Brenden Gunnell is to one of the most internationally sought-after heldentenors. Recently, he made his debuts as LOHENGRIN at the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, as COUNT OF KENT in Lear and HÜON in the new production Oberon at the Bavarian State Opera Munich, as ERIK in Der fliegende Holländer at the Komische Oper Berlin, PETER GRIMES at the Cologne Opera, the PRINCE in Rusalka at the Glyndebourne Festival and the Bergen National Opera, as JIMMA HONEY in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Teatro dell’Opera die Roma, ERIK in Der fliegende Holländer am Teatro Petruzzelli Bari, HANS in The Bartered Bride at the Garsington Opera, SIEGMUND at the GöteborgsOperan, as LOGE im Rheingold an the Birmingham Opera Company and in Göteborg and as IDOMENEO an der Opéra National Lorraine and at the Teatro La Fenice, LACA in Jenufa at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna under Juraj Valcuha. After successfully graduating at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in 2006, Brenden was a member of the ensemble at the Innsbruck Theatre under the artistic direction of K S Brigitte Fassbaender from 2007 to 2011. From 2011 to 2013 he was a member of the Norske Operaensemble. Since season 2022/23 Brenden’s artistic base is the Leipzig Opera House, where he sings a vast repertoire, including PETER GRIMES, SERGEJ in Lady Macbeth of Mzensk, HERODES in Salome, HERMANN in Pique Dame, SIEGMUND in Die Walküre
Moreover, Brenden Gunnell can be seen on international concert stages. Recently, he sang inconcerts »Das Paradies und die Peri« with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra under SylvainCambreling and »Das Lied von der Erde« with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Alpesh Chauhan. With the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig he performed Mahler’s »Das Lied von der Erde« under Matthias Foremny and Mahler’s Symphony Nr. 8 under Andris Nelsons. He also performed Elgar’s »The Dream of Gerontius« with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra under Sir Jeffrey Tate in the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Ryan Wigglesworth and at the Rheingau Music Festival, Mahler’s Symphony Nr. 8 with the Filarmonica della Scala under Riccardo Chailly and at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under Fabio Luisi, Verdi's Requiem with the Staatskapelle Halle with Hartmut Haenchen and a concertante performance of »Die Walküre« with the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra of the Netherlands and Hartmut Haenchen. In January 2024, he made his debut as SERGEJ in Lady Macbeth of Mzensk with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the musical direction of Andris Nelsons. Further concert appearances brought him to the BBC Proms with Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, with the 2nd act of TRISTAN UND ISOLDE to the Neuschwanstein Castler. He sang Schönberg’s DIE JAKOBSLEITER with the NDR Hamburg and Ingo Metzmacher, THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Mahler’s DAS LIED VON DER ERDE with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, PARADIES UND DIE PERI with the Orchestra di Santa Ceciliaand Daniele Gatti and Beethoven’s 9th SYMPHONY with Antonio Pappano, with RAI Torino DAS KLAGENDE LIED (James Conlon) and DIE WALKÜRE in concert with Jeffrey Tate and OEDIPUS REX at the Teatro San Carlo under Juraj Valcuha. Future engagements bring him a.o. as ENEÉ in Les Troyens to the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, as ERIK in Der fliegende Holländer to the Opéra de Toulon, as LOHENGRIN to Taiwan, for concerts with Mo. Antonio Pappano to the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.