Anthony Robin Schneider

The Austrian-New Zealand bass Anthony Robin Schneider is a versatile artist with a flexible, powerful yet velvety voice, distinguished by his combination of musicality and expressiveness across the operatic and concert repertoire of all periods, with a particular affinity for Mozart, Wagner and Verdi. From 2019 to 2024, he was a member of the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt, where he developed a broad repertoire, including the title role in Barry Kosky’s production of Handel’s Hercules, as well as King Heinrich (Lohengrin), Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro), the Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlo) and Sparafucile (Rigoletto). Regular engagements take him to renowned opera houses and festivals worldwide, including Teatro La Fenice, the Wiener Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Dutch National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Komische Oper Berlin, Oper Frankfurt, Santa Fe Opera. He has also worked with conductors including Kirill Petrenko, Donato Renzetti, Hartmut Haenchen, Jörg Halubek, Ruth Reinhardt, Eun Sun Kim, James Gaffigan and Jakob Lehmann.

Anthony Robin Schneider begins the 2026/27 season at New Zealand Opera as Nourabad (Les Pêcheurs de perles). He then takes on the role of Heinrich (Lohengrin) at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, before performing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in New York, Miami and Cleveland with the Cleveland Orchestra under the musical direction of Franz Welser-Möst. He will also perform Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis again at the RAI Auditorium in Turin, this time under the direction of Juraj Valčuha. In April 2027, Anthony Robin Schneider returns to Frankfurt as Fafner (Rheingold). He concludes the season with his debut at the Royal Opera House in London, once again in the title role of Handel’s opera Hercules.

Recent engagements include Méphistophélès (Faust) at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) at Semperoper Dresden and Theater Basel, and Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro) at Dutch National Opera. His repertoire also includes roles such as Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), King Heinrich (Lohengrin), Fafner (Das Rheingold, Siegfried), Hunding (Die Walküre), the Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlo), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro), the Ghost of Hector (Les Troyens), Truffaldino (Ariadne auf Naxos), the Doctor (Wozzeck), Orest’s Attendant (Elektra) with the Berliner Philharmoniker under the musical direction of Kirill Petrenko in Baden-Baden and Berlin, as well as the title role in Barry Kosky’s Hercules (Handel) at Oper Frankfurt. Particular attention was drawn to his interpretations of Fafner (Das Rheingold, Siegfried) and Hunding (Die Walküre) in Brigitte Fassbaender’s Ring production at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl under Erik Nielsen, as well as his King Heinrich (Lohengrin) in Christof Loy’s new production at Dutch National Opera under Lorenzo Viotti.

Anthony Robin Schneider also has a broad concert repertoire, ranging from Mozart’s Requiem, performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Santa Cecilia, and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, to Beethoven’s Missa solemnis and Ninth Symphony (hr-Sinfonieorchester 2022, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra 2018 and 2019), as well as Verdi’s Messa da Requiem and Rossini’s Stabat Mater. His recent concert projects include Tiresias (Oedipus Rex) at Teatro Comunale Bolzano, Beethoven’s Missa solemnis with the Orchester der Staatskapelle Halle and Konzertchor Leipzig in Pisa, Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique in London, and Verdi’s Messa da Requiem as part of the Dresdner Musikfestspiele and at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam under the direction of Lorenzo Viotti.

Anthony Robin Schneider studied voice at the University of Auckland before continuing his training at the Academy of Vocal Arts, and is an alumnus of the Houston Grand Opera Studio.