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Biography

Moritz Kallenberg received his vocal training at the Musikhochschule Freiburg under Reginaldo Pinheiro, as well as at the Conservatorio L.Cherubini in Florence.

His musical education is rounded off by master classes with Brigitte Fassbaender, Margaret Honig and Ulrike Härter.
A multiple prize-winner, including the 2016 Federal Singing Competition, the Carl Seemann Prize and as a scholarship holder of the Helene Rosenberg Foundation, he was already a soloist at the Berlin Philharmonic Easter Festival in Baden-Baden during his studies, where he performed under Sir Simon Rattle in Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier. He made his role debut as Don Ottavio in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at the Franz Liszt Academy Budapest. This was followed by debuts at the Stadttheater Freiburg and the Staatsoperette Dresden.

After two years at the International Opera Studio of the Stuttgart State Opera, Moritz Kallenberg has been a permanent ensemble member in Stuttgart since the 2019/20 season, where he quickly attracted attention with important roles such as Count Hohenzollern (Der Prinz von Homburg/ Hans Werner Henze).

He also sang Belfiore in Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera as part of a European tour with Les arts florissants under the direction of William Christie at the Theater an der Wien, Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles and the Théâtre Graslin in Nantes. Another debut was at the Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg as the Knight of the Grail in Richard Wagner's Parsifal.

As a sought-after concert and oratorio singer, Moritz Kallenberg has already appeared as the Evangelist in Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" conducted by Ruben Jais in Milan with the Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano. He has also been involved in performances of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 conducted by Krzysztof Urbański and Tomáš Netopil, as well as Mendelssohn's "Lobgesang," at the Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari. He sang Mozart Requiem at the Konzerthaus Berlin, and he has been heard in Berlioz's "L'enfance du Christ" under the direction of Francois Xavier-Roth with the Gürzenich-Orchester in Cologne's famous Cathedral.

In the 21/22 season, Moritz Kallenberg returned to the Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg for the French premiere of H. Abraham's "The Snow Queen." He also took part in the 44th International Handel Festival in Karlsruhe, where he appeared on stage in a new production of "Hercules" as Hyllus, conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen and directed by Floris Visser. With Les arts florissants under William Christie, he performed cantatas and the Magnificat at the Bach Festival with concerts at the Philharmonie Paris and the Gewandhaus Leipzig.

He also made his debut at his home theatre in Stuttgart with important roles such as in the haute-contre tenor part of Thespis and the Mercure in J.P. Rameau's Platée in Calixto Bieito's legendary production conducted by Stefano Montanari, followed by his Oronte in Handel's Alcina, conducted by Christopher Moulds and directed by the duo Jossi Wieler/ Sergio Morabito. He was also Froh in the new Stuttgart RING production conducted by Cornelius Meister and directed by Stephan Kimmig. At the end of the season he also appeared there as the title character in a new production of Monteverdi's Orfeo under Killian Farrell and directed by Marco Štorman.

In the 22/23 season, in addition to many international concert tours including Haydn's Seasons with Les arts florissants under William Christie and concerts with Beethoven 9 in Milan and Lucerne, he was once again heard with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano conducted by Thomas Guggeis.

On the opera stage he sang in the productions of Platée /Thespis and Mercure , Froh/ Rheingold in Stuttgart, Hyllus/Hercules in Karlsruhe, Belfiore/ Finta Giardiniera in Essen, furthermore he sang the Evangelist in the Stuttgart premieres in the scenic St. John Passion under Diego Fasolis and in Olivier Messiaen's Saint Francois D'Assise under Titus Engel.

He also made his house debut at Semperoper Dresden in the revival of "Platée" conducted by Paul Agnew and directed by Rolando Villazón.

The new 23/24 season began with Britten's Horn Serenade under Malin Broman and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra in Kokkola, Finland. He then toured Europe with Les arts
florissants and William Christie with Handel's Ariodante and later travelled to Asia with the St John Passion. Under Diego Fasolis he sang the Evangelist in the St John Passion in Lugano with the I Barochisti and the RSI choir and again under Gaetan Jarry, the Tölzer Knabenchor and the Orchestre de L'Opéra Royal in Versailles with a subsequent CD production. He also sang the Evangelist in the St Matthew Passion with the Basel Bach- Choir in Basel.

In Stuttgart, he took part in the world premiere of the hybrid operetta Hotel Savoy with the Austrian Musicbanda Franui and made his successful role debut as Loge under Marek Janowski in the Stuttgart Ring.

The 24/25 season includes another important role debut, he will sing Narraboth in Salomé under Tomáš Hanus and the direction of Kirill Serebrennikov at the WA in Stuttgart. The new production of the revue operetta Casanova (Strauss/Benatzky) under Cornelius Meister and directed by Marco Štorman will follow in December. At the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, he will take part in the new production of Britten's The Rape of Lucretia as Male Chorus conducted by Jordi Bernàcer and directed by Yannis Kokkos and at the end of the season he will sing in Mozart's Zaide in a new production of the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele and the Staatsoper Stuttgart under the musical direction of Vlad Iftinca and directed by Jessica Glause. His concert programme includes the Messiah at the Stuttgart Liederhalle, the St John Passion at the Philharmonie Berlin, the Mass in B minor at St Martin's Church in Basel and he will also be performing Handel's Israel in Egypt at the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad with Les arts florissants under the direction of William Christie.

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Artist Website

www.moritzkallenberg.com

Management

General Management

Artist Manager

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

Repertoire

Repertoire Concert

Bach	Johannespassion - Arien und Evangelist
	Kantate BVW 36
	Magnificat
	Matthäuspassion - Evangelist
	Weihnachtsoratorium (1+3)
Beethoven	Symphony No. 9
Berlioz	L'enfance du Christ
Britten	Serenade for Tenore and Horn
Händel	Coronation anthem - Zadok the Priest
	Dettinger Te Deum
	Te Deum HWV 280
	Hercules - Hyllus
Haydn	Die Jahreszeiten
	Schöpfungsmesse
Mendelssohn	Lobgesang
Telemann	Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu
Zelenka	Te Deum

Repertoire Opera

Abrahamsen	Snedronningen	Prince
Britten	The Rape of Lucretia	Male Chorus
Händel	Alcina	Oronte
	Ariodante	Odoardo
	Hercules	Hyllys
Henze	Der Prinz von Homburg	Graf Hohenzollern
Messiaen	Saint François d'Assise	Le Lépreux
Monteverdi	L'Orfeo	Orfeo
Mozart	Die Zauberflöte	1. Geharnischter
	Don Giovanni	Don Ottavio
	La finta giardiniera	Belfiore
Rameau	Platée	Mercure
		Thespis
Wagner	Das Rheingold	Froh
		Loge
	Parsifal	Gralsritter

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News

Berlin, Basel, Bari - through Europe with Kallenberg

Moritz Kallenberg starts the Passion season with three engagements in Berlin, Basel and Bari. On 16 March 2025, he will perform the Evangelist and arias in the St John Passion at the Berlin Philharmonie under the direction of Jörg-Peter Weigle, followed by the Mass in B minor with the Basel Bach Choir on 29 March 2025 and 30 March 2025. And in April, he will sing the Male Chorus in Benjamin Britten's Rape of Lucretia at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari under the direction of Jordi Bernàcer:
fondazionepetruzzelli.it

Happy New Year with Johann Strauss!

Flurina Stucki celebrates the New Year as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus at the Semperoper Dresden - Moritz Kallenberg as Hohenfels in the new production of Casanova at the Staatsoper Stuttgart.

No smoke without fire - Loge in Stutgart

After many concerts during Passiontide, new challenges await Moritz Kallenberg on the opera stage. On 20 April 2024, he will make his role debut as Loge in Wagner's Rheingold at the Staatsoper Stuttgart. Marek Janowski will be the musical director for the revival.

Further performance dates:
20. / 27. Apri, 07. / 25. May, 10. / 13. June
www.staatsoper-stuttgart.de

Passion with Bach's works in Lugano, Basel and Versailles

On 10 March 2024, Moritz Kallenberg will start this year's Passion season in Lugano. With I Barocchisti, the Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera and Diego Fasolis, he will sing the Evangelist in the St Matthew Passion, and the following weekend he will perform the Evangelist and arias again in the St Matthew Passion with the Basel Bach Choir in St Martin's Church, the most important concert church in Basel.

During the Easter weekend, the St John Passion is then scheduled under the direction of Gaétan Jarry with the Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, the Tölzer Knabenchor and under the direction of Gaétan Jarry.
The concerts will take place in the Chapelle Royal in Versailles and will be followed by a CD production:
www.operaroyal-versailles.fr/...

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