Biography

Following his studies at the University for Music in Vienna, Andreas Schager started his career singing operetta and lyrical roles in the operas by Mozart before switching to the Helden roles in the works by Wagner and Strauss.  

In summer 2009, he made his highly regarded debut at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl as David in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, followed by engagements as Florestan/Fidelio, Max/Der Freischütz, Rienzi, Tristan, and Siegfried in both Götterdämmerung and Siegfried at small and middle-sized houses.
His appearances as Siegfried/Götterdämmerung at Staatsoper Unter den Berlin, at BBC Proms 2013 in London, and at Teatro alla Scala each under the baton of Daniel Barenboim resulted in his international breakthrough.

Nowadays, Andreas Schager has established himself as the leading Heldentenor performing at the most renowned houses and festivals worldwide including the Metropolitan Opera New York, Opéra de Bastille Paris, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera Munich, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, State Opera Hamburg, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Real Madrid, opera houses in Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Wiesbaden, as well as the Bayreuth Festival, where he has worked with conductors, such as, Philippe Jordan, Daniel Barenboim, Christian Thielemann, Valery Gergiev, Simone Young, Daniele Gatti, Franz Welser-Möst, and Riccardo Chailly.

Past highlights include Fidelio, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, each under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, Götterdämmerung at Semperoper Dresden with Christian Thielemann at the conductor’s stand, Tannhäuser at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Apollo/Daphne and Lohengrin under Simone Young, and Max/Der Freischütz under Tomáš Netopil at Vienna State Opera, Parsifal and Tristan at Opéra Bastille, Siegfried in the Ring cycle at State Opera Hamburg under Kent Nagano, and on the occasion of his debut at Metropolitan Opera New York under Philippe Jordan, as well as Parsifal at Bayreuth Festival.

In addition to his outstanding operatic success, Andreas Schager is also active as a concert singer. Highlights of the past years include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst in Cleveland and at Carnegie Hall, the New Year’s concert at Semperoper Dresden, Gurrelieder at Philharmonie de Paris and Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 at Vienna’s Concert House with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, both under Philippe Jordan, Das Lied von der Erde under Valery Gergiev at Philharmonie am Gasteig and Elbphilharmonie Mahler’s Symphony No 8 with Riccardo Chailly in Lucerne, as well as Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 with the Rundunksinfonieorchester Berlin led by Marek Janowski at Berlin’s Konzerthaus.

Upcoming engagements include i.a. Siegfried/Ring at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin with Daniel Barenboim at the conductor’s stand, Kaiser/Die Frau ohne Schatten under Christian Thielemann, Siegmund/Die Walküre, Florestan/Fidelio, as well as Max/Der Freischütz and Tamino/Die Zauberflöte at Vienna State Opera, Menelas in the new production Die ägyptische Helena under Franz Welser-Möst at Teatro alla Scala, Fidelio at Zurich Opera, as well as Tristan in Wiesbaden and at Tokyo Spring Festival.

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