Gordon Bintner

Bass-baritone

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A native of Canada, Gordon Bintner built his broad operatic repertoire firstly as a young artist at Canadian Opera Company, and subsequently in the ensemble of Oper Frankfurt. Now established as one to watch on the operatic landscape, he has made a string of impressive debuts in recent seasons, receiving praise for his warmth of tone and compelling stage presence.

Bintner’s recent seasons have been dominated by notable debuts and regular re-invitations including first performances as Debussy’s Golaud (Pelléas et Mélisande) last season in a new staging by Wajdi Mouawad, conducted by Antonello Manacorda, at Opéra national de Paris. Previous appearances here include as Oronte in Charpentier’s Médée under William Christie, as Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) under Pablo Heras-Casado and his house debut as Junior in Bernstein’s A Quiet Place under Kent Nagano. Bintner made his first appearance at Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden as Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) conducted by Julia Jones, subsequently returning in his role debut as Albert (Werther), under Sir Antonio Pappano, and last season as Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin in a new production by Ted Huffman, conducted by Henrik Nánási. Further European debuts include at Opéra national de Lyon in the title role of Le Nozze di Figaro under Alexandre Bloch and at Teatro Regio di Torino as Ruggiero in Halévy’s La Juive, conducted by Daniel Oren. Following a successful debut at San Francisco Opera in Robert Carsen’s classic production of Eugene Onegin, Binter made a further US company debut last season at Lyric Opera of Chicago, as well as his debut with Opera Australia, both as Conte Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro).

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In the current season, Bintner returns to Opéra national de Paris to reprise his Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) under the baton of Antonello Manacorda, while at home in Canada he returns to the Canadian Opera Company as Albert in a new production of Massenet’s Werther conducted by Johannes Debus, and as Mercutio (Roméo et Juliette) under Yves Abel. In concert he makes his first appearance in Valencia with Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía as Joseph in L’Enfance du Christ under Sir Mark Elder.

A regular guest at Canadian Opera Company, Bintner has appeared before his home audience as Eugene Onegin, Belcore (L’Elisir d’amore), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Count Almaviva and, most recently, as Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Elsewhere in North America, he has performed as both Lescaut in Massenet’s Manon and Don Giovanni at Opéra de Montréal, Papageno at Michigan Opera Theatre and, in concert, as both Guglielmo and Count Almaviva in a da Ponte trilogy with Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra under Edo de Waart and as Figaro (Le Nozze diFigaro) with NAC Ottawa under Music Director Alexander Shelley.

During his six seasons as a member of Oper Frankfurt’s ensemble, Bintner demonstrated impressive repertoire versatility including Argante (Rinaldo), Chorèbe (Les Troyens), Graf (Capriccio), Harlekin (Ariadne auf Naxos), Count (Schreker’s Der ferne Klang), Vladislav (Smetana’s Dalibor), Escamillo (Carmen) and Don Polidoro (Cimarosa’s L’italiana in Londra) and as a graduate of its prestigious Young Singers Project, he has performed at Salzburg Festival as Astolfo in Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, conducted by Marco Armiliato, as Phorbas in Enescu’s Oedipe under Ingo Metzmacher and as the Herald in Verdi’s Otello under Christian Thielemann.

Bintner is increasingly in demand on the concert platform with recent appearances including with The Cleveland Orchestra and Bernard Labadie for Bach, Easter Oratorio and Magnificat, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Otto Tausk for Beethoven, Symphony No.9 and Orchestre symphonique de Montréal as Joseph in Berlioz’s L’enfance du Christ under Hervé Niquet. An avid recitalist, Bintner made his debut at London’s historic Wigmore Hall with acclaimed pianist Kirill Gerstein in a programme of Busoni, Beethoven and Weill and at Montréal’s Salle Bourgie he was joined by accompanist, Michael McMahon, in a programme of Brahms, Finzi, Schubert and Schumann.

Gordon Bintner’s discography includes Junior in Bernstein’s A Quiet Place recorded with Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Kent Nagano (Decca Classics, 2018) and the Count in Schreker’s Der ferne Klang (OehmsClassics, 2021).