Bernard Richter’s current engagements include PELLÉAS Pelléas et Mélisande Teatro alla Scala Milan, GRIMALDO Rodelinda De Nationale Opera Amsterdam and BÉNÉDICT Béatrice et Bénédict Oper Köln. His most recent projects were IDOMENEO (title role) Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, DON OTTAVIO Don Giovanni Teatro alla Scala, Opernhaus Zürich, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, DES GRIEUX Manon Grand Théâtre de Genève, La Clemenza di Tito (title) Teatro Real Madrid, FIERRABRAS (title role), BELFIORE La Finta Giardiniera Teatro alla Scala. Recent concerts include Die Schöpfung Verbier Festival, L’enfance du Christ Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Beethoven IX Wiener Symphoniker in China (Philippe Jordan).
Past engagements include BELMONTE Die Entführung aus dem Serail, HYLAS Les Troyens, DON OTTAVIO, TAMINO Die Zauberflöte, and FROH Das Rheingold Opéra Bastille, HYLAS Staatsoper Hamburg, PELLÉAS Wiener Staatsoper, Opéra de Lyon, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Teatr Wielki Warsaw, TAMINO Salzburger Festspiele, DON OTTAVIO and LE CHEVALIER DE LA FORCE Les Dialogues des Carmélites Bayerische Staatsoper München, CASTOR Castor and Pollux Ensemble Pygmalion, ROSSILLON Die Lustige Witwe Grand Théâtre de Genève, TITO (title) Opéra de Nancy, ORPHÉE Orphée aux Enfers Opéra de Lausanne and Lully’s Atys (title) and ALPHONSE Zampa Les Arts Florissants at Opéra Comique. Further highlights have included ERIK Der fliegende Holländer, BÉNÉDICT Béatrice et Bénédict, DON OTTAVIO, ECCLITICO Il Mondo della Luna Theater an der Wien, PARIS La Belle Hélène, FRITZ La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein Théâtre du Châtelet, DON OTTAVIO, Lucio Silla (title) by J.Ch. Bach Opernhaus Zürich, and FERRANDO Così fan tutte Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
In concert, he has appeared with Berliner Symphoniker, MDR Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Les Musiciens du Louvre at the Salzburger Pfingsfestspiele and Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai, Salle Gaveau de Paris, Tonhalle Zürich, Mozart Tage Luzern, Styriarte Graz, Gewandhaus Leipzig, L’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Konzerthaus Wien, Budapest Festival Orchestra on tour to London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Bruges and Baden-Baden. He has worked with Philippe Jordan, William Christie, Adam Fischer, Kent Nagano, Marc Minkowski, Jeffrey Tate, Ivor Bolton, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Fabio Luisi, Sir Neville Marriner, Sylvain Cambreling, Asher Fisch, Peter Schneider, Raphaël Pichon, Laurent Pelly, Christof Loy, Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Keith Warner, and Kasper Holten. Bernard studied in Neuchâtel and was a member of the Opera Studio Bienne.