Peter Sonn

Peter Sonn (* 1976 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

Peter Sonn studied music and performing arts at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg with Dale Fundling. His first engagements took him to Coburg , Innsbruck , Munich and Zurich , where he was also a member of the ensemble. In the meantime he is mainly active as a freelancer, for example at the Frankfurt Opera and the Hamburg State Opera , the Scala in Milan and the Salzburg Festival . In addition to his lyrical repertoire, Sonn 2015 interpreted a heroic role as well as his first Marschner role for the first time with Konrad at the Theater an der Wien .

Roles in music theater (selection)

• A Tepid and Devoted Christian ( The Duty of the First Commandment )
• Belmonte ( The Abduction from the Seraglio )
• Don Ottavio ( Don Giovanni )
• Ferrando ( Così fan tutte )
• Tamino ( The Magic Flute )
• Lorenzo ( Fra Diavolo )
• Konrad ( Hans Heiling )
• Nemorino ( L'elisir d'amore )
• Marquis of Chateauneuf ( Tsar and carpenter )
• Helmsman ( The Flying Dutchman )
• Walther von der Vogelweide ( Tannhäuser )
• David ( The Mastersingers of Nuremberg )
• Alfredo ( La Traviata )
• Vladimir Igorevich ( Prince Igor )
• Lenski ( Eugene Onegin )
• Reinhold ( Sleeping Beauty )
• Narraboth ( Salome )
• Italian singer ( Der Rosenkavalier )
• Youth ( the woman without a shadow )
• Henry ( the silent woman )
• Naked youth ( Moses and Aron )
• Camille de Rosillon ( The Merry Widow )
• Arnim ( Simplicius simplicissimus )

The directors Sonn worked with include Susanne Andrade , Sven-Eric Bechtolf , John Dew , Roland Geyer , Claus Guth , Karl-Ernst and Ursel Herrmann , Jens-Daniel Herzog , Barrie Kosky , Harry Kupfer , Nikolaus Lehnhoff , Christof Loy , Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier and David Pountney .

Sonn sang under the musical direction of Marc Albrecht , Christoph von Dohnányi , Vladimir Fedoseyev , Daniele Gatti , Michael Gielen , Marek Janowski , Philippe Jordan , Riccardo Muti , Ulf Schirmer , Peter Schneider , Jeffrey Tate , Christian Thielemann and Franz Welser-Möst .

Concert repertoire

Sonn is also active as a concert singer and sang sacred works by Mozart , Handel , Beethoven , Anton Bruckner (Te Deum) and Benjamin Britten . As a lieder singer, he was an interpreter of Beethoven, Vincenzo Bellini , Bononcini , Donizetti , Mozart, Pergolesi , Scarlatti , Franz Schubert , Robert Schumann and Tchaikovsky .

Recordings

Walther im Tannhäuser Sonn also sang in a concert performance in the Berlin Philharmonie , which was released on DVD, and his David in the Meistersingern (Salzburg) is also recorded on DVD.

Web links

• Peter Sonn homepage
• Peter Sonn at Operabase (engagements and dates)