Biography
Moritz Kallenberg received his vocal training at the Musikhochschule Freiburg with Reginaldo Pinheiro, as well as at the Conservatorio L. Cherubini in Florence. His musical education is completed with masterclasses with Brigitte Fassbaender, Margaret Honig and Ulrike Haerter.A multiple award winner, with amongst others at the Federal Singing Competition 2016, the Carl-Seemann Prize as well as a scholarship holder of the Helene Rosenberg Foundation.
He appeared in Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier under Sir Simon Rattle at the Berlin Philharmonic Easter Festival in Baden-Baden and made his role debut as Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. This was followed by debuts at the Stadttheater Freiburg and at the Staatsoperetta Dresden.
After two years spent at the International Opera Studio of the Stuttgart State Opera, in the 2019/20 season Moritz Kallenberg has become a permanent member of the ensemble in Stuttgart, where he quickly attracted attention with important roles such as Count Hohenzollern (The Prince of Homburg/Hans Werner Henze).
He sang also the role of Belfiore in Mozart's "La Finta Giardiniera", to great acclaim, on 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. A further debut followed 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 can be seen regularly at home and overseas with his broad repertoire from early baroque to modern.
He has appeared as the evangelist in Bach's St. Matthew Passion under the baton of Ruben Jais in Milan with the Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano. The artist works with the most renowned conductors of the younger generation: under the musical direction of Krzysztof Urbański he appeared in Beethoven's 9th Symphony and with Tomáš Netopil at the Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari in Mendelssohn's “Lobgesang”, in the Konzerthaus Berlin he sang Mozart's Requiem and in Cologne Cathedral Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ together with Francois Xavier-Roth and the Gürzenich Orchestra.
In the past season 21/22 Moritz Kallenberg guested again at the Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg in the French premiere of H.Abraham's The Snow Queen and at the 44th International Handel Festival in Karlsruhe, where he appeared in a new production under the musical direction of Lars Ulrik Mortensen and directed by Floris Visser as Hyllus in Hercules. He has worked extensively with William Christie and his renowned ensemble Les arts florissants performing works of J.S. Bach's as cantatas and Magnificat as well as works by Handel in the Philharmonie Paris, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Gewandhaus Leipzig at the Bach Festival.
At the Stuttgart Opera House he has made important role debuts as haute contre tenor in Thespis and 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 Molds and the director duo Jossi Wieler/Sergio Morabito. He appeared as Froh in the Stuttgart new production of the Wagner's RING, conducted by Cornelius Meister and staged by Stephan Kimmig, at the end of the last season he took on the title role in a new production of Monteverdi's Orfeo under Killian Farrell and directed by Marco Štorman.
In addition to many international concert tours such as Haydn's oratorio "The Seasons" with Les arts florissants under William Christie, he can be heard also this season with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano under the baton of Thomas Guggeis at the concerts with Beethoven 9 in Milan and Lucerne. On the opera stage In Stuttgart he sing in the revival productions of Platée the roles of Thespis and Mercure, and of Rheingold/ Froh, in Karlsruhe Hyllus/ Hercules, in Essen Belfiore/ Finta Giardiniera as well as In new productions at the Stuttgart Opera House: the Evangelist in the scenic version of St. John Passion under Diego Fasolis and The leper in Olivier Messian's Saint Francois D'Assise under Titus Engel. He will also make his house debut at the Semperoper Dresden in the revival of Platée, conducted by Paul Agnew and directed by Rolando Villazón.
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Touring with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants
Together with William Christie and his exquisite ensemble Les Arts Florissants, Moritz Kallenberg embarks on a new journey to France and Switzerland. The program includes J. Haydn's oratorio "The Seasons".The first concert takes place on March 22, 2023 at the Philharmonie de Paris, followed by further performances on March 24 at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, on March 25 in Bern, with the final concert on March 26 at the Tonhalle Zürich.
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Johannes-Passion/ Staatsoper Stuttgart / 12.04.2023 / tdz.de
"Dagegen überzeugt das Solistenensamble durchweg, allen voran Moritz Kallenberg mit glasklarem, farbenreichem Tenor als ein Evangelist, der den verhängnisvollen Lauf des Geschehens nicht nur berichtet, sondern auch zunehmend empathisch miterlebt."
Johannes-Passion/ Staatsoper Stuttgart / 4.04.2023 / bachtrack.com
"Moritz Kallenberg gelingt dabei eine überwältigende Darstellung eines einerseits neutral das Geschehen Vermittelnden, anderseits - was die Musik nahelegt - von dem Geschehen, das er vermittelt, unmittelbar Ergriffenen."
Johannes-Passion/ Staatsoper Stuttgart / 3.04.2023 / nachkritik.de
"Aber was für eine Stimme: Moritz Kallenberg ist ein verdammt guter Evangelist. Immer aufgewühlter und empörter zeigt er sich über das katastrophale Fehlverhalten der Menschheit: Frei, kraftvoll entfaltet sich seine klangschöne Tenorstimme, höhensicher, dramatisch, ausdauernd."
Hercules / Badisches Staatstheater / 21.02.2022 / swr.de
"...der ungemein lyrische Moritz Kallenberg als Hyllus..."
Hercules / Badisches Staatstheater / 19.02.2022 / onlinemerker.com
"Moritz Kallenberg gibt den Hyllus und bringt Liebe auf den 1. Blick zu Iole zum Ausdruck. Sein edel timbrierter Tenor, dem sich am Ende auch Iole nicht entziehen kann, trägt maßgeblich dazu bei."
Hercules / Badisches Staatstheater / 20.02.2022 / omm.de
"Moritz Kallenberg passt stimmlich als Hyllus mit seinem weichen Tenor"
Hercules / Badisches Staatstheater / 20.02.2022 / Frankfurter Rundschau
"Moritz Kallenebrg ist Sohn Hyllus, der unter den Händeln der Eltern leidet, uns aber mit einem strahlenden Tenor entgegentritt"