Karl-Heinz Lehner
Karl-Heinz Lehner (* in Eggenburg ) is an Austrian opera and concert singer ( bass baritone ).
Career
Lehner began his musical training as a soprano and alto soloist with the Altenburg Boys' Choir during high school . After graduating from high school , he studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna , where Leopold Spitzer was his teacher in singing and Edith Mathis in song and oratorio .
After completing his training, Lehner received his first permanent engagement at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven , which he left after two seasons to move to the Dortmund Opera House , where he had the opportunity to work out an extensive repertoire . He then moved to the Aalto Theater in Essen .
He received guest contracts at the Komische Oper Berlin , the Volksoper Vienna and the Opera House Graz , and he appeared as König Marke at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and as Colline at the Bregenz Festival . He made his debut as Sparafucile at the Hamburg State Opera and as Orest at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich .
Since 2006 Karl-Heinz Lehner has been heard in various roles at the Bayreuth Festival .
In addition to his operatic activities, Lehner is also a concert singer. This activity led him to the Vienna Konzerthaus , the Konzerthaus Dortmund , the Wiener Musikverein , the Salzburg Festival and the Philharmonie Essen .
He worked with the conductors Georges Prêtre , Philippe Jordan , Ulf Schirmer , Leopold Hager , Jac van Steen , Stefan Soltesz , Axel Kober and Gabriel Feltz . The directors he worked under included Claus Guth , Jens Daniel Herzog , Stefan Herheim and Anselm Weber .
Repertoire (selection)
- Méphistophélès in Faust by Charles Gounod
- Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Colline in La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
- Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss
- Lodovico in Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
- Sparafucile in Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
- Titurel in Parsifal by Richard Wagner
- Fafner in Rheingold and Siegfried by Richard Wagner
- A night watchman in The Mastersingers of Nuremberg by Richard Wagner
- Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia in Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner
- König Marke in Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner
Awards
Web links
- Karl-Heinz Lehner on the website of the Bayreuth Festival , accessed on April 5, 2017
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl-Heinz Lehner on the Dortmund Theater website , accessed on April 5, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lehner, Karl-Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera and concert singer (bass baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eggenburg |