Biography

Bassist Yorck Felix Speer received his vocal training from Hanna Schwarz, Brigitte Fassbaender and Andreas Schmidt, among others. He studied German and theology and has worked as a freelance singer since 1996. His extensive concert and opera repertoire ranges from Schütz, Buxtehude, Bach and Handel to Haydn, Mozart, Rossini, Beethoven and Brahms to the great bass roles in the Wagner repertoire.

Numerous engagements have taken him to renowned houses and festivals, where he has worked with conductors such as Ivor Bolton, Marc Minkowski, Thomas Hengelbrock, Roger Norrington, Semyon Bychkov, Francois-Xavier Roth, Enoch zu Guttenberg, Philippe Herreweghe, Marek Janowski, Trevor Pinnock and Kristjan Järvi.

He made his operatic debut as Sarastro in The Magic Flute, followed by engagements at the Opera Cologne in Schreker's Die Gezeichneten and Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde/Marke and Der fliegende Holländer/Daland in the Netherlands, Die Walküre/Hunding in the RING production in Kassel and Daland at Teatro Petruzzelli in Italy. 21/22 followed house debuts in new productions at the Zurich Opera House in Le nozze di Figaro/ Bartolo and at the St. Gallen Theatre as Sarastro in The Magic Flute.

The 22/23 season began with the revival of Le Nozze di Figaro at Zurich Opera House. Tour concerts with the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra and Schumann's rarely performed opera Genoveva were on the schedule, as well as the Verdi Requiem with the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz and the Bachchor Mainz conducted by Ralf Otto. He sang Sarastro in the The Magic Flute at the St. Gallen Theatre, and with Rocco in Fidelio and Fasolt in Rheingold. Further important role debuts followed, among others in the Netherlands and in Southeast Asia, in Singapore. Yorck Felix Speer was also a guest again with the Verdi Requiem at the Teatro Verdi in Florence.

With the start of the 23/24 season he is a member of the ensemble at the renowned Leipzig Opera, where he will be heard in important specialist roles in revivals and new productions such as Sarastro/ Zauberflöte, Hunding/Walküre, Komtur/ Don Giovanni, Orest/Elektra, Don Magnifico/ Cenerentola and Hobson/ Peter Grimes.

Radio and CD productions document his career, most recently recording Ferdinand Ries' opera Die Räuberbraut for WDR and Wagner's Das Liebesverbot under Kristjan Järvi for MDR.

Artist Website

www.felix-speer.de

Management


Artist Manager
 
 
 
 
Natascha van Randenborgh
Associate Director
natascha@orlob.net 
Mobil: +49-173-7 76 88 20

Repertoire

Repertoire Concert

Bach, J.S. Cantatas - selection
  Magnificat
  Mass in B minor
  St John Passion / Christus + Arias
  St Matthew Passion / Christus + Arias
Beethoven 9th Symphony
  Christus am Ölberge / Petrus
  Messe in C-Dur
  Missa Solemnis
Berlioz L'Enfance du Christ / Herode, Pere de famille
Bloch Avodath Hakodesh / Cantor (only Hebrew)
Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
Bruch Das Lied von der Glocke
Bruckner Messe in f-Moll
  Te Deum
Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri
Donizetti Messa da Requiem
  Messa di Gloria e Credo
Duruflé Requiem
Dvořák Stabat Mater
  Requiem
Elgar The Apostles / Judas
  The Dream of Gerontius / Priest, Angel of Agony
Fauré Requiem
Franck Les Beatitudes / Satan, l´Ange de la mort
Haydn Die Schöpfung / Raphael, Adam
  Die sieben letzten Worte des Erlösers am Kreuze
  Masses - Selection / i.a. Cäcilienmesse
Händel Israel in Egypt
  Jephta / Zebul
  L' Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
  Samson / Manoa
  Saul / Saul, Samuel
Mendelssohn Die erste Wallpurgisnacht / Priester ,Druiden-Wächter
Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine
Mozart Masses and sacred works - selection /     
 i.a  Mass in C minor
  Requiem
Puccini Messa di Gloria
Romberg Das Lied von der Glocke 
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle                                                (only in orchestral version)
  Stabat Mater
Schubert Masses
Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri
  Faustszenen - Mephistopheles, Böser Geist,  Pater Profundus
  Missa Sacra
  Requiem
Verdi Messa da Requiem
 

Repertoire Opera

Beethoven Fidelio Rocco
Lortzing Wildschütz Baculus
Mozart Die Enführung aus dem Serail Osmin
  Die Zauberflöte Sarastro
  Don Giovanni Il Commendatore
  Le nozze di Figaro Bartolo
    Figaro
Nicolai Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor Falstaff
Ries Die Räuberbraut Roberto
Schubert Genoveva Hidulfus
Wagner Der Fliegende Holländer Daland
  Parsifal Amfortas
  Tannhäuser Reinmar von Zweter
    Landgraf
  Tristan und Isolde König Marke
  Das Rheingold Fasolt
    Fafner
  Die Walküre Hunding
  Siegfried Fafner
  Götterdämmerung Hagen
Weber Der Freischütz  Eremit
    Kaspar

News

New ensemble member at the Oper Leipzig!
Our warmest congratulations!!! With the beginning of the 23/24 season, Yorck Felix Speer is a new member of the ensemble at the renowned Oper Leipzig. He will sing the first bass part in various new productions and revivals: Sarastro/Zauberflöte, Hunding/Walküre, Commendatore/ Don Giovanni, Orest/Elektra, Don Magnifico/Cenerentola, Hobson/ Peter Grimes ...:

Further information and performance dates can be found under: 

www.oper-leipzig.com 

Press

Elektra / Oper Leipzig / 30.04.2024 / ktmagazin.de


"der grossartige Bass Yorck Felix Speer, [...], singt natürlich vortrefflich"

Le nozze di Figaro / Opernhaus Zürich / 24.06.2022 / vn.at


" ....Yorck Felix Speer (sein Bartolo ist herrlich),...

Le nozze di Figaro / Opernhaus Zürich / 22.06.2022 / theblogartpost.it


"Tra comprimari, tutti di buon livello, si segnala l'ottimo Yorck Felix Speer"

Le nozze di Figaro / Opernhaus Zürich / 19.06.2022 / roccosound.ch


" die Arie mit Yorck Felix Spper als aufgeblasener Bartolo ist ein erster musikalischer Höhepunkt."

Le nozze di Figaro / Opernhaus Zürich / 19.06.2022 / oper-aktuell.info


"Yorck Felix Speer war der sich gerne grosskotzig gebende Bartolo - herrlich seine Vendetta-Arie"

Der Wildschütz / Staatstheater Kassel / 27.05.2019 / hna.de


"Stimmkraft und ein feines komödiantisches Timing" 

Die Walküre / Staatstheater Kassel / 28.04.2019 / deropernfreund.de


"Großartig, weil stahlklar, fokussiert" 
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