Andreas Schager
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Andreas Schager is an Austrian operatic tenor. He began his career as a tenor for operettas, but has developed into singing
Career
He was born Andreas Schagerl in Rohrbach an der Gölsen, Lower Austria. He was a singer of the Wiener Singakademie, and then studied voice at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Walter Moore.[1] He made his debut on stage as Ferrando in Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Schlosstheater Schönbrunn.[1] His first engagement was as an operetta tenor at the Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach.
Schager sang lyrical tenor parts as a guest in
At a performance of Siegfried at the
Schager made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in 2016 as Erik in Der fliegende Holländer, and stepped in as Parsifal, a role he went on to sing in 2017 and 2018.[1] He appeared as Siegfried in a concert performance at the 2016 Spring Festival in Tokyo, conducted by Marek Janowski.[8] He performed in the two performances of the Ring cycle of the Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, staged by Uwe Eric Laufenberg, as Siegfried,[9] and on short notice also as Siegmund.[10] A critic said she had rarely met a tenor that wild, untamed, freely flowing, blasting every high note with joy ("... einen so wilden, ungezähmten, sich verströmenden, jeden hohen Ton mit Freude schmetternden Tenor selten gehört". She described him as a truly intelligent actor who is capable of great nuances ("... und daneben ein wirklich intelligenter Darsteller, der zu großartigen Nuancierungen fähig ist").[11] Schager made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Siegfried in 2019.[12] Anthony Tommasini, a music critic at The New York Times, wrote: "Mr. Schager pretty much met expectations, which is saying a lot given the paucity of tenors who can sing Siegfried. He has a hefty voice with clarion top notes and energy galore."[13]
In concert, Schager sang in Mahler's Eighth Symphony in Lucerne, conducted by Riccardo Chailly, and in Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder at the Philharmonie de Paris, conducted by Philippe Jordan. He was the tenor soloist in Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde at the Südtiroler Festspiele in Toblach and in Hamburg with choir and orchestra of the NDR,[1] and in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Bolzano and Ravenna.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Andreas Schager". Bayreuth Festival. 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Andreas Schager" (in German). Stadttheater Klagenfurt. Retrieved 7 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Pfabigan, Sieglinde (16 September 2012). "Minden: Tristan und Isolde" (in German). Der neue Merker. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ISBN 9781476616209.
- ^ Bowie-Sell, Daisy (8 April 2013). "Canadian tenor Lance Ryan fails to show up for performance". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Siegfried, Staatsoper Berlin, Schiller Theater, April 2013". markronan.com. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- Staatsoper Berlin. Archived from the originalon 27 October 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ "Der Ring des Nibelungen Zweiter Tag "Siegfried" / Concert Style". tokyo-harusai.com. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ Zibulski, Axel (4 April 2017). "Andreas Schager" (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Wiesbaden: Besetzungsänderung für "Der Ring des Nibelungen" während der Internationalen Maifestspiele 2017". Infos des Tages (Mittwoch, 26 April 2017) (in Slave). Der Neuer Merker. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ Wagner, Renate (2017). "Minden: Tristan und Isolde" (in German). Der neue Merker. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ "Metropolitan Opera | Andreas Schager". www.metopera.org. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ Tommasini, Anthony (28 April 2019). "Critic's Notebook: Two Major Met Opera Arrivals, Just 15 Hours Apart". The New York Times.
External links
- Official website
- Andreas Schager Operabase
- Andreas Schager at Boris Orlob Management
- "Vor jedem Akt 50 Liegestütze" / Andreas Schager / im Interview vor seinem Bayreuth-Debüt deropernfreund.de
- Andreas Schager a sensational Siegfried at Staatsoper Berlin bachtrack.com 2016
- Interview / Andreas Schager: A Good Tenor Is Hard To Find, Let Alone One Who Can Handle Wagner musicaltoronto.org
- Andreas Schager (Tenor) / Matthias Fletzberger (Klavier) Frankfurt Opera 2016
- "Parsifal" zwischen Applaus und Buh-Rufen Berliner Zeitung 2015
- Andreas Schager sings Siegfried (Berlin State Opera, interview, English subtitles on YouTube