Brenton Ryan
NAME
Brenton Ryan
HOMELAND
United States
STUDY
Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music
Bachelor of Music at the DePaul University
MASTERCLASSES AT
Guest instructor in Stimme, Leib & Seele
CDs
2016: John Corigliano The Ghosts of Versailles (Pentatone)
2017: Alban Berg Wozzeck (Naxos)
COMPETITIONS/AWARDS
2016: Birgit Nilsson Award at the Operalia Competition
2017: Grammy for Best Opera Recording (The Ghosts of Versailles)
2018: Grammy for Best Opera Recording (Wozzeck)
IMPORTANT CONDUCTORS
Kirill Petrenko
James Levine
Vladimir Jurowski
Antonio Pappano
Gustavo Dudamel
IMPORTANT DIRECTORS
Barrie Kosky
Kirill Serebrennikov
David McVicar
Simon McBurney
James Robinson
IMPORTANT PARTS ELSEWHERE
Loge (Das Rheingold, Osterfestspiele Salzburg, Berliner Philharmonie)
Mime (Das Rheingold, Royal Ballet and Opera)
Peter Quint (The Turn of the Screw, Santa Fe Opera)
Schulmeister (Das schlaue Füchslein, Bayerische Staatsoper)
Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Metropolitan Opera, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Los Angeles Opera)
EXCURSIONS
Steuermann (Der fliegende Holländer on tour in Shanghai with the Bayerische Staatsoper)
Tanzmeister (Ariadne auf Naxos on tour in Hong Kong with the Bayerische Staatsoper)
Soloist (Gurrelieder at Carnegie Hall with the American Symphony Orchestra)
AT THE KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN
Edmund (Lear)
As of August 2026
Brenton Ryan
HOMELAND
United States
STUDY
Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music
Bachelor of Music at the DePaul University
MASTERCLASSES AT
Guest instructor in Stimme, Leib & Seele
CDs
2016: John Corigliano The Ghosts of Versailles (Pentatone)
2017: Alban Berg Wozzeck (Naxos)
COMPETITIONS/AWARDS
2016: Birgit Nilsson Award at the Operalia Competition
2017: Grammy for Best Opera Recording (The Ghosts of Versailles)
2018: Grammy for Best Opera Recording (Wozzeck)
IMPORTANT CONDUCTORS
Kirill Petrenko
James Levine
Vladimir Jurowski
Antonio Pappano
Gustavo Dudamel
IMPORTANT DIRECTORS
Barrie Kosky
Kirill Serebrennikov
David McVicar
Simon McBurney
James Robinson
IMPORTANT PARTS ELSEWHERE
Loge (Das Rheingold, Osterfestspiele Salzburg, Berliner Philharmonie)
Mime (Das Rheingold, Royal Ballet and Opera)
Peter Quint (The Turn of the Screw, Santa Fe Opera)
Schulmeister (Das schlaue Füchslein, Bayerische Staatsoper)
Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Metropolitan Opera, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Los Angeles Opera)
EXCURSIONS
Steuermann (Der fliegende Holländer on tour in Shanghai with the Bayerische Staatsoper)
Tanzmeister (Ariadne auf Naxos on tour in Hong Kong with the Bayerische Staatsoper)
Soloist (Gurrelieder at Carnegie Hall with the American Symphony Orchestra)
AT THE KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN
Edmund (Lear)
As of August 2026