During the 2025-26 season for HGO, Andrea Silvestrelli performs the roles of Talpa in Il tabarro and Simone in Gianni Schicchi, both part of Il trittico. Previously for HGO, Silvestrelli has performed the roles of Klingsor in Parsifal (2024), Hagen in Götterdämmerung (2017), Fafner in both Das Rheingold (2014) and Siegfried (2016), along with Philippe II in Don Carlos (2012), Sparafucile in Rigoletto (2009), and Osmin in The Abduction from the Seraglio (2008). During the 2024-25 season, he joined Teatro Verdi Trieste to take on the title role in Bluebeard’s Castle and sing Osmin in Abduction from the Seraglio, joined Angers Nantes Opéra to sing L’Orco in Mascagni’s Il piccolo Marat, and sang Fasolt in Das Rheingold with Pacific Symphony. Recent performances include the title role in Attila and Thomas Becket in Assassinio nella cattedrale with Opera Festival of Chicago, Hagen in Götterdämmerung and Fafner in Siegfried in a return to the National Taichung Theater in Taiwan, and Sparafucile in Rigoletto with Boston Lyric Opera. He also appeared with Maryland Lyric Opera as Filippo II in Don Carlo, Banco in Macbeth, and Pistola in Falstaff, and Boston Lyric Opera as Sparafucile in Rigoletto. His Metropolitan Opera debut was Sparafucile in the Otto Schenk production of Rigoletto, and he also joined the company for performances of Ernani. He has performed numerous major roles with San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Opera, Washington National Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Canadian Opera Company, and Los Angeles Opera. In a career that spans decades and continents, he has performed on stages of leading opera houses across the world, among them Rome Opera, Teatro Regio di Torino, Bavarian State Opera, Berlin State Opera, Berlin Staatsoper, Dutch National Opera, Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, and houses in Beijing, Mexico City, Tel Aviv, and many more.