Simon Schnorr

The Swiss-German baritone Simon Schnorr studied singing at the conservatories in Freiburg, Karlsruhe and Leipzig with Professor Markus Goritzki, Professor Roland Hermann and Professor Hans-Joachim Beyer. He received important stimuli for his artistic development whilst a master student of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Margreet Honig. He also attended master classes with Ernst Haefliger, Thomas Hampson, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kurt Widmer and Dmitry Vdovin. Whilst still a student, Simon Schnorr debuted in numerous roles at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, including Donner in Wagner's "Das Rheingold" and Ping in Puccini's "Turandot". He attained broader attention when at short notice he took on the role of Traveller in Britten's "Death in Venice", for which he was highly praised by the audienc