Wolfgang Koch
Bavarian State Opera - Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
Wolfgang Koch once again made the biggest impression in the dual role of the jealous villains Alfio and Tonio.
br-klassik (May 23, 2025)Vienna State Opera - Palestrina
Wolfgang Koch as Cardinal Borromeo was particularly convincing this evening, setting standards with his dramatic baritone in terms of expression and depth of interpretation.
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Season 25/26 and Highlights
HAMBURG STATE OPERA
Verdi - Falstaff - Falstaff
Oct 2/4/8/15
OPERA AUSTRALIA SYDNEY
Wagner - Siegfried - concert version - Wanderer
Nov 13/16
BERLIN STATE OPERA
Wagner - Lohengrin - Telramund
Jan 18/25, Feb 1/7
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BAVARIAN STATE OPERA
Strauss - Salome - Jochanaan
Feb 23/26, March 1/5
OSTERFESTSPIELE BADEN-BADEN
Wagner - Lohengrin - Telramund
PREMIERE March 28
March 31, April 5
MÜPA BUDAPEST
Wagner - Parsifal - Amfortas
June 5/30
Biography
Wolfgang Koch is one of the most important dramatic baritones of the Opernwelt .
In the 2025/26 season, Wolfgang Koch will perform the title role in Verdi's Falstaff at the Hamburg State Opera, before taking on the role of Wanderer in concert performances of Siegfried in Sydney under Simone Young. The Berlin State Opera presents the artist as Telramund in Lohengrin , a role he will also perform in the new production of Lohengrin (Erath/Mallwitz) at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden At the Bavarian State Opera in Munich he can be heard as Jochanaan in Salome under Thomas Guggeis and at the Wagner Days in Budapest he will play Amfortas ( Parsifal ) under Adam Fischer.
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Wolfgang Koch's repertoire includes the great baritone roles of the German and Italian repertoire. At the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, he made his role debuts as Alfio and Tonio in the new production of Cavalleria rusticana and I Pagliacci and was also seen again as the Forester (The Cunning Little Vixen) and Telramund (Lohengrin). He sang Wotan / Wanderer (Der Ring des Nibelungen) both at the Bayreuth Festival and in Munich under Kirill Petrenko. He also sang Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) at the Munich Opera Festival, also under the direction of Kirill Petrenko. He has sung Amfortas and Klingsor in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and at the Salzburg Easter Festival. As Borromeo (Palestrina), he celebrated a great personal success under the direction of Christian Thielemann at the Vienna State Opera. 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 signature roles is Barak ( Woman Without a Shadow ), which he has sung in a new production at the Vienna State Opera under the direction of Christian Thielemann and in Baden-Baden under Kirill Petrenko. He has also performed this role in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, and at the Salzburg Festival. The Bavarian Kammersänger enjoyed great success as Michele in Puccini's Il trittico at the Bavarian State Opera. At the Vienna State Opera, he performed the title role in von Einem's opera Dantons Tod in a new production. His diverse repertoire also includes Dutchman ( The Flying Dutchman ), Kurwenal ( Tristan and Isolde ), Telramund (Lohengrin), Mandryka ( Arabella ), Count ( Capriccio ), Jochanaan ( Salome ), Pizarro ( Fidelio ), Forester ( The Cunning Little Vixen ), Prometheus ( The Birds ), the title roles in Mathis der Maler and Lear , Borromeo and Morone ( Palestrina ) as well as Doctor Faust by Busoni.
In addition to the above-mentioned houses, Wolfgang Koch has also performed at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Opéra de Paris, the San Francisco Opera, the Oper Frankfurt , at the Theater an der Wien and in Tokyo.
In addition to his opera activities, Wolfgang Koch is a regular guest on the world's most important concert stages, for example with Schönberg's Jakobsleiter with the Berlin Philharmonic under Kirill Petrenko. There are numerous CD and DVD releases, 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.
2025/26
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