Yorck Felix Speer

Bass Yorck Felix Speer is one of the established interpreters of his fach and has in recent years become particularly known as a specialist in major German roles. Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss form a particular focus of his repertoire. With roles including Sarastro and the Commendatore, Fasolt, Hunding, Daland and Hagen, as well as most recently Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau in Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, he has established himself as a versatile bass with a strong and distinctive stage presence. He is also a successful concert singer, with a wide-ranging repertoire extending from Bach, Handel and Mozart through Beethoven and Brahms to the major oratorios and concert works of the Classical and Romantic periods.

In the 2026/27 season, Yorck Felix Speer remains a member of the ensemble at the Oper Leipzig, where he will take on roles including Daland (Der fliegende Holländer), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Marke (Tristan und Isolde) and the Commendatore (Don Giovanni). For the new productions of Eugen Onegin and Figaros Hochzeit, he will work with the directing teams of Vasily Barkhatov and Ilaria Lanzino, as well as conductors Ivan Repušić and Yura Yang.

In the 2025/26 season, he performed Beethoven’s Missa solemnis with the Zürcher Sing-Akademie under Florian Helgath. At the Oper Leipzig, he sang Oroveso (Norma), Hagen (Götterdämmerung) and Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte).

His engagements have taken him to venues including the Oper Köln, the Staatstheater Kassel, the Opernhaus Zürich and the Theater St. Gallen, as well as to Italy, the Netherlands and Singapore.

Alongside his work on the opera stage, Yorck Felix Speer is a sought-after concert singer. He has worked with conductors including Thomas Hengelbrock, Ivor Bolton, Marc Minkowski, Philippe Herreweghe, Marek Janowski and Kristjan Järvi. His concert projects include Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, Schumann’s Genoveva and numerous works by Bach and Handel.

His discography includes, among other recordings, Ferdinand Ries’ Die Räuberbraut with WDR, Richard Wagner’s Das Liebesverbot with the MDR under Kristjan Järvi, as well as recordings of works by Bach, Haydn, Handel and Mendelssohn, and César Franck’s Les Béatitudes with the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège.

Yorck Felix Speer received his vocal training, among others, from Theodor Greß, Alan Speer and Hanna Schwarz. Alongside his music studies, he studied German and theology.