
Schedule

Title role, Tannhäuser
Clay assumes one of his favorite roles for this huge house debut at the Wiener Staatsoper. This new production reunites Clay with director Lydia Steier for the first time since their collaboration on Die Frau Ohne Schatten at the Baden-Baden Festspiele in 2023.

Title Role, Tannhäuser
Clay assumes one of his favorite roles for this huge house debut at the Wiener Staatsoper. This new production reunites Clay with director Lydia Steier for the first time since their collaboration on Die Frau Ohne Schatten at the Baden-Baden Festspiele in 2023.

Title role, Tannhäuser
Clay assumes one of his favorite roles for this huge house debut at the Wiener Staatsoper. This new production reunites Clay with director Lydia Steier for the first time since their collaboration on Die Frau Ohne Schatten at the Baden-Baden Festspiele in 2023.

Title role, Tannhäuser
Clay assumes one of his favorite roles for this huge house debut at the Wiener Staatsoper. This new production reunites Clay with director Lydia Steier for the first time since their collaboration on Die Frau Ohne Schatten at the Baden-Baden Festspiele in 2023.

Title role, Tannhäuser
Clay assumes one of his favorite roles for this huge house debut at the Wiener Staatsoper. This new production reunites Clay with director Lydia Steier for the first time since their collaboration on Die Frau Ohne Schatten at the Baden-Baden Festspiele in 2023.

Erik, Der Fliegende Holländer
After debuting in Turandot in Summer 2024, Clay returns to Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi to sing Erik, one of his earliest Wagnerian roles.

Erik, Der Fliegende Holländer
After debuting in Turandot in Summer 2024, Clay returns to Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi to sing Erik, one of his earliest Wagnerian roles.

Erik, Der Fliegende Holländer
After debuting in Turandot in Summer 2024, Clay returns to Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi to sing Erik, one of his earliest Wagnerian roles.

Erik, Der Fliegende Holländer
After debuting in Turandot in Summer 2024, Clay returns to Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi to sing Erik, one of his earliest Wagnerian roles.

Der Kaiser, Die Frau ohne Schatten
As a last-minute engagement, Clay reprises his role as Der Kaiser in Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten in Deutsche Oper Berlin’s new production by the acclaimed and innovative Tobias Kratzer.

Der Kaiser, Die Frau ohne Schatten
As a last-minute engagement, Clay reprises his role as Der Kaiser in Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten in Deutsche Oper Berlin’s new production by the acclaimed and innovative Tobias Kratzer.

Der Kaiser, Die Frau ohne Schatten
As a last-minute engagement, Clay reprises his role as Der Kaiser in Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten in Deutsche Oper Berlin’s new production by the acclaimed and innovative Tobias Kratzer.

Der Kaiser, Die Frau ohne Schatten
As a last-minute engagement, Clay reprises his role as Der Kaiser in Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten in Deutsche Oper Berlin’s new production by the acclaimed and innovative Tobias Kratzer.

Tristan, Tristan und Isolde
Clay returns to this Graham Vick production, which also saw his role debut in November of 2022.

Tristan, Tristan und Isolde
Clay returns to this Graham Vick production, which also saw his role debut in November of 2022.

New Year's Gala/Opera Southwest
Soprano Sara Duchovnay and Clay headline Opera Southwest’s annual New Years gala featuring arias and duets from Verdi, Puccini, and Wagner

Tristan, Tristan und Isolde
Clay returns to this Graham Vick production, which also saw his role debut in November of 2022.

Tristan, Tristan und Isolde
Clay returns to this Graham Vick production, which also saw his role debut in November of 2022.

Title role, Tannhäuser
Clay assumes the title role again in this Wagnerian classic at Deutsche Oper Berlin. Clay’s staged Tannhäuser debut was in this same Kirsten Harms production in Fall of 2023.

Title role, Tannhäuser
Clay assumes the title role again in this Wagnerian classic at Deutsche Oper Berlin. Clay’s staged Tannhäuser debut was in this same Kirsten Harms production in Fall of 2023.

Waldemar, Gurre-Lieder (Schönberg)
Joined by renowned soloists and commanding colossal vocal and instrumental means, Rafael Payare conducts a monument of the post-Romantic repertoire: Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder.
This imposing musical saga narrating the ill-fated romances of King Waldemar at the Gurre Castle, unfolds against a backdrop of jealousy, demise, and damnation, and reaches its apex in the final chorus heralding the dawn of salvation. Schoenberg offers deep insight into human nature, while his music vividly and sensitively highlights the psychology of his characters. Though colossal, the work’s vocal and instrumental scoring is characterized by finesse and poetry. The deeply moving and striking Gurre-Lieder reveal a facet of Schoenberg’s personality well worth discovering.

Waldemar, Gurre-Lieder (Schönberg)
Joined by renowned soloists and commanding colossal vocal and instrumental means, Rafael Payare conducts a monument of the post-Romantic repertoire: Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder.
This imposing musical saga narrating the ill-fated romances of King Waldemar at the Gurre Castle, unfolds against a backdrop of jealousy, demise, and damnation, and reaches its apex in the final chorus heralding the dawn of salvation. Schoenberg offers deep insight into human nature, while his music vividly and sensitively highlights the psychology of his characters. Though colossal, the work’s vocal and instrumental scoring is characterized by finesse and poetry. The deeply moving and striking Gurre-Lieder reveal a facet of Schoenberg’s personality well worth discovering.

Soloist, Das Lied von der Erde
Clay debuts with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival with Sir Donald Runnicles and mezzo-soprano Annika Schlicht in one of his signature concert pieces, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. The Festival will use the Schönberg reduced orchestration. Two nights only!

Soloist, Das Lied von der Erde
Clay debuts with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival with Sir Donald Runnicles and mezzo-soprano Annika Schlicht in one of his signature concert pieces, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. The Festival will use the Schönberg reduced orchestration. Two nights only!

Parsifal: Bayerische Festspiele
Clay sings the title role in Parsifal with a star-studded cast in Pierre Audi’s production.

Parsifal: Bayerische Festspiele
Clay sings the title role in Parsifal with a star-studded cast in Pierre Audi’s production.

Siegmund, Die Walküre: Gran Teatre de Liceu
Clay returns to the role of Siegmund in a concert performance in Barcelona conducted by Josep Pons.

Götterdämmerung: Deutsche Oper Berlin
Clay returns to the role of Siegfried in Stefan Herheim’s Ring Cycle at the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles and Nicholas Carter.

Siegfried: Deutsche Oper Berlin
Clay returns to the role of Siegfried in Stefan Herheim’s Ring Cycle at the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles and Nicholas Carter.

Götterdämmerung: Deutsche Oper Berlin
Clay returns to the role of Siegfried in Stefan Herheim’s Ring Cycle at the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles and Nicholas Carter.

Siegfried: Deutsche Oper Berlin
Clay returns to the role of Siegfried in Stefan Herheim’s Ring Cycle at the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles and Nicholas Carter.

Götterdämmerung: Deutsche Oper Berlin
Clay returns to the role of Siegfried in Stefan Herheim’s Ring Cycle at the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles and Nicholas Carter.

Siegfried: Deutsche Oper Berlin
Clay returns to the role of Siegfried in Stefan Herheim’s Ring Cycle at the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles and Nicholas Carter.

Parsifal: Bayerische Staatsoper
Clay sings the title role in Parsifal with a star-studded cast in Pierre Audi’s production.

Parsifal: Bayerische Staatsoper
Clay sings the title role in Parsifal with a star-studded cast in Pierre Audi’s production.