Tomasz Konieczny will take over the role of Wotan in Die Walküre on July 25, August 3, and August 19 in place of Günther Groissböck. The casting of Wotan/Wanderer in Der  Ring des Nibelungen 2022 will be announced at a later date. The festival management thanks Mr. Konieczny very much for take over at short notice! (Bulletin from the Bayreuth Festspiel, July 29, 2021) 

Konieczny was interviewed in the Met Cast Roundtable of the Wagner Society's Ring Seminar in March 2019 when he was performing Alberich in the Met's 2019 Ring Cycle (click here to see it on WSNY's YouTube Channel).