Biography / Timeline |
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| 1969 | born in Munich |
| 1989–1994 | Study at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich |
| 1993/94 | Caramello / Eine Nacht in Venedig in Regensburg |
| Mai 1994 | Tamino in a concert performance of Mozart's Zauberflöte in Munich (Prinzregententheater) |
| 1994–1996 | First engagement: Staatstheater Saarbrücken |
| April 1995 | Bach's Matthäus-Passion in Frankfurt (Alte Oper) |
| 1996 | World premiere of Bibalo's Die Glasmenagerie in Trier |
| 1997 | Die Zauberflöte in Würzburg; Romberg's The Student Prince at the Schlossfestspiele in Heidelberg; Szymanowski's Krol Roger in Stuttgart |
| 1998 | Così fan tutte in Milan (Piccolo Teatro di Milano); Jaquino / Fidelio and Almaviva / Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Stuttgart |
| 1999 | La clemenza di Tito in Klagenfurt; debut at the Salzburg Festival with Busoni's Doktor Faust |
| 2000 | Così fan tutte in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Wiesbaden; Alfredo / La Traviata in Stuttgart and Florestan in Paër's Leonora in Wintherthur |
| 2001 | Wilhelm Meister / Mignon in Toulouse; Cassio / Otello at the Lyric Opera in Chicago (USA debut) |
| 2002 | Die Zauberflöte and Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Monteverdi's Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria und Paisiello's Nina in Zürich; Berlioz’ La damnation de Faust in Brüssel (La Monnaie); concerts in Spoleto und Edinburgh; Florestan / Fidelio (concert performances at the Rheingau Musik Festival and the Beethovenfest in Bonn und in Stuttgart); Flamand / Capriccio in Turin |
| 2003 | La Traviata in Chicago; concerts in Tokio; La damnation de Faust in Genf; Entführung and Clemenza at the Salzburg festival; Zauberflöte in Berlin (Komische Oper) |
| 2004 | Fidelio und Faust in Zürich; Otello (Cassio) in Paris (Bastille); Freischütz und Capriccio at the Edinburgh Festival; debut at the Royal Opera House in London with Puccini's La rondine |
| 2005 | Verdi's Falstaff and Rigoletto, Mozart's Clemenza and Così, Schubert's Fierrabras in Zürich; Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in Cleveland; Humperdinck's Königskinder in Montpellier |
| 2006 | Debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York (Alfredo / La Traviata); Mahler's Lied von der Erde at the Philharmonie in Berlin; Fierrabras in Paris (Châtelet); Parsifal in Zürich; Die verkaufte Braut in Frankfurt; Zauberflöte in Wien (Staatsoper); concert performance of Wagner's Meistersinger at the Edinburgh Festival; Zauberflöte at the Met; Don José / Carmen at the ROH |
| 2007 | La Traviata in Zürich, Paris (Garnier) and at La Scala; Königskinder and La Bohème in Zürich; first Solo albums: Richard Strauss Lieder and Romantic Arias |
| 2008 | La Bohème in Berlin (Staatsoper), La Traviata in London and at the Met; Carmen in Zürich; Tosca in London; Manon in Chicago; Fidelio in Paris (Garnier) |
| 2009 | Solo album Sehnsucht; Tosca in Zürich and Wien; Manon in Wien; Lohengrin at the opera festival in Munich; CD release Die Schöne Müllerin; Don Carlo in London; Verdi-Requiem in Paris (Pleyel) and at La Scala; inaugurazione at La Scala: Carmen |
| 2010 | Werther in Paris (Bastille); Tosca and Carmen at the Met and in München; Bayreuth debut (new production of Lohengrin); Fidelio in Luzern and München; Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur in Berlin (Deutsche Oper) and London |
| 2011 | Carmen in München; Tosca at La Scala; Siegmund / Die Walküre, Faust and solo recital at the Met; Tosca in London (ROH); concerts with Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott in München (Königsplatz), Wien (Stadthalle) and Berlin (Waldbühne) |
| 2012 | Don Carlo in München; Faust in Wien; Konzerttournee with Andris Nelsons in Birmingham, Paris (TCE), München (Philharmonie), Wien (Musikverein); Carmen, Ariadne auf Naxos and La Bohème at the Salzburg Festival; Verdi Requiem in Salzburg, at La Scala and in Luzern; inaugurazione at La Scala: Lohengrin |
| 2013 | Parsifal at the Met; CD release Wagner album; Wagner concert in Dresden (Semperoper); Don Carlo in London, München and at the Salzburg Festival; La fanciulla del West in Wien; CD release Verdi album; Il trovatore and La forza del destino in München |
| 2014 | CD release Winterreise; Werther at the Met; European recital tour with Winterreise and songs of Mahler, Wagner und Strauss; CD release Du bist die Welt für mich; Manon Lescaut in London and München |
| 2015 | Andrea Chénier in London; double debut Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci at the Salzburg Easter Festival; concert tout Du bist die Welt für mich; Japan tour with songs of Schumann, Wagner and Liszt; open air concert with Anna Netrebko in München (Königsplatz); Puccini concert at La Scala; Carmen in Orange; Fidelio at the Salzburg Festival; Aida in München; Soloist in the Last Night of the Proms; Berlioz’ Damnation de Faust in Paris |
| 2016 |
Tosca in Wien and München, stage debut Walther / Die Meistersinger in München, Mahler's Lied von der Erde (both parts) in Wien (Musikverein) and Paris (TCE); South America Tour. |
| 2017 | Lohengrin in Paris; Recital and Wagner Concert at the Barbican Centre in London; Andrea Chenier in Munich; Tosca in Vienna; Recital at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg (debut); Otello at the ROH (role debut): La Forza del Destino in Munich; Don Carlos (original version) in Paris; Asia Tour (Taipei, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai). |
| 2018 | Concerts in Japan, Santa Monica and New York; Tour "Italienisches Liederbuch" (Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Paris, Budapest, Barcelona u. a.); Andrea Chenier in Barcelona and Vienna; Tristan (Act 2 concertante) in Boston and New York; Vier Letzte Lieder in London; LIfe Ball in Vienna; Concerts at the Waldbühne Berlin and the Schleswig Holstein Festival, in Madrid and Peralada; Walküre and Parsifal in Munich (Opernfestspiele); Recitals in Moskau, Milano (Scala), Vienna, Paris and Bordeaux; La Fanciulla del West at the Met; new production of Otello in Munich. |
| 2019 | Tour "Lied von der Erde" (Munich, Nuremberg, Hamburg, Lucerne, Dornach, Baden-Baden); Concerts with works from the CD "L'Opéra" in Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Hanover; Fidelio at the Bayerische Staatsoper; La Forza del destino at the Royal Opera House in London. |
| 2020 | Tour "Mein Wien" (Munich, Budapest, Stuttgart, Berlin, Paris, Hamburg, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Lucerne, Baden-Baden); Fidelio at the Royal Opera House; Monday Concerts at the Bayerische Staatsoper; Met Stars Live in Concert; Aida on the Piazza del Plebiscito at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli; Recitals at the Theater im Park in Vienna, the Grafenegg Music Festival and the Bayerische Staatsoper; Inauguration concert for the Eiffel Art Studios in Budapest; Orchestra Concert at the Festival Ljbuljana; |
Awards (selection) |
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| 2007 | Gramophone Award (CD Strauss Lieder) |
| 2008 | Diapason d’or (CD Romantic Arias) Qobus/Classica: Le meilleur disque de 2008 (CD Romantic Arias) |
| 2009 |
Singer of the Year (Opernwelt) |
| 2010 |
ECHO Klassik: Singer of the Year (CD Sehnsucht) |
| 2011 |
Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres |
| 2012 |
Vocalist of the Year (Musical America, CD Verismo Arias) |
| 2013 |
Recording of the Year (Limelight Magazine, Wagner Album) |
| 2014 |
Goldene Schallplatte (Verdi Album) |
| 2015 | ECHO Klassik: Singer of the year (CD Du bist die Welt für mich) International Opera Award Premio Puccini 2015 |
| 2016 |
Bundesverdienstkreuz |
| 2017 | ECHO Klassik: Bestseller of the year (CD Dolce Vita); Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Stockholm, International Membership |
| 2018 |
Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres |
| 2019 |
"Meistersinger"-Medal from the "Friends of the Nationaltheater e.V." Munich |
| 2020 |
Royal College of Music, London, Honorary Award for service to music |