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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 the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, at the BBC Proms 2013 in London and the 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 the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, each under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, Götterdämmerung at the Dresden Semperoper with Christian Thielemann at the conductor’s stand, Tannhäuser at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Apollo/Daphne and Lohengrin under Simone Young, and Max/Der Freischütz under Tomáš Netopil at the Vienna State Opera, Parsifal and Tristan at the Opéra Bastille, Siegfried in the Ring cycle at the State Opera Hamburg under Kent Nagano, and on the occasion of his debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York under Philippe Jordan, as well as Parsifal at the 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 the Carnegie Hall, the New Year’s concert at the Dresden Semperoper, Gurrelieder at the 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 the Philharmonie am Gasteig and the Elbphilharmonie, Mahler’s Symphony No 8 with Riccardo Chailly in Lucerne, as well as Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 with the Rundfunksinfonieorchester Berlin led by Marek Janowski at Berlin’s Konzerthaus.

Highlights of the past seasons include Bacchus/Ariadne auf Naxos, Parsifal and Siegfried at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Kaiser/ Die Frau ohne Schatten, Siegmund/ Die Walküre*, Florestan/ Fidelio* as well as Max/ Der Freischütz*, Tamino/ Die Zauberflöte, Siegmund and the title role of Tristan and Isolde at the Vienna State Opera. Furthermore he sang at the Tokyo Spring Festival and the Bayreuth Festival in 2020* and 2023.

In the 2023/24 season, Andreas Schager returned to the Berlin and Vienna State Opera before singing a series of performances of Tannhäuser at the Metropolitan Opera New York. He also made his debut as Otello at the Wiesbaden State Theatre, a role he later also sang at the Vienna State Opera. His season ended with the Bayreuth Festival 2024, where he sang the title role in a new production of ‘Tristan und Isolde’.

In the current 24/25 season, Andreas Schager will perform Mahler's ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ together with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Andris Nelsons and the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Edward Gardner.
He begins the season at his home theatre in Berlin as the Emperor in Strauss' “Frau ohne Schatten”.
This will be followed by a new production of Strauss' “Liebe der Danae” at the Bavarian State Opera, and at the Vienna State Opera he will take on Siegmund and Siegfriede in performances of the Ring under the direction of Philippe Jordan before singing Tristan and Parsifal again at the Bayreuth Festival.

*cancelled due to Covid 19 pandemic

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Artist Website

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Management

General Management

Artist Manager

Boris Orlob
Managing Director
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Repertoire

Repertoire Concert

Beethoven	Symphony no. 9
Mahler	Das Lied von der Erde
	Symphony no. 8
Schönberg	Gurre-Lieder

Repertoire Opera

Beethoven	Fidelio	Florestan
Mozart	Die Zauberflöte	Tamino
Strauss, R.	Ariadne auf Naxos	Bacchus
	Daphne	Apollo
	Die ägyptische Helena	Menelas
	Die Frau ohne Schatten	Kaiser
Wagner	Tristan und Isolde	Tristan
	Die Walküre	Siegmund
	Siegfried	Siegfried
	Götterdämmerung	Siegfried
	Parsifal	Parsifal
	Lohengrin	Lohengrin
	Tannhäuser	Tannhäuser
	Rienzi	Rienzi
	Der fliegende Holländer	Erik
Weber	Der Freischütz	Max

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News

Walküre concertante at the Staatsoper and Philharmonie

On the 25th of November, Andreas Schager can be heard alongside Anja Kampe and René Pape as Siegmund in the first act of "Die Walküre" at the Staatsoper Berlin. Philippe Jordan will conduct in place of Daniel Barenboim, who is unfortunately ill. The same programme can be heard the following day in the Berlin Philharmonie.

Gurre-Lieder zum Geburtstag!

After a successful festival summer, Andreas Schager will kick off his new season at Milan's La Scala with Waldemar in Arnold Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder in a series of concerts from 13 September 2024 (further concerts on 16.09 & 17.09). The concert will take place on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Schönberg's birth and will be conducted by the music director of La Scala, Riccardo Chailly. Also taking part are Camilla Nylund as Tove, Okka von der Damerau as Waldtaube, Michael Volle as Bauer and Sprecher and Norbert Ernst as Klaus Narr.
By the way, Andreas Schager himself is also celebrating his birthday on 14 September.
Happy birthday Andreas!

The performance on 17.09.2024 can be followed live via LaScala.tv.
Further information can be found here:

www.teatroallascala.org

Double mission on the Green Hill

Visitors to this year's Bayreuth Festival can look forward to a special highlight: frequent guest Andreas Schager will not only be seen in the leading role in "Tristan und Isolde", but also in the leading role in "Parsifal". From July 25, 2024, the tenor will embody Tristan under the musical direction of Semyon Bychkov and the direction of Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson. The cast also includes Camilla Nylund as Isolde, Ekaterina Gubanova as Brangäne, Günther Groissböck as Marke, Olafur Sigurdarson as Kurwenal and Lawson Anderson as Steuermann.
The revival of "Parsifal" will then follow on July 27, 2024. Pablo Heras-Casado will be the musical director, while Jay Scheib will be directing. In addition to Andreas Schager as Parsifal, Betsy Horne and Flurina Stucki from BOM Management complete the outstanding cast.

Further information and performance dates can be found here:
br-klassik.de

Off to the Wagner Olympics!

Also this year, Bayreuth audiences can look forward to Mika Kares who will once again sing the role of Hagen (Götterdämmerung) in the revival of the RING, this time under the musical direction of Simone Young. Among others, he will be joined by Alexandra Ionis, who is making her Bayreuth debut this summer and can be heard for the first time as 2nd Norn in Götterdämmerung and Siegrune in Die Walküre.
Performance dates: 29.7. (Die Walküre), 2.8. (Götterdämmerung), 21.8. (Die Walküre), 25.8. (Götterdämmerung).

In addition to the above mentioned roles, Alexandra Ionis will also be on stage as Mary in this year's children's opera Der Fliegende Holländer: 25/26/27/28/30/31 July & 01/02/03 August 2024

Another festival debutant is soprano Flurina Stucki, who can be seen and heard as Hirt in Tannhäuser (Tobias Kratzer/Nathalie Stutzmann) from July 26th and as Flower Maiden in Parsifal (Jay Scheib/Pablo Heras-Casado) from July 27th. Alongside Andreas Schager in the title role, Betsy Horne is again cast as Flower Maiden and 1st Squire.