Manfred Hemm

Manfred Hemm’s recent and future engagements include BARON OCHS Der Rosenkavalier Bolshoi Theatre, Staatsoper Stuttgart, and Theater Magdeburg, ROCCO Fidelio Santa Fe Opera, TRULOVE The Rake’s Progress Theater an der Wien and Opéra de Nancy et de Lorraine, HUNDING Die Walküre Nationaltheater Mannheim, GURNEMANZ Parsifal Estonian National Opera and Prague National Theatre, as well as Mahler 8 Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona.

Manfred Hemm studied at the Conservatory of Music in Vienna and was a member of the ensemble at the Staatsoper Wien. His début at the Metropolitan Opera New York was as PAPAGENO Die Zauberflöte. He later returned for the role of MASETTO Don Giovanni. After a successful début at the Salzburger Festspiele as FIGARO Le Nozze di Figaro he was invited by Herbert von Karajan to sing at the Easter Festival in Salzburg. He has also sung at the festivals of Bayreuth, Aix-en-Provence, Orange, Vienna, Prague and the Maggio Musicale Florence.

Other notable engagements have included LEPORELLO Don Giovanni, DON BASILIO Il Barbiere di Siviglia and ENRICO VIII Anna Bolena Bayerische Staatsoper, TALBOT Maria Stuarda Opéra de Monte Carlo, KUNO Der Freischütz Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Teatro alla Scala, BARON OCHS Der Rosenkavalier Scottish Opera and Den Norske Opera, GURNEMANZ Parsifal Scottish Opera and Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa, LEPORELLO Hamburg, SARASTRO Die Zauberflöte San Francisco Opera, BARON OCHS Opéra de Marseille and KING OF CLUBS The Love for Three Oranges Volksoper Wien.

Manfred has worked with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Armin Jordan, James Levine, Sir Colin Davies, Horst Stein, Sir Georg Solti and Herbert von Karajan.