Biography
Tenor in the ensemble of the Oper Leipzig since 2022/23
2022/23 - title role in "Peter Grimes", Herod in "Salome
HOMELAND - Plainfield, Indiana USA
EDUCATION - Curtis Institute of Music, 2006
PRIOR WORK - Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, Norwegian National Opera, Semperoper, Glyndebourne Festival, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Bavarian State Opera Munich, La Fenice, Venice, Teatro dell'opera di Roma, RAI Torino, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Komische Oper Berlin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Opera, Birmingham Opera Company, Kings College Cambridge, Academia di Santa Cecilia, Teatro San Carlo Napoli, BBC Proms.
IMPORTANT DIRECTORS - Sir Jeffrey Tate, Ricardo Chailly, Antonio Pappano, Danielle Gatti, Fabio Luisi, Juraj Valchua, Ivor Bolton, Evan Rogister, Alpesh Chauhan, Jukka-Pekka Sarastre, Jaap van Zweden, Steuart Bedford, Hartmut Haenchen.
IMPORTANT DIRECTORS - Sir Graham Vick, KS Brigitte Fassbaender, Stephen Langridge, Thaddeus Strassberger, Christoph Marthaler, François Gerard, Paul Curran, William Kentridge, David McVicar.
OTHER MAJOR ROLES- Siegmund in "Die Walküre", title roles in "Idomeneo", "Lohengrin", "Parsifal" and "Oedipus Rex", "Der Zwerg", "Peter Grimes", Prinç in "Rusalka", Sergeij in "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk", Erik in "Der Fliegende Holländer".
CD - Mahler, 8th Symphony (Dortmunder Philharmoniker/Gabriel Feltz); Richard Strauss, complete recording of the Lieder (Malcolm Martineau), "Intermezzo" (Ulf Schirmer, BR Klassik Label 2014).
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Favourite moment on the evening of a performance?
The moment when the first surge of excitement and stage fright subsides and I am completely immersed as part of this ephemeral magical world that is created together on stage.