Biography
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FACH – Baritone
TRAINED – Hochschule für Musik und Theater »Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy« Leipzig; Conservatory of Music San Francisco; Accademia Teatro alla Scala
IMPORTANT CONDUCTORS – Sir Donald Runnicles, John Fiore, Ádám Fischer, Matthias Foremny, Ivan Repušić, Michele Spotti, Paolo Carignani, Ulf Schirmer, Marc Albrecht, Giacomo Sagripanti
IMPORTANT DIRECTORS – Jossi Wieler, Sergio Morabito, Stefan Herheim, Tobias Kratzer, Rolando Villazón, Christof Loy, Ersan Mondtag, David Hermann, Graham Vick, Peter Stein
ENSEMBLE ENGAGEMENT – Ensemble member at Deutsche Oper Berlin since 2017/18
GUEST – Teatro alla Scala, Ópera de Tenerife, Staatsoper Hannover, Semperoper Dresden, Musikalische Komödie Leipzig, Cuvilliés Theatre Munich
IMPORTANT PARTS – Dr. Falke in »Die Fledermaus«, Papageno in »Die Zauberflöte«, Schaunard in »La bohème«, Don Fernando in »Fidelio«, Don Estoban in »Der Zwerg«, Barone di Trombonok in »Il viaggio a Reims«, Hofkapellmeister Robert Storch in »Intermezzo«, Figaro in »Il barbiere di Siviglia«, Jaroslav Prus in »Věc Makropulos«, Sixtus Beckmesser in »Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg«, Tsar in »Zar und Zimmermann«, Fra Melitone in »La forza del destino«
AWARDS / HONOURS – Prize winner at the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang; sponsorship award of the Walter and Charlotte Hamel Foundation; scholarship holder of the Richard Wagner Association Leipzig; scholarship holder of the Heidelberger Frühling Lied Academy