Biography
The South African tenor Siyabonga Maqungo has been a member of the prestigious Staatsoper Unter den Linden ensemble since the 2020/21 where his roles to date include David (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Froh (Das Rheingold), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) and Jaquino (Fidelio). Maqungo will perform this season as Count Almaviva in Ruth Berghaus’ iconic production of Il barbiere di Siviglia under Ido Arad, make his debut as Mozart’s Mitridate, re di Ponto with Marc Minkowski in the pit, as well as partake in engagements of Strauss&rsquo…
Parsifal
Wagner: Parsifal
Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival in 2023
Andreas Schager (Parsifal), Elīna Garanča (Kundry), Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz), Derek Welton (Amfortas), Jordan Shanahan (Klingsor), Tobias Kehrer (Titurel)
Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Bayreuther Festspielchor, Pablo Heras-Casado
Turandot
Puccini: Turandot
Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Michele Pertusi (Timur), Michael Spyres (Altoum), Mattia Olivieri (Ping), Gregory Bonfatti (Pang), Siyabonga Maqungo (Pong), Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
30 / March / 2025
Mitridate re di Ponto
Teatro Real / Madrid
Musical conductor: Ivor Bolton
Stage director: Claus Guth
Set design: Christian Schmidt
Costumes: Ursula Kudrna
Lighting: Olaf Winter
Cast
Mitridate: Siyabonga Maqungo
Aspasia: Ruth Iniesta
Sifare: Vanessa Goikoetxea
Farnace: Tim Mead
Ismene: Sabina Puértolas
Marzio: Jorge Franco
Arbate: Franko Klisovic
5 / April / 2025
Mitridate re di Ponto
Teatro Real / Madrid
Musical conductor: Ivor Bolton
Stage director: Claus Guth
Set design: Christian Schmidt
Costumes: Ursula Kudrna
Lighting: Olaf Winter
Cast
Mitridate: Siyabonga Maqungo
Aspasia: Ruth Iniesta
Sifare: Vanessa Goikoetxea
Farnace: Tim Mead
Ismene: Sabina Puértolas
Marzio: Jorge Franco
Arbate: Franko Klisovic
9 / April / 2025
Mitridate re di Ponto
Teatro Real / Madrid
Musical conductor: Ivor Bolton
Stage director: Claus Guth
Set design: Christian Schmidt
Costumes: Ursula Kudrna
Lighting: Olaf Winter
Cast
Mitridate: Siyabonga Maqungo
Aspasia: Ruth Iniesta
Sifare: Vanessa Goikoetxea
Farnace: Tim Mead
Ismene: Sabina Puértolas
Marzio: Jorge Franco
Arbate: Franko Klisovic