Biography
HOME – Rohrbach, Austria
FACH – Tenor
TRAINED – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
IMPORTANT CONDUCTORS – Philippe Jordan, Daniel Barenboim, Donald Runnicles, Kent Nagano, Tomáš Netopil, Christian Thielemann, Valery Gergiev, Simone Young, Daniele Gatti, Franz Welser-Möst, Riccardo Chailly
IMPORTANT DIRECTORS – Barrie Kosky, Calixto Bieito, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Claus Guth, Andrea Breth, Harry Kupfer, Robert Carsen
ENSEMBLE ENGAGEMENT – Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin
GUEST – Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, Opéra Bastille Paris, Opéra de Paris, Vienna State Opera, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hamburg, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Teatro Real Madrid, opera houses in Frankfurt, Leipzig and Wiesbaden, Bayreuth Festival, Tokyo Spring Festival, BBC Proms
IMPORTANT PARTS – Tristan in »Tristan und Isolde«, Siegfried in »Der Ring des Nibelungen«, Siegmund in »Die Walküre«, Florestan in »Fidelio«, Max in »Der Freischütz«, title role in »Rienzi«, Emperor in »Die Frau ohne Schatten«, Tamino in »Die Zauberflöte«, Apollo in »Daphne«, David in »Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg«, Erik in »Der fliegende Holländer«, title role in »Otello«, Samson in »Samson et Dalila«, title role in »Parsifal«, role in »Ariadne auf Naxos«
AWARDS / HONOURS – Austrian Music Theatre Award for Best Male Leading Role for his portrayal of Tristan in »Tristan und Isolde« at the Vienna State Opera, 2023; awarded the honorary title of Austrian Kammersänger, June 2025
CD – Carl Maria von Weber: »Der Freischütz« (Max, conducted by Marek Janowski, Pentatone, 2019); Richard Wagner: »Parsifal« (Bayreuth Festival, Deutsche Grammophon)
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