Canadian bass Robert Pomakov, hailed by Concerti.de for his “strong, pleasing, demonic singing,” brings commanding presence to the world’s leading stages. In the 2025–26 season, he returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Bonze (Madama Butterfly), the Canadian Opera Company as Frère Laurent (Roméo et Juliette) and Le Bailli (Werther), and sings the title role in Attila at Opernfestspiele Heidenheim. Recent highlights include Hagen (Götterdämmerung) and Fasolt (Das Rheingold) at Tiroler Festspiele and 5th Jew in the Met’s Salome.

Pomakov has appeared in over 20 productions at the Metropolitan Opera and is regularly engaged at the Canadian Opera Company. He has performed extensively across the US and Europe, performing at San Francisco Opera, Oper Frankfurt, Opernhaus Zürich, Opéra national de Paris, Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and many more. Signature roles include Leporello, Méphistophélès, Monterone, Vodnik, and Alberich.

On the concert stage, he has collaborated with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, James Conlon, and Christoph Eschenbach, performing with the Toronto Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain, and at the Ravinia Festival in works including Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, Verdi’s Requiem, and Mozart’s Requiem.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Pomakov is a prize-winner of Operalia, the Queen Elizabeth Competition, and the Belvedere Competition.