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Biography

The Munich born and raised tenor Vincent Wolfsteiner studied at New England Conservatory with William Cotton and made his debut as Rodolfo/La Bohème at Grantite State Opera, followed by engagements including roles, such as Don José/Carmen, Turiddu/Cavalleria rusticana, Coraddo/Il Corsaro and Canio/Pagliacci in Massachussets, New York, Florida and New Hampshire.

He started his european career as member of the ensemble at Volkstheater Rostock, later adding guestings at State Opera Hannover, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, as well as the Opera Festival Heidenheim. At these institutions he took on roles like Siegmund/Die Walküre, Florestan/Fidelio, Aegisth/Elektra, Bacchus/Ariadne auf Naxos, Geharnischter/Die Zauberflöte, Piccolomini in Weinberger’s Wallenstein, Officer in Hindemith’s Cardillac, as well as Carlo Santos in Weill’s Der Kuhhandel.

Following two seasons (2012-14) as a permanent member of the ensemble at Staatstheater Nuremberg, Vincent Wolfsteiner became a member of the ensemble at Opera Frankfurt, debuting in the title role of Verdi’s Otello. Since then, he performed all major tenor roles in Wagner’s Ring cycle, the title roles Tristan und Isolde, Lohengrin, Peter Grimes and Andrea Chénier, Erik/Der fliegende Holländer, Calaf/Turandot and the title role in Tristan in a new production under the direction of Sebastian Weigle.

Vincent Wolfsteiner is also active as a concert singer. His repertoire includes key works, such as Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony No 9, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Schumann’s Faust Szenen, Schönberg`s Gurrelieder as well as Mahler’s Symphony No 8 and Das Lied von der Erde.

Vincent Wolfsteiner collaborated with conductors like Daniel Barenboim, Thomas Guggeis, Sebastian Weigle, Constantin Trinks, Cornelius Meister, Jakub Hrůša, Henrik Nánási, Cristian Mandeal, Stefan Blunier, Lothar Zagrosek and Steven Sloane, as well as with directors like Christof Loy, Keith Warner, Barrie Kosky, Calixto Bieito, Claus Guth and Frank Hilbrich.

Among the highlights of recent years are his debuts as Herodes/Salome at the Staatsoper Wien, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, and Lohengrin at the Tokyo Spring Festival. Additionally, he returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper with Penderecki's "The Devil of Loudon" and was also heard as Tannhäuser at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Sergei/Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Staatsoper Hamburg, Siegmund and Siegfried in concert version with Marek Janowski and the Dresden Philharmonic, as well as both Siegfrieds in Erl in a new production by Brigitte Fassbaender.

In the 2023/24 season, he was heard as the Emperor in Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Opéra de Lyon. Furthermore he returned to Tokyo, where he sang at a Wagner Gala. He also participated in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Staatsoper Hamburg, where he took on the role of Sergej.

In the current season, the tenor is looking forward to the role of Paul in Korngold's ‘Die tote Stadt’ at Bergen National Opera under the direction of Eivind Gullberg Jensen.
He will later sing Pollux in Die Liebe Der Danae at the Bayerische Staatsoper under Sebastian Weigle.

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Repertoire

Repertoire Opera

Beethoven	Fidelio	Florestan
Berg	Wozzeck	Tambourmajor
Britten	Peter Grimes	Peter Grimes
Giordano	Andrea Chénier	Andrea Chénier
Hindemith	Cardillac	Offizier
Janacek	Jenufa	Laca
Krenek	Der Diktator	Der Offizier
Leoncavallo	I Pagliacci	Canio
Mozart	Die Zauberflöte	1. Geharnischter
Prokofiev	The Love for Three Oranges	Prince
Puccini	Il Tabarro	Luigi
	La Bohème	Rodolfo
	Manon Lescaut	Des Grieux
	Turandot	Calaf
Strauß, J.	Wiener Blut	Graf Zedlau
Strauss, R.	Ariadne auf Naxos	Tenor/Bacchus
	Elektra	Aegisth
Verdi	Otello	Otello
	Stiffelio	Raffaele
Wagner	Das Rheingold	Loge
	Der fliegende Holländer	Erik
	Die Walküre	Siegmund
	Götterdämmerung	Siegfried
	Lohengrin	Lohengrin
	Siegfried	Siegfried
	Tristan und Isolde	Tristan
Weber	Der Freischütz	Max
Weill	Der Kuhhandel	Juan Santos
Weinberger	Wallenstein	Max Piccolomini

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News

Double hero power for Danae

Munich's audience can look forward to ‘great orchestra and great sounds’, as The Love of Danae will be performed at the Bayerische Staatsoper from 7th of February 2025 with Andreas Schager in the role of King Midas and Vincent Wolfsteiner in the role of Pollux. Under the direction of Sebastian Weigle and staged by Claus Guth, the work, which was last restaged at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 1988, will be revived in six further performances.

Further information and performance dates can be found at:
www.staatsoper.de

With Korngold in the far north!

Vincent Wolfsteiner is starting the new opera season at full steam ahead. From November 2nd 2024, he will be appearing as Paul in Erich Wolfgang Korngold's masterpiece Die tote Stadt at Bergen National Opera. The new production under the musical direction of Eivind Gullberg Jensen and directed by the acclaimed Calixto Bieito promises to be a special highlight of the season.
Wolfsteiner is joined by renowned colleagues such as Nadja Stefanoff in the challenging double role of Marie and Marietta and Günter Papendell in the double role of Frank and Fritz.

Further performance dates: 04/06/08 November 2024

Further information can be found here:
www.bno.no

Welcomed guest at the Spring Festival in Tokyo

Great tasks await Vincent Wolfsteiner at this years Spring Festival in Tokyo, where he will be a guest once again.
Together with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marek Janowski and alongside Markus Eiche and Elena Pankratova, he will be performing the roles of Loge, Siegmund and Siegfried in various excerpts from the Ring.
Later in the festival, Vincent Wolfsteiner will perform Bruckner's Mass in F minor, in which he will take on the tenor role under the direction of Lothar Koenigs and alongside soloists Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Okka von der Damerau and Ain Anger, accompanied by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
After his return, one can look forward to captivating performances at the Staatsoper Hamburg, where Vincent Wolfsteiner will take on the role of Zinovij in a revival of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk under the direction of Kent Nagano from May the 12th 2024.

Two pillars in INO's new Salome

Get ready for a thriller when Strauss’ action-packed opera shocker comes to Ireland!
Freshly staged by Bruno Ravella and conducted by Fergus Sheil, Irish National Opera’s "Salome" can first be experienced in a concert performance on March 3rd, 2024 at the Wexford National Opera House, followed by three further staged performances at Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on March 12/14/16.

Embodying the main roles are two experts in the task; Vincent Wolfsteiner as the lustful king Herodes, and Tómas Tómasson as the condemned prophet Jochanaan. The title role is sung by Sinéad Campbell Wallace.