Amin Ahangaran

Bass

Biography

Amin Ahangaran, praised as a “full-bodied and firm bass” with a “beautiful nocturnal colour” (Opera Libera) and “one of the most charming voices of his generation” (OPERA Charm Magazine), is an alumnus of both the Accademia del Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence and the Zurich Opera’s International Opera Studio (IOS). A current ensemble member of the Opéra de Paris, Ahangaran is one of the announced participants of the renowned Operalia competition in Sofia, set to take place at the Bulgaria Concert Hall in October 2025. 

The highly anticipated 2025-26 season holds exciting roles for Amin Ahangaran: at Opéra de Paris he appears as Angelotti in Tosca, followed by Zaretsky in Ralph Fiennes’ new Eugene Onegin under Semyon Bychkov and Case Scaglione. Further in Paris, he portrays Parsi Rustomjiin in a new production of Glass’ Satyagraha  staged by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber and led by Ingo Metzmacher, and closes the season as Dottore in La traviata. On the concert stage, the bass returns to the Zurich Opera as Brander in Berlioz’ La Damnation de Faust with maestro Yves Abel. 

Contact

Francesca Condeluci
Associate Director, North America

+1 917 349 1443
Dominik Kitzl
Artist Manager

‎+49 1511 1646767
Simone Samuel
Managerial Assistant

+49 30 166359858

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Amin Ahangaran: La Damnation de Faust

Amin Ahangaran appears as Brander in Zurich Opera’s concert version of Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust. In this concert performance, he joins a distinguished cast that includes Saimir Pirgu as Faust, Elīna Garanča as Marguerite, and Stanislav Vorobyov as Méphistophélès, with the musical direction led by conductor Yves Abel. For more information, please click here.  
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Amin Ahangaran: Satyagraha at the Paris Opera

Bass Amin Ahangaran appears in Philip Glass’s Satyagraha at the Opéra de Paris in the role of Parsi Rustomji. In this new production by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher, he joins an outstanding cast in Glass’s hypnotic opera inspired by Gandhi’s life and ideals. Performances take place on: April 10, 14, 16, […]
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Amin Ahangaran: Eugene Onegin at the Paris Opera

The bass Amin Ahangaran takes the role of Zaretsky in a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Paris Opera. Actor and director Ralph Fiennes makes his opera-directing debut with a visually restrained staging that focuses on the psychological and emotional core of Pushkin’s story while the performances are led under the baton of Semyon Bychkov. The cast includes Boris Pinkhasovich as Eugene Onegin, Ruzan Mantashyan as Tatyana, Bogdan Volkov as Lensky, Marvic Monreal as Olga, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk as Prince Gremin. The opera runs at the Palais Garnier on January 23, 26, 29 and February 1, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 and 27.
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