Renatus Mészár was born in Laubach near Frankfurt in Germany. His first musical education he received with the piano and as a member of the local boys choir of his hometown. After his high school exams he studied church music at the “Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst”, in Hamburg, changing his subject three years later to opera singing. His teachers in Hamburg and later on at the “Hochschule für Musik” in Munich were Annie Schoonus, Brigitte Faßbaender and Irmgard Hartmann-Dressler. He made his opera debut, still at college, at the Munich Biennale.
He started his career as a member of the Broadcasting Choir in Hamburg. His first job as a soloist was in Braunschweig as a “young bass”, as his contract said. Then he changed to the Municipal Theater in Münster for new challenges. Following stations were the theatres in Würzburg, Schwerin, Weimar and Bonn. From 2012 until summer 2024 Renatus Mészár was an ensemble member of the State Theatre in Karlsruhe, where he was, amongst other main characters, Orestes in “Elektra”, Golaud in “Pelléas et Mélisande” by Claude Debussy, Wotan and Wanderer in the Ring Cycle (which he also meanwhile sang in various opera houses nationally and internationally). During these seasons he interpreted nearly every important part in Richard Wagner’s oeuvre written for his type of voice.
Besides those roles (such as King Mark, Wotan, Wanderer, Dutchman, Hans Sachs, Amfortas, Klingsor) he holds many other big roles in his repertoire (amongst others: Figaro, Leporello, Philippo II., Zaccaria, Boris Godunow, Boris in “Lady Macbeth from Mzensk” of Shostakovich), together with important world premieres and German first releases (main roles for example in operas of Péter Eötvös, Friedrich Cerha and Philippe Boesmans), a total of more than 80 roles. He appeared as a guest singer in many renowned opera houses, such as in Hamburg, Hannover, Berlin (Komische Oper), Munich (Gärtnerplatz), Vienna (Volsoper), State Opera Budapest, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Kassel, Klagenfurt and many others, as well as at the festivals in Erl, Merzig, Munich Biennale, and the Ruhr-Triennale in Bochum.
Since the 2025/26 season Renatus Mészár is an ensemble member of Nationaltheater Mannheim, where he will appear amongst others as Gurnemanz in “Parsifal“ and as Sarastro in “Magic Flute”.
Besides his work as an opera singer Renatus Mészár has built a broad concert repertoire which spans from Monteverdi to contemporary music, including most diverse recital programs. Numerous recordings for broadcasting companies, TV, CD and DVD prove his versatility.
The awardee of several international singing competitions worked with renowned orchestras such as Radio Symphony Orchestra of the North- and the Western German Radio, the Cologne and the Munich Radio Orchestras, the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orquestra Nacional in Madrid under the baton of such conductors as Michael Boder, Frans Brüggen, Gustav Kuhn, Jun Märkl, Sir Neville Marriner, Eiji Oue, Helmuth Rilling and Semyon Bychkov. He worked with directors like Stephen Lawless, Tobias Kratzer, Yuval Sharon and Keith Warner.
