Richard Wiegold
Welsh bass Richard Wiegold made his international debut as Arkel in Pelléas et Mélisande with the Canadian Opera Company, and has since performed with leading companies internationally.
A close association with the Wagnerian repertoire has seen Wiegold perform Gurnemanz Parsifal (Estonian National Opera); König Marke Tristan und Isolde (Prague State Opera; North Carolina Opera); Reinmar von Zweter Tannhäuser (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Stefano Colonna Rienzi and Reinmar von Zweter Tannhäuser (Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse); Hans Schwarz Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden); Fasolt Das Rheingold (North Carolina Opera); Veit Pogner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Hallé Orchestra); Titurel Parsifal and Veit Pogner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Saffron Hall); and Daland Die Fliegende Holländer with Paul Daniel (Real Filharmonía de Galicia).