Rainer Trost

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Rainer Trost (* 1966 in Stuttgart ) is a German opera , operetta , lied and oratorio singer ( tenor ).

Life

Rainer Trost spent his childhood and youth in Stuttgart. In his hometown he was a member of the Stuttgart Hymn Choirboys for many years . He studied singing in Freiburg / Br., Stuttgart and from 1987 to 1991 at the University of Music in Munich, a. a. with Adalbert Kraus . The singer was then a member of the Lower Saxony State Theater in Hanover until 1995.

In 1992 Trost started his international career - especially with the great tenor roles in operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart such as Tamino, Ferrando, Belmonte, Don Ottavio, Idamante and the title role in La clemenza di Tito . He has appeared in Hamburg, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Ludwigsburg, Paris, Vienna, Dresden, Geneva, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Barcelona, ​​New York, at the Salzburg and Edinburgh festivals, at the Maggio Musicale in Florence and at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London. He also sang the role of Count Balduin Zedlau in the operetta Wiener Blut by Johann Strauss at the Mörbisch Seefestspiele in August 2007 and the role of Arbace in Dieter Dorn's new production of Idomeneo on June 14, 2008 for the reopening of the Cuvilliés Theater in Munich. He achieved considerable success in October 2014 as a pylade in Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride at the Theater an der Wien .

Rainer Trost also works as a concert singer. His repertoire includes songs by Britten , Monteverdi , Mozart, Schubert and Bach , among others .

Awards

  • 2013: Austrian Music Theater Prize - “Goldener Schikaneder” in the category best male supporting role for his role in Gluck's Telemaco at the Theater an der Wien.

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personal data
SURNAME Consolation, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera, operetta, lied and oratorio singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart