Artists

Born in Augsburg, first studied violin and music theatre directing, and after studying singing with Martin Gründler in Frankfurt, received his first opera engagements in Dortmund, Hanover and at the Frankfurt Opera. He has developed into one of the leading cavalier and character baritone players of his generation. Guest productions regularly take him to the major stages such as the Salzburg, Bayreuth, Bregenz, Glyndebourne and Lucerne Festivals or the opera houses in London, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Zurich and Geneva, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, San Francisco or New York. The baritone regularly devotes himself to concert singing, giving recitals and oratorio concerts. In 1997 his composition, the chamber opera Der Wurm was awarded a prize and premiered at the composition competition in Berlin. Since 2016 his latest composition Lieder um Liebe has received many performances at home and abroad.