Roman Trekel received his musical education in Berlin, starting his career at the Berlin State Opera, and has been a principal singer of the company ever since.
His repertoire includes roles such as Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Posa (Don Carlos), Count (Le nozze di Figaro), Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), Beckmesser (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde), Amfortas (Parsifal), Faust (Doktor Faust) and Wozzeck (Wozzeck).
He has performed with the leading opera houses throughout Europe and Japan, inter alia with La Scala, Milan, Covent Garden, the Dresden, Hamburg and Munich State Operas, De Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, the Zurich Opera House, the New National Theatre, Tokyo, the Vienna State Opera, and the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals.