Alan Held

"One of Opera's Finest Singing Actors"

Opera Performances

1986
Central City Opera (Central City, CO)
La Bohème    
Sergeant
1986
Central City Opera (Central City, CO)
La Bohème     
Colline
1986
Central City Opera (Central City, CO)
Naughty Marietta
Harry Blake
1986
Central City Opera (Central City, CO)
The Barber of Seville 
Ambrosius
1986
Connecticut Opera (Hartford, CT)
Tosca         
Angelotti
1986
Eugene Opera (Eugene, OR)       
The Merry Widow
Baron Zeta
1987
Eugene Opera (Eugene, OR)       
The Mikado
Mikado
1987
Wolf Trap Opera (Vienna, VA)  
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Bartolo
1987
Wolf Trap Opera (Vienna, VA)  
A Midsummer Night’s Dream  
Bottom
1987
Augusta Opera (Augusta, GA)      
La Traviata
Grenvil 
1987
Washington Opera    
Romeo and Juliette  
Gregorio
1987
Washington Opera    
Madama Butterfly
Bonze
1987
Washington Opera  
Ruddigore     
Old Adam 
1988
Washington Opera    
Fidelio       
2nd Prisoner
1988
Washington Opera    
Cendrillon    
Le Roi
1988
Metropolitan Opera  
Lulu          
Animal Trainer/Athlete (Cover)
1988
Washington Concert Opera
Werther       
Bailli
1988
Wolf Trap Opera (Vienna, VA)  
Don Giovanni  
Leporello
1988
Wolf Trap Opera (Vienna, VA)  
The Love for Three Oranges
Tschelio
1988
Washington Opera    
Tosca         
Angelotti
1988
Washington Opera    
La Traviata
Baron
1989
Toledo Opera (Toledo, OH)     
The Magic Flute
Speaker (English)
1989
Metropolitan Opera  
Billy Budd    
Redburn
1989
Washington Concert Opera
Ariadne auf Naxos
Musiklehrer
1989
Festival of Two Worlds (Spoleto, Italy)
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Four Villains
1989
Seattle Opera             
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Nachtwachter
1989
Metropolitan Opera 
Rigoletto     
Monterone
1989
Kennedy Center
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Melchior
1990
Washington Opera    
 Werther       
Bailli
1990
Lincoln Center-Pavarotti Plus
Tosca         
Jailer
1990
Metropolitan Opera  
Das Rheingold 
Donner
1990
Metropolitan Opera
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
1990
Cincinnati Opera    
Lucia di Lammermoor
Raimondo
1990
Metropolitan Opera  
Rigoletto     
Monterone
1990
Metropolitan Opera  
Boris Godunov 
Shchelkalov
1990
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Rigoletto     
Monterone
1991
Minnesota Opera     
The Aspern Papers
Barelli
1991
Washington Opera    
Manon         
Comte Des Grieux
1991
Washington Opera    
Rigoletto     
Monterone
1991
Manitoba Opera
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Villains
1991
Festival of Two Worlds (Charleston, SC)
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Villains
1991
La Monnai (Brussels)           
Das Rheingold 
Wotan
1992
Hitchcock Presbyterian Church (Scarsdale, NY)
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Melchior
1992
Metropolitan Opera
Fidelio       
Don Fernando
1992
Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser    
Biterolf
1992
Metropolitan Opera
Rigoletto     
Monterone
1992
Metropolitan Opera
Billy Budd    
Mr. Redburn
1992
Minnesota Orchestra     
Rigoletto     
Monterone 
1992
San Francisco Opera
Tosca         
Angelotti
1992
San Francisco Opera
Boris Godunov 
Rangoni
1992
San Francisco Opera
Fidelio       
Don Fernando
1992
San Francisco Opera
Fidelio       
Pizarro
1992
Metropolitan Opera
Tosca         
Angelotti
1993
Metropolitan Opera
Die Zauberflöte
Sprecher
1993
Metropolitan Opera
Die Meistersinger
Kothner
1993
Metropolitan Opera
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Villains
1993
Metropolitan Opera
Ariadne auf Naxos
Musiklehrer
1993
Metropolitan Opera
Das Rheingold 
Donner
1993
Metropolitan Opera
Götterdämmerung     
Gunther
1993
Ópera Nacional de Chile (Santiago, Chile)
Pique Dame    
Tomsky
1993
Festival of Two Worlds (Spoleto, Italy)
Gianni Schicchi      
Schicchi
1993
Metropolitan Opera
Die Zauberflöte
Sprecher
1993
Metropolitan Opera
Fidelio       
Don Fernando
1994
Oper Frankfurt           
Aus einem Totenhaus
Schiskov
1994
Metropolitan Opera
Tosca         
Angelotti
1994
Metropolitan Opera
Elektra       
Orest
1994
Festival of Two Worlds (Charleston, SC)
Fidelio       
Don Fernando
1994
Oper Frankfurt           
Das Rheingold 
Wotan
1994
Oper Frankfurt           
Don Giovanni  
Leporello
1994
Metropolitan Opera (Alte Oper-Frankfurt, Germany)
Götterdämmerung (Act 3)
Gunther
1994
Metropolitan Opera
Peter Grimes
Balstrode
1995
Vancouver Opera           
Peter Grimes
Balstrode
1995
Oper Frankfurt           
Das Rheingold 
Wotan
1995
Oper Frankfurt
Don Giovanni  
Leporello
1995
Connecticut Opera
Faust
Méphistophélès
1995
L’Opéra de Montréal
Don Giovanni
Leprello
1995
Birmingham, England Orchestra  (Basingstoke, Birmingham, London)   
Salome
Jochanaan
1995
Royal Opera Covent Garden (London)
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
1995
Metropolitan Opera
Mahagonney
Money Bags Billy
1995
Metropolitan Opera
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Kothner
1995
Metropolitan Opera
Pique Dame    
Tomsky
1996
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Don Giovanni
Leporello
1996
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
1996
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Das Rheingold
Donner
1996
Oper Frankfurt
Don Giovanni
Leporello
1996
Teatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 
Fidelio
Pizzaro
1996
Royal Opera Covent Garden (London)
La Bohème     
Colline
1996
Royal Opera Covent Garden (London)
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
1997
Royal Opera Covent Garden (London)
Palestrina
Borromeo
1997
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Don Giovanni
Leporello
1997
Metropolitan Opera
Das Rheingold
Donner
1997
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Don Giovanni
Leporello
1997
Metropolitan Opera
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
1997
Royal Opera Covent Garden (London)
Elektra
Orest
1997
Royal Opera Covent Garden (at the Metropolitan Opera House)
Palestrina 
Borromeo
1997
Minnesota Orchestra
Samson et Dalilah
Abimelech
1997
San Francisco Opera    
Elektra
Elektra
1997
Metropolitan Opera
Boris Godunov
Shchelkalov
1998
Metropolitan Opera
Brois Godunov
Rangoni
1998
Metropolitan Opera
Die Zauberflöte
Sprecher
1998
Metropolitan Opera
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Four Villains
1998
Metropolitan Opera
Samson et Dalilah
Abimelech
1998
Metropolitan Opera
Roméo et Juliette
Capulet
1998
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
1998
Royal Opera Covent Garden-Albert Hall, London/Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Das Rheingold
Donner
1998
Royal Opera Covent Garden-Albert Hall, London/Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
1998
San Francisco Opera
Peter Grimes
Balstrode
1998
Metropolitan Opera
Die Zauberflöte
Sprecher
1999
Washington National Opera
Boris Godunov
Rangoni
1999
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Das Rheingold
Donner
1999
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
1999
San Francisco Opera
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
1999
San Francisco Opera
Die Walküre
Wotan
1999
San Francisco Opera
Siegfried
Der Wanderer
1999
Aspen Festival
Götterdämmerung (Act 3)
Gunther
1999
Aspen Festival
Wozzeck
Wozzeck
1999
San Francisco Opera
Wozzeck
Wozzeck
1999
Hamburg Staatsoper
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Four Villains
2000
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Tristan und Isolde
Kurwenal
2000
Metropolitan Opera
Das Rheingold
Donner
2000
Metropolitan Opera
Rigoletto     
Monterone
2000
Metropolitan Opera
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
2000
Teatro alla Scala (Milan, Italy)
Peter Grimes
Balstrode
2000
Kirov Opera Orchestra (Los Angeles)      
Parsifal (Act 2)
Klingsor
2000
Washington National Opera
Parsifal 
Amfortas
2001
Netherlands Opera
Tristan und Isolde
Kurwenal
2001
Teatro Real (Madrid)
Parsifal 
Amfortas
2001
Opéra National de Paris 
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Four Villains
2001
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Elektra
Orest
2001
Montreal Symphony
Orest
Elektra (Concert)
2001
Cincinnati Opera
Bluebeard’s Castle
Bluebeard
2001
Washington National Opera
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Four Villains
2001
Vienna Staatsoper
Das Rheingold
Wotan
2001
Metropolitan Opera        
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Kothner
2001
Vienna Staatsoper         
Salome
Jochanaan
2002
Royal Opera Covent Garden (London)
Don Giovanni
Leporello
2002
Vienna Staatsoper         
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Four Villains
2002
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Parsifal 
Amfortas
2002
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
Tristan und Isolde
Kurwenal
2002
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
La Bohème     
Colline
2002
Metropolitan Opera       
Elektra
Orest
2002
Deutsche Oper Berlin   
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Four Villains
2002
Metropolitan Opera      
Fidelio
Don Fernando
2003
Netherlands Opera       
Pizarro
Fidelio
2003
Salzburg Osterfest      
Fidelio
Don Fernando
2003
Berlin Philharmonic     
Fidelio (Concerts/Recording—EMI)
Pizarro (Concerts/Recording--EMI)
2003
Washington National Opera  at Constitution Hall
Fidelio
Don Fernando
2003
Opéra National de Paris 
Don Giovanni
Leporello
2003
BBC Orchestra Proms (BBC Scottish Orchestra)
Elektra
Orest
2003
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Elektra
Orest
2003
Washington National Opera at Constitution Hall
Die Walküre
Wotan
2004
Deutsche Oper Berlin  
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Four Villains
2004
Metropolitan Opera      
Das Rheingold
Donner
2004
Metropolitan Opera      
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
2004
Cleveland Orchestra    
Elektra
Orest
2004
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
The Rape of Lucretia
Collatinus
2004
Vienna Staatsoper
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Four Villains
2004
Salzburg Osterfest in  Tokyo, Japan
Fidelio       
Pizarro
2004
Los Angels Philharmonic
Tristan und Isolde
Kurwenal
2005
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Fidelio
Don Fernando
2005
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Götterdämmerung
gunther
2005
Washington National Opera
Samson et Dalilah
High Priest of Dagon
2005
Opéra National de Paris 
Cardillac
Cardillac 
2005
ABAO Bilbao Opera
Don Giovanni
Leporello
2005
Metropolitan Opera      
Wozzeck
Wozzeck  
2006
Metropolitan Opera       
Fidelio
Pizarro
2006
Tanglewood Festival
Elektra
Orest
2006
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Salome
Jochanaan
2007
National Symphony (Washington)
Salome
Jochanaan
2007
Washington National Opera
Die Walküre
Wotan
2007
Teatro de la Maestranza (Seville)
Fidelio
Pizarro
2007
BBC Orchestra Proms  (BBC Orchestra)
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
2007
ABAO Bilbao Opera
Bluebeard's Castle
Bluebeard
2007
ABAO Bilbao Opera
Elektra
Orest
2007
Hamburg Staatsoper
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Four Villains
2007
Metropolitan Opera
Hansel and Gretel
Peter
2008
Washington National Opera
Der Fliegende Holländer
Höllander
2008
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
Die Walküre
Barcelona
2008
Cleveland Orchestra
Rusalka
Vodnik
2008
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Salome
Jochanaan
2008
Salzburg Festival
Rusalka
Vodnik
2008
Opéra National de Paris 
Fidelio
Pizarro
2009
Grand Théâtre de Genève (Geneva)
Salome
Jochanaan
2009
Washington National Opera
Peter Grimes
Balstrode
2009
Washington National Opera
Siegfried
Der Wanderer
2009
Washington National Opera
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
2009
Metropolitan Opera 
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Four Villains
2010
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Salome
Jochanaan
2010
Los Angeles Opera
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
2010
Saito Kinen Festival (Matsumoto, Japan)
Salome
Jochanaan
2010
Vienna Staatsoper
Salome
Jochanaan
2010
Netherlands Opera
Fidelio
Pizarro
2011
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
Parsifal 
Amfortas
2011
Metropolitan Opera        
Wozzeck
Wozzeck
2011
Baden-Baden
Salome
Jochanaan
2011
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Rusalka
Vodnik
2011
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Tristan und Isolde
Kurwenal
2011
Washington National Opera
Tosca         
Scarpia
2011
ABAO Bilbao Opera
Tristan und Isolde
Kurwenal
2012
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Der Fliegende Holländer
Höllander
2012
Royal Opera Covent Garden (London)
Rusalka
Vodnik
2012
Canadian Opera Company (Toronto)
Eine florentinische Tragödie
Simone
2012
Canadian Opera Company (Toronto)
Gianni Schicchi      
Schicchi
2012
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Bluebeard’s Castle
Bluebeard
2012
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Siegfried
Der Wanderer
2012
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Elektra
Orest
2012
Teatro de la Maestranza (Seville)
Siegfried
Der Wanderer
2013
Canadian Opera Company (Toronto)
Tristan und Isolde
Kurwenal
2013
Tokyo Harusai (Spring Festival)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Hans Sachs
2013
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
Das Rheingold
Donner
2013
Canadian Opera Company (Toronto)
Salome
Jochanaan
2013
Canadian Opera Company (Toronto)
Peter Grimes
Balstrode
2013
St. Louis Symphony
Peter Grimes
Balstrode
2013
St. Louis Symphony (Carnegie Hall)
Peter Grimes
Balstrode
2014
San Antonio Opera
Rusalka
Vodnik
2014
Minnesota Opera
The Dream of Valentino
The Mogul
2014
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Salome
Jochanaan
2014
Philadelphia Orchestra
Salome
Jochanaan
2014
Cleveland Orchestra
Příhody lišky Bystroušky 
Revírník (Forrester)
2014
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Der Fliegende Holländer
Höllander
2014
Vienna Staatsoper
Salome
Jochanaan
2015
San Antonio Opera
Salome
Jochanaan
2015
Washington National Opera
Dialogues of the Carmellites
Marquis
2015
Washington National Opera
Der Fliegende Holländer
Höllander
2015
Teatro Real (Madrid)
Fidelio
Pizarro
2015
San Francisco Symphony
Fidelio
Pizarro
2015
Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
Tristan und Isolde
Kurwenal
2015
L’Opéra de Montréal
Elektra
Orest
2016
Canadian Opera Company (Toronto)
Siegfried
Der Wanderer
2016
Washington National Opera
Das Rheingold
Donner
2016
Washington National Opera
Die Walküre
Wotan
2016
Washington National Opera
Siegfried
Der Wanderer
2016
Portland Symphony (Portland, ME)
Bluebeard’s Castle
Bluebearfd
2016
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
Elektra
Orest
2017
Vienna Staatsoper
Salome
Jochanaan
2017
Washington Concert Opera
Leonore
Pizarro
2017
St. Louis Symphony
Der Fliegende Holländer
Pizarro
2017
Vienna Staatsoper
Elektra
Orest
2017
Cleveland Orchestra
Příhody lišky Bystroušky 
Revírník (Forrester)
2017
Cleveland Orchestra (Musikverein-Vienna)
Příhody lišky Bystroušky 
Revírník (Forrester)
2017
Cleveland Orchestra (Luxembourg)
Příhody lišky Bystroušky 
Revírník (Forrester)
2017
Vienna Staatsoper
Salome
Jochanaan
2018
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Munich)
Příhody lišky Bystroušky 
Revírník (Forrester)
2018
Cleveland Orchestra
Tristan und Isolde
Kurwenal
2018
Vienna Staatsoper
Der Freischütz
Caspar
2018
Hessiche Rundfunk Orchestra (Frankfurt)
Der Freischütz
Caspar
2019
Washington National Opera
Tosca         
Scarpia
2019
Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Sydney, Australia)
Peter Grimes
Balstrode
2019
Vienna State Opera
Salome
Jochanaan
2019
Symphony Métropolitan (Montréal)
Fidelio
Don Fernando
2021
Wichita Grand Opera (Wichita, KS)
Don Giovanni
Leporello
2022
Chautauqua Opera (Chautauqua, NY)
Tosca         
Scarpia
2022
Chautauqua Opera (Chautauqua, NY)
The Mother of Us All
Daniel Webster
2023
Detroit Opera
Die Walküre (Act 3)
Wotan
2022
Wichita Grand Opera/Wichita State University
Susannah
Rev. Olin Blitch
2022
Metropolitan Opera
The Magic Flute
Speaker






Partial list of Symphonic Concerts
(Non-Opera)

Beethoven, "9th Symphony"

Vienna Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Festival of Two Worlds, Orchestra Symphonique de Montréal, Wichita Symphony
Schönberg, "Gurrelieder"
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Houston Symphony
Schumann, "Faustzenen" (Scenes from Goethe's Faust)
Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Paris Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Frankfurt Opera Orchestra
Elgar, "Dream of Gerrontius"
Pittsburgh Symphony
Mahler, "8th Symphony"
Los Angeles Philharmonic (Hollywood Bowl)
Schubert, "Mass in G"
Wichita Symphony
Rossini, "Stabat Mater"
Wichita Grand Opera
Wagner Galas
Cleveland Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Cincinnati Orchestra

Recitals/Masterclasses/Artist in Residence
The University of Notre Dame
Yale University
Wichita State University
Wolf Trap Opera
Washington National Opera
Lyric Opera of Chicago Ryan Opera Center