Richard Bernstein

Richard Bernstein (born July 30, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American bass opera singer. A Metropolitan Opera company member since 1995, Bernstein has appeared in over 500 of its performances, including the Grammy award-winning Akhnaten in 2022. His repertoire includes the bel canto of Rossini (Mustafà in L'italiana in Algeri), classic French opera (Sancho Panza in Don Quichotte), and 20th-century works (Superintendent Budd in Albert Herring), among others.