Andreas Winkler (singer)

Andreas Winkler

Andreas Winkler (born December 1, 1971 in Italy ) is an Austrian opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

Winkler grew up in Innsbruck and was an alto soloist with the Wilten Boys' Choir. In summer 2001 he graduated from the Cologne University of Music with "Excellent Success". He then appeared in 2006 as Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste, as Ferrando in W. A. ​​Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Kassel State Theater, and as Adam in C. Zeller's Bird Trader at the Karlsruhe State Theater. In 2005 the tenor made his debut at the Schwetzingen Festival in the opera Telemaco by Alessandro Scarlatti .

As a concert singer he was invited to the Crownhall in Jerusalem, the Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo, the Cologne Philharmonic , the Kreuzkirche in Dresden, the Teatro Verdi in Padua, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig or the Tonhalle in Zurich. In 2001 Winkler was a guest at the Dresden Music Festival and the Triennale in Cologne. From 2001 to 2003 the tenor was a member of the ensemble of the Hildesheim City Theater , where he made his debut as Male Chorus in Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia .

In summer 2003 the tenor began a long-term engagement as a member of the ensemble at the Zurich Opera House . There he made his debut as Vasek in Bedřich Smetana's The Bartered Bride . In opera and concert he worked with the conductors Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Franz Welser-Möst , Bernard Haitink , Thomas Hengelbrock, Christoph von Dohnányi , Alessandro de Marchi, Carlo Rizzi and Nello Santi . Other important roles were Valletto in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea , Jaquino in Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio and the part of Camille de Rosillon in The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár .

Universal released his first album Canzone d'amore in 2003 with Neapolitan canzones and songs in the style of classical crossover.

In 2006 Winkler founded a specialist ensemble for music from the 1920s and 30s. With his seven-piece band The Sentimental Gangsters, the singer mainly plays original songs from the Charleston and Swing era, but also tangos from the “Golden Era” and Canzoni Napoletane. The group also concentrated on their own compositions in the style of the time. Appearances on TV made the band known throughout Switzerland. a. Aeschbacher, Benissimo, Elite Model Look, personal.

The follow-up project called Don & Giovannis developed from the band The Sentimental Gangsters in 2012, an ensemble that transforms opera melodies into world music styles such as Tango, Swing, Klezmer, Reggae, Canzoni napolitane, Blues etc. a. transformed. The ensemble performs throughout Europe, toured the Mediterranean region in 2013 (including Barcelona, ​​Marseille, Rome, Naples, Siragusa) and was celebrated by audiences at many important festivals, such as the Swing Festival Bayreuth, Sweet Classics Münster, Altmark Music Festival, Munich Residence, etc.

The first album Dolce Vita came out in 2014 .

Winkler is married and lives in Zurich.

Web links

• Andreas Winkler homepage
• Andreas Winkler at Operabase (engagements and dates)
• Official homepage "Andreas Winkler & The Sentimental Gangsters"