With his acclaimed Salzburg Easter Festival debut in the role of Fasolt in The Rhinegold under Sir Simon Rattle, Iain Paterson consolidated his status as one of the foremost young bass-baritones in Europe today. In the coming seasons Iain Paterson will sing major roles at the New York Met, Opéra de Paris, the Bavarian State Opera, the Royal Opera House, the Glyndebourne Festival and English National Opera. His operatic roles in the recent past include Gunther in Götterdämmerung under James Levine in his debut at the New York Met, his first Don Giovanni at the Chicago Opera Theatre, Amonasro in Aida, Fasolt and Gunther in Götterdämmerung and Figaro for English National Opera, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream in Caen, Toulon and Nancy as well as Monterone in Rigoletto in Covent Garden. Not long ago he earned accolades from the critics for his performance in Shostakovich's 13th Symphony in a debut concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under Oleg Caetani. In other concert appearances he has sung in Beethoven's 9th Symphony at the BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Timur (Turandot) under Leonard Slatkin with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the premiere of Luciano Berio's completion of the score, Orest in Elektra at the Edinburgh International Festival with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Edward Gardner, Verdi's Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall, Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Dream of Gerontius with the Hallé Orchestra, Elijah with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Paul Daniel as well as Messiah with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and at the Civic Opera House in Chicago. In forthcoming engagements he will sing in The Dream of Gerontius at the Edinburgh International Festival under Mark Elder, as well as the role of Mandarin in Turandot and Monterone for English National Opera, Fasolt in The Rhinegold for the Opéra National de Paris and Redburn in Billy Budd for the Glyndebourne Festival.