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date = "2018-01-16T19:52:00-05:00"
discipline = "Bass"
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publishDate = "2018-01-16T19:52:00-05:00"
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slug = "onay-kose"
title = "Önay Köse"
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Turkish Bass Önay Köse is a member of Berlin's famed Komische Oper where he has performed a variety of roles, including the Nightwatchman in *Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg*, Prince Gremin in *Eugene Onegin*, Sarastro in *Die Zauberflöte* and Pluto in the Monteverdi/Katz-Chernin version of *Orpheus*. Mr. Köse also recently made his debut with Oper Frankfurt as Sparafucile in their new production of *Rigoletto*. In the 2017-2018 season, Mr. Köse will make debuts with the Bard Music Festival in Berlioz’s *Roméo et Juliet* and the Tulsa Opera as Mephistopheles in Gounod’s *Faust*, as well as perform both new and reprised roles with the Komische Oper. Future engagements include a debut with the Canadian Opera Company.

In March 2014, Mr. Köse made his Alice Tully Hall debut in a Juilliard Vocal Arts Recital and appeared in a Young Artists Concert at the Salzburg Festival. In 2015 he made his Carnegie Hall Debut as the Bass soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the New York Youth Symphony and sang the Cappadocian in *Salome* with Opera San Antonio. 

Mr. Köse completed his Master’s Degree and obtained his Artist Diploma in Opera Studies from the Juilliard School. Here, his roles included Pantalone in *Le donne curiose*, the Priest/Badger in *The Cunning Little Vixen*, Bartolo in *Le Nozze di Figaro*, Prince Gremin in *Eugene Onegin*, Le Roi in *Cendrillon*, and Sarastro in *Die Zauberflöte*.
