Oper

Franz Xaver Schlecht

Biography

Baritone in the ensemble of the Oper Leipzig since 2018/19

2022/23 - Giorgio Germont in "La Traviata", Belcore in "Der Liebestrank", Achilla in "Giulio Cesare in Egitto", Der fahrende Händler / Zwerg Klopp in "Schneewittchen", Ottokar in "Der Freischütz", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in "Amadeus Musikus".

HOMETOWN- Oberpeiching, Bavaria

EDUCATION - Augsburg-Nuremberg Academy of Music, Leipzig Academy of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy", master classes with KS Franz Grundheber, Simon Estes, among others

STATIONS BEFORE - 2017/18 ensemble member at the Landestheater Coburg

IMPORTANT DIRECTORS - Ulf Schirmer, Matthias Foremny, Christoph Gedschold

IMPORTANT DIRECTORS - Dieter Reuscher, Francois de Carpentries

IMPORTANT ROLES AT THE OPER LEIPZIG - Figaro in "Il barbiere di Siviglia", Giorgio Germont in "La Traviata", Lord Enrico Ashton in "Lucia di Lammermoor", Papageno in "Die Zauberflöte", Paolo Orsini in "Rienzi",Henrik in "Maskarade", Schaunard in "La Bohème"

GUEST ROLES - Staatsoper unter den Linden, Semperoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Komische Oper, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Philharmonic, Heidelberg Theatre, Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern

OTHER IMPORTANT ROLES - Vershinin in "Tri Sestri", Count Danilo in "The Merry Widow", Professor Walter Spieß in "The Thousand-Year Post or the Germanist" (premiere

LINK Homepage - https://www.inschuhenanderer.de/

With which opera character could you imagine living together and why?
I would love to live with Figaro. I can hardly imagine what we would get up to, especially in Sevillia.

Favourite quote from a work, an opera, a book, a Netflix series ...?
"Nearly all man can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." (Robert G. Ingersoll on Abraham Lincoln) 

Favourite place in Leipzig and why?
Auwald and Cospudener See: a worthwhile destination in all seasons to get in touch with nature (outside and inside).

Favourite moment on the evening of a performance?
The concentration phase before the performance. This is the moment when it becomes clear whether I have planned well in advance, whether I will step on stage clearly and openly and whether I will be able to experience what my body-soul-spirit fabric will do with the character today. Relatively much of it can be planned and rehearsed, but it remains something that is quite unique in that it only happens today.

Events

    • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata

    Oper Fri 15.11.2024 | 19:30 | Opernhaus
    • Engelbert Humperdinck
    • Resume

    Knusper, knusper, knäuschen...

    Junge Oper Leipzig | Oper Thu 21.11.2024 | 11:00 | Konzertfoyer Opernhaus

    »Hänsel und Gretel« in einer Fassung für junges Publikum

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    Ticket exchange
    • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Knusper, knusper, knäuschen...

    Junge Oper Leipzig | Oper Tue 26.11.2024 | 11:00 | Konzertfoyer Opernhaus

    »Hänsel und Gretel« in einer Fassung für junges Publikum

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    Ticket exchange
    • Johann Christian Bach

    Amadis, der Ritter

    Oper Tue 03.12.2024 | 11:00 | Opernhaus

    Einführung 30 Min. vor Vorstellungsbeginn im Konzertfoyer.

    • Engelbert Humperdinck
    • Resume

    Hänsel und Gretel

    Junge Oper Leipzig | Oper Fri 13.12.2024 | 11:00 | Opernhaus
    • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hänsel und Gretel

    Junge Oper Leipzig | Oper Mon 16.12.2024 | 11:00 | Opernhaus
    • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hänsel und Gretel

    Junge Oper Leipzig | Oper Thu 26.12.2024 | 15:00 | Opernhaus
    • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hänsel und Gretel

    Junge Oper Leipzig | Oper Fri 27.12.2024 | 18:00 | Opernhaus
    • Albert Lortzing
    • Resume

    Zar und Zimmermann

    Musikalische Komödie Thu 16.01.2025 | 19:30 | Musikalische Komödie
    • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata

    Oper Sun 19.01.2025 | 17:00 | Opernhaus