Dominik Köninger

German baritone Dominik Köninger’s current projects include DONNER Das Rheingold Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Kölner Philharmonie, Lucerne Festival (Kent Nagano) HOMONAY Der Zigeunerbaron, VICTORIAN SILVIUS in Oscar Straus’ Die Perlen der Cleopatra, ORFEO in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo Komische Oper Berlin and Billy Budd (title role) Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen.

Dominik was a member of the Komische Oper Berlin ensemble, singing roles such as PELLÉAS Pelléas et Mélisande, FIGARO Il Barbiere di Siviglia, , PAPAGENO Die Zauberflöte, GUGLIELMO Così fan tutte, CONTE Le nozze di Figaro, PANTALONE The Love for Three Oranges, AGAMEMNON La belle Helene and Giulio Cesare in Egitto (title role). Past guest apearances have included PAPAGENO Edinburgh International Festival, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Staatsoper Hamburg and Deutsche Oper am Rhein, FALKE Die Fledermaus Staatstheater Stuttgart, DANDINI La Cenerentola and FALKE Volksoper Wien, MERCURIO L‘Incoronazione di Poppea and KILIAN Der Freischütz Theater an der Wien, and projects with Ludwigsburger Schloßfestspielen, Schwetzinger Festspiele and Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Together with the pianist Volker Krafft he was the winner of the 2011 Wigmore Hall International Song Competition. As a member of the Tiroler Landestheater he sang roles such as OTTOKAR Der Freischütz, FALKE and GUGLIELMO.

In concert, Dominik appeared in Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Stuttgarter Liederhalle, Philharmonie Berlin, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Bozar Brussels, De Singel Antwerp, Rudolfinum Prag, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festivals and Litauische Nationaloper Vilnius with ensembles such as Hamburger Symphoniker Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo and B’Rock Baroque Orchestra Gent.

Dominik was born in Heidelberg, studied at Opernschule Karlsruhe and was a member of the International Opera Studio, Staatsoper Hamburg.