Andreas Schager
Andreas Schager is one of the world’s leading heldentenors of the present day. His regular engagements take him to the most prestigious opera houses and major festivals around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Opéra de Bastille, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper München, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Dresdner Semperoper, Staatsoper Hamburg, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Real Madrid, the opera houses in Frankfurt, Leipzig and Wiesbaden, as well as the Bayreuther Festspiele. He regularly works with outstanding conductors including Philippe Jordan, Daniel Barenboim, Christian Thielemann, Valery Gergiev, Simone Young, Daniele Gatti, Franz Welser-Möst, Sir Donald Runnicles, Tomáš Netopil, Kent Nagano, Riccardo Chailly, Andris Nelsons, Marek Janowski and Sebastian Weigle.
In the 2026/27 season, the artistic focus is on Calixto Bieito’s new Ring production at the Opéra National de Paris, where he will appear as Siegfried (Siegfried / Götterdämmerung), as well as Tristan at the Wiener Staatsoper and Oper Leipzig, and the title role in Tannhäuser at Teatro Real in Madrid. In the concert field, he will perform Gustav Mahler’s 8. Sinfonie with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Gustavo Gimeno and give a song recital at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest.
His extensive repertoire includes the major Wagner roles, including Tristan in Tristan und Isolde (Wiener Staatsoper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Opéra national de Paris, Opéra de Monte-Carlo) and Parsifal (Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Opéra Bastille), the two Siegfried roles in Ring der Nibelungen (Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper, Staatsoper Hamburg, Metropolitan Opera New York), Tannhäuser (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Metropolitan Opera New York) as well as in Götterdämmerung (Metropolitan Opera New York). Another pillar of his repertoire is the major Richard Strauss roles, including Der Kaiser (Die Frau ohne Schatten) at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin and Wiener Staatsoper, Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Midas (Die Liebe der Danae) at Bayerische Staatsoper. He has also sung Apollo (Daphne) at Wiener Staatsoper and Menelas (Die ägyptische Helena) at Teatro alla Scala. In addition, he has performed the title role of Otello (Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Wiener Staatsoper), Max (Der Freischütz) at Wiener Staatsoper and Florestan (Fidelio) at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin.
Engagements in the past 2025/26 season included the role of Siegfried in Götterdämmerung and Siegfried (Opéra National de Paris, Royal Opera House London, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper). The season concluded with the roles of Rienzi (Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen) and Parsifal (Parsifal) at the Bayreuther Festspiele 2026. Andreas Schager is a regular and highly regarded guest at the Bayreuther Festspiele, where he has established a reputation as a heldentenor in the roles of Wagner’s great operas. Alongside his work in Bayreuth, he is also an internationally sought-after concert artist. Highlights of recent seasons include performances at Carnegie Hall, Philharmonie de Paris, Wiener Konzerthaus and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. Andreas Schager holds the honorary title of Österreichischer Kammersänger.