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His career began in 1996 as Don Giovanni (directed by Ruggero Raimondi) at the Megaron in Athens. In the following years, he received invitations to perform at venues such as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Bastille in Paris, the Garnier and Châtelet theaters, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, the Rossini Festival in Pesaro, Monte Carlo, the Bavarian State Opera, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Lucerne, Basel, and St. Gallen.

His repertoire includes roles such as Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra, Procida in Les vêpres siciliennes, Don Giovanni, Escamillo in Carmen, Mose in Rossini’s Mose, Don Magnifico in LaCenerentola, and Don Pasquale. Since 2004, he has been a member of the Staatsoper and the Volksoper in Vienna, and has performed in these venues, among others, as: Filippo II, Landgraf in Tannhäuser, Khan Kontschak Fürst Igor, Ramfis Aida, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Sarastro Zauberflöte, Ferrando Trovatore, Bartolo Le Nozze di Figaro, Friedrich Engel Der Evangelimann, Timur Turandot, Bauer Die Kluge, Tommaso Tiefland, Großinquisitor, Capulet Roméo et Juliette, Fra Melitone La forza del destino, Fasolt und Fafner Das Rheingold

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In 2009, he made his debut at the Bregenz Festival as Ramfis in Aida. In June 2013, he also made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival as Fafner in F. Castorf’s new production of Der Ring. This was followed by Peneios in Daphne, conducted by M. Janowski, at the Berliner Philharmonie, and at the St. Margarethen Opera Festival as Sparafucile in Rigoletto, as well as playing Basilio and Alidoro. Abimelech at the Vienna State Opera. In February 2021, he made his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan as Salome in a new production. In the summer of 2021, he took on the role of Timur in Turandot at the Oper im Steinbruch – St. Margarethen. In the autumn of 2021, he embarked on a tour of Denmark with the Danish National Opera, performing as Ramfis in Aida

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From 2022 to 2025, Sorin Coliban appeared in several significant productions. He sang Un ballo in maschera and the role of Gonzalo in The Tempest by Thomas Adès at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and took on roles in The Ring of the Nibelung at the MÜPA Budapest, and Turandot at the Volksoper Wien, where he made his debut as King Heinrich in Lohengrin.

He also impressed as “The Magician” in the award-winning production of Schwanda, the Bagpipe Player by Jaromír Weinberger, and as “Father Augustin” in Prokofiev’s The Engagement in the Monastery, both in new productions at the Theater an der Wien .

Furthermore, Coliban achieved significant success with concert performances of Das Rheingold and Siegfried at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, and were featured in numerous concerts in Romania, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.
In 2026, he will perform as Hagen in The Ring in One Evening in seven major German cities, make his debut at the Tiroler Festspiele in Erl with Parsifal, and appear as Fafner in Das Rheingold, Siegfried in Budapest, and Landgraf in Tannhäuser in Zagreb.
His upcoming engagements include the role of Daland in Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman in Piacenza and Modena in the autumn of 2026

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