshine filled voice,” (Le Monde), with his warm and winning personality endearing him to both audience and critics around the world. 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, Pene Pati boasts an exceptional versatility in a broad palette of roles including Mozart, Massenet, Donizetti, Gounod, Puccini and Verdi. Named Best Male Singer at the Opera Critics’ Awards and Opera Magazine Readers’ Award at the International Opera Awards, he is beloved by audiences at the opera, on the concert stage and on recordings. An exclusive recording artist for Warner Classics, he has released two albums, with a third to be released in September 2025.
On stage in his 2025/26 season Pene Pati further expands his repertoire with a debut in Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann in a new production by Lydia Steier at Staatsoper Berlin and he sings Massenet’s Werther at Opéra Comique in a new staging by Ted Huffmann, conducted by Raphäel Pichon. Further house debuts include Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) at Teatro alla Scala and Tito (La Clemenza di Tito) at Opernhaus Zurich. In concert version, he sings Gounod’s Faust at Amsterdam’s historic Concertgebouw, as well as Verdi’s Requiem at Teatro San Carlo under Nicola Luisotti and Berlioz’s Requiem at Philharmonie de Paris under Philippe Jordan. Pene Pati makes his North American solo recital debut at New York’s prestigious Park Avenue Armory accompanied by Ronny Michael Greenberg, and performs additional recitals in Strasbourg, Gstaad, Paris and Bordeaux.
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Highlights from recent seasons include Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore) at Opéra national de Paris and San Francisco Opera; Roméo in Roméo et Juliette at San Francisco Opera, Opéra Comique and Opéra national de Bordeaux; Alfredo (La traviata) at Staatsoper Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Dutch National Opera; Des Grieux (Manon) at Gran Teatre del Liceu and Staatsoper Hamburg; the title role in La Damnation de Faust at Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) at Teatro San Carlo di Napoli; the tile role in Mitridate, re di Ponto at Staatsoper Berlin and the Salzburger Festspiele; Orombello (Beatrice di Tenda) at Opéra national de Paris; Rodolfo (La Bohème) at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Canadian Opera Company, Bayerische Staatsoper, Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera; Anna Percy (Anna Bolena) at Wiener Staatsoper; Werther with the Orchestre de chambre de Genève; Fernand (La Favorite) at Opéra national de Bordeaux; Faust in Gounod’s eponym opera at Opéra national de Paris; Nadir (Les Pêcheurs de perles) at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence; Rigoletto (Duca) at Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Staatsoper Berlin, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Arena di Verona and the Metropolitan Opera of New York and both Moïse et Pharaon (Amenophis) and the title role in La Clemenza di Tito at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. In addition to his carefully constructed concert programs, his concert repertoire includes Mendelssohn’s Elias, Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven Nine, Berlioz’s Requiem, and Verdi’s Requiem.
Pene Pati’s warm and winning personality has helped endear him to audiences around the world and contributed to great competition success in his formative years taking top prizes and audience choice awards at several competitions including Operalia and Neue Stimmen. He received his masters’ degree from the Wales International Academy of Voice, and was an Adler Fellow at San Francisco Opera. An active presence on social media, he can be found under @pene.pati on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and @penepatitenor on X.
Hometown: Apia, Samoa
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