Biografie

The bassist, Yorck Felix Speer, obtained his education in singing under Theoder Greß, Hanna Schwarz, and Alan Speer. He was a masterclass student of Brigitte Fassbaender and Andreas Schmidt and is an awardee of the Queen- Sonja- Music- Competition. Speer studied German and theology and, since 1996, works as a freelance concert singer with increasingly frequent engagements in opera as well.

Yorck Felix Speer worked with conductors, such as Ivor Bolton, Jan Willem de Vriend, Marc Minkowski, Thomas Hengelbrock, Hans- Christoph Rademann, Roger Norrington, Semyon Bychkov, Francois-Xavier Roth, Enoch zu Guttenberg, Philippe Herreweghe, Marek Janowski, Carlos Kalmar, Christoph Pregardien, Trevor Pinnock, Phillippe Herreweghe, Howard Griffith, Ebbe Munk, Charles Dutoit, Christopher Hogwood, Claus Peter Flor, Marcus Creed,  Markus Stenz, Christoph Spering, Helmuth Rilling and Ingo Metzmacher.

Engagements led him to renowned houses and festivals, such as the Théâtre de Champs-Elysées and Cité de la Musique Paris, Musikverein and Konzerthaus Vienna, Philharmonie and Konzerthaus Berlin, Mariinski-Theater, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Herkulessaal and Philharmonie am Gasteig Munich, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Semperoper Dresden, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Oper Köln, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Teatro Monumental Madrid, Palau de la Música Catalana Barcelona and Warsaw Philharmonic.
Furthermore, he has been a guest at the Schleswig- Holstein Musikfestival, Festival de Beaune, Rheingau Musik Festivals, Musikfestspiele Dresden, Festspiele Herrenchiemsee, Budapest Spring Festivals, Mozartfestes La Coruňa, Oregon Bach Festivals, Russian Easter Festivals, Beethovenfest Bonn and Bachfest Leipzig.

Opera highlights include, among others, König Marke/Tristan und Isolde at Nederlandse Reisopera Enschede, Daland/Der fliegende Holländer at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Reinmar von Zweter/Tannhäuser and Schreker‘s Die Gezeichneten at Cologne Opera, Hunding/Die Walküre and Baculus/Der Wildschütz, Bartolo/Le nozze di Figaro at Staatstheater Kassel, as well as Sarastro/Die Zauberflöte at Staatstheater Oldenburg.
In addition, he sang a concert version of Der Freischütz under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock, Mozart’s Requiem with the Bamberger Symphoniker in Passau and Bad Kissingen, as well as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Markus Poschner at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, as well as at Herrenchiemsee Festival, Faust-Scenes at Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival under the baton of Matthias Janz, and Bach’s St Matthew Passion in Munich.

In 2019/20 he’ll take over the roles of Baculus/Der Wildschütz and Sarastro/Die Zauberflöte at Staatstheater Kassel. Furthermore, he will sing Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 at Nederlandse Reisopera, and Mozart’s Requiem in Vienna, Linz and St. Pölten, as well as with Hansjörg Albrecht in Munich, Trient and Bozen.

Radio- and CD-productions document Speer’s career. Recent recordings include the role of Räuberhauptmann Roberto in Ferdinand Ries´ opera Die Räuberbraut as well as Wagner’s Das Liebesverbot under Kristjan Järvi with German radio stations WDR and MDR.                

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