Wolfgang Koch

Worldwide representation

Wolfgang Koch is one of the most important dramatic baritones in the opera world.

At the beginning of the 2023/24 season, Wolfgang Koch returns to the Opéra de Paris as Telramund in a new production of Lohengrin (directed by Kirill Serebrennikov). In Sydney, he opens a new concert Ring under the baton of Simone Young as Wotan in Rheingold. The versatile artist will make guest appearances at the Bavarian State Opera as Pizarro (Fidelio). The Berlin State Opera presents him as Telramund and Jack Rance (Fanciulla del West). At the Vienna State Opera he can be heard again as Beckmesser (Meistersinger von Nürnberg). In addition, concerts such as Schönberg's Jakobsleiter under Kirill Petrenko with the Berlin Philharmonic and Gurrelieder with the Concertgebouw Orkest under Riccardo Chailly complete his calendar.

Wolfgang Koch's repertoire includes the great baritone roles of the German and Italian repertoire. He sang Wotan / Wanderer (Der Ring des Nibelungen) both at the Bayreuth Festival and in Munich under Kirill Petrenko. As Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) he was also heard at the Munich Opera Festival under the baton of Kirill Petrenko. He has already sung Amfortas and Klingsor in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and the Salzburg Easter Festival. He made his MET debut in 2019 as Scarpia (Tosca). He has appeared as Falstaff at both the Bavarian and Vienna State Operas. Wolfgang Koch sang Dallapiccola's Il prigioniero under Kirill Petrenko with the Berlin Philharmonic.

One of his parade roles is Barak (Frau ohne Schatten), which he sang in a new production of the Vienna State Opera under the baton of Christian Thielemann and under Kirill Petrenko in Baden-Baden, among others. He also made guest appearances in this role in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and at the Salzburg Festival. The Bavarian Kammersänger celebrated a great success as Michele in Puccini's Il trittico at the Bavarian State Opera. At the Vienna State Opera he sang the title role in von Einem's opera Dantons Tod in a new production. His varied repertoire also includes Holländer (Der fliegende Holländer), Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde), Telramund (Lohengrin), Mandryka (Arabella), Graf (Capriccio), Jochanaan (Salome), Pizarro (Fidelio), Förster (Schlaues Füchslein), Prometheus (Die Vögel), the title roles in Mathis der Maler and Lear, Borromeo and Morone (Palestrina) as well as Doktor Faust by Busoni.

In addition to the houses mentioned above, Wolfgang Koch has also appeared at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Frankfurt Opera, the Theater an der Wien and in Tokyo.

In addition to his operatic activities, Wolfgang Koch is a regular guest on the world's most important concert stages. Numerous CD and DVD releases exist, including Der Ring des Nibelungen from Hamburg (Alberich), the productions Lear (Reimann) and Palestrina (Pfitzner) from Frankfurt, Palestrina, Doktor Faust and Lohengrin from Munich, Parsifal and Frau ohne Schatten from Salzburg and Parsifal (Barenboim and Tcherniakov) from Berlin.

2023/24

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