Icelandic baritone Ólafur Sigurðarson has been hailed as “the best Alberich in the world” a title earned through electrifying performances across the globe - from Bayreuth to La Scala, where his portrayal in Das Rheingold was described as “flawless… his delivery felt natural, as if he were speaking rather than singing.”

In the 2026-27 season, he appears at Wiener Staatsoper as Tierbändiger/ Athlet Lulu, joins the cast of the world premiere of Mothers of Kherson at the Polish National Opera, and takes on Telramund Lohengrin at Opéra Royal de Wallonie and Ópera de Tenerife. He also sings Falstaff at the Icelandic Opera Reykjavik and the baritone solo in Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony Op. 18 with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra.Recent engagements include returns to Bayreuther Festspiele as Alberich Der Ring des Nibelungen, Telramund Lohengrin and Kurwenal Tristan und Isolde, to Teatro alla Scala as Alberich Der Ring des Nibelungen and as Captain Balstrode Peter Grimes, and to the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing as Alberich Der Ring des Nibelungen. He has also appeared as Telramund at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Malmö Opera and Teatro Comunale di Bologna, as Simone Violanta at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Macbeth at the Hungarian State Opera and Prague National Theatre, Rigoletto at the Prague National Theatre and Gothenburg Opera. Further highlights include Holländer Der fliegende Holländer and Scarpia Tosca at Oper Leipzig, Wotan Die Walküre in Salerno, Zagreb and Varna, Klingsor Parsifal with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and Captain Balstrode Peter Grimes, Wozzeck and Miller Luisa Miller at the English National Opera, as well as Mahler’s 8th Symphony with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra.