Pete
Thanapat

This season, Pete Thanapat performs the role of Roucher in Andrea Chénier at Opéra de Lyon and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. He is also the bass soloist for Verdi’s Requiem at the March Music Days Ruse in Bulgaria. In 2026, he will return to the Bregenz Festival to portray Marchese d’Obigny in La traviata. 

As a member of the Lyon Opera Studio from 2022 – 2024, Pete performed the roles of Biterolf in Tannhäuser, Grand prêtre in Hérodiade, Antonio in Le nozze di Figaro, the One-Armed Man in Die Frau ohne Schatten, Larkens in La fanciulla del West, and Don Pedro in Béatrice et Bénédict, among others. 

In 2022, as part of the prestigious Young Singers Project at the Salzburg Festival, he portrayed the Devil in The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs by Stefan Hanke. Earlier performances include Marco in Gianni Schicchi at the Bregenz Festival and Woodcutter in Die Königskinder at the Tirol Festival Erl. 

Pete earned his master’s degree at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and his bachelor’s degree at Mozarteum University Salzburg.