Franz-Josef Selig

Bass singer from Germany
1962, July 11th in Mayen -

Franz-Josef Selig is a German operatic bass, born on 11 July 1962 in Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate. He first studied church music at the Musikhochschule Köln before turning to voice training. From 1989 to 1995 he was a member of the ensemble of the Aalto-Theater in Essen, where he received the Aalto-Bühnenpreis for young artists in 1992. He has since pursued a freelance international career, appearing at the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, the Hamburg State Opera and the Salzburg Festival. Widely regarded as one of the leading Wagner basses of his generation, he is especially celebrated as King Marke in Tristan und Isolde and as Gurnemanz in Parsifal. He made his Bayreuth Festival debut in 2012 as Daland in Der fliegende Holländer. His repertoire also includes Mozart roles such as Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte and Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Rocco in Beethoven's Fidelio and Fiesco in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. He is also active as a concert and lied singer, and has recorded for PENTATONE, Deutsche Grammophon and LSO Live. Source: Rondo DB

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte

2019-08-02

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