Biography
Wolfgang Koch is currently one of the most important dramatic bass-baritones in the world of opera. His engagements in the 2020/21 season include Die Vögel (Prometheus), Falstaff (title role), Tabarro (Michele), Tristan (Kurwenal) and Meistersinger (Hans Sachs) at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Tosca (Scarpia) and Parsifal (Amfortas) at the Vienna State Opera, Frau ohne Schatten (Barak) at the State Opera Berlin and Capriccio (Graf) at the Opéra de Paris. In the 2019/20 season Wolfgang Koch could be heard as Jochanaan (Salome) under the baton of Kirill Petrenko and Telramund (Lohengrin) in Munich and Hamburg, Don Pizarro (Fidelio) in Zurich and at the end of the season as Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ) at the Munich Opera Festival with Kirill Petrenko conducting. Wolf
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 1997 — Yesterday
Schönbergs Gurre-Lieder met Riccardo Chailly, Schoenberg, Arnold
Omroep MuziekPeasant
View cast and crewKirill Petrenko dirigiert Schönberg, Schoenberg, Arnold
Berliner PhilharmonikerGabriel
View program, cast and crewSimone Young Conducts Das Rheingold, Wagner, Richard
Sydney Symphony OrchestraWotan
View cast and crewLohengrin, Wagner, Richard
Opéra National de ParisFriedrich von Telramund (Fredrick of Telramund)
View cast and crewPříhody lišky Bystroušky (The Cunning Little Vixen), Janáček
Bayerische StaatsoperRevírník (Forester)
View cast and crewFeatured past performances
Schönbergs Gurre-Lieder met Riccardo Chailly, Schoenberg, Arnold
Omroep MuziekPeasant
View cast and crewKirill Petrenko dirigiert Schönberg, Schoenberg, Arnold
Berliner PhilharmonikerGabriel
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Simone Young Conducts Das Rheingold, Wagner, Richard
Sydney Symphony OrchestraWotan
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Lohengrin, Wagner, Richard
Opéra National de ParisFriedrich von Telramund (Fredrick of Telramund)
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37Lohengrin, Wagner, Richard
State Opera BerlinFriedrich von Telramund (Fredrick of Telramund)
View cast and crewDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg), Wagner, Richard
Wiener StaatsoperSixtus Beckmesser
View cast and crewLa fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), Puccini
Festtage BerlinJack Rance
View cast and crewTristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde), Wagner, Richard
San Francisco OperaKurwenal
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San Francisco, United States
Biography
Wolfgang Koch is currently one of the most important dramatic bass-baritones in the world of opera. His engagements in the 2020/21 season include Die Vögel (Prometheus), Falstaff (title role), Tabarro (Michele), Tristan (Kurwenal) and Meistersinger (Hans Sachs) at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Tosca (Scarpia) and Parsifal (Amfortas) at the Vienna State Opera, Frau ohne Schatten (Barak) at the State Opera Berlin and Capriccio (Graf) at the Opéra de Paris. In the 2019/20 season Wolfgang Koch could be heard as Jochanaan (Salome) under the baton of Kirill Petrenko and Telramund (Lohengrin) in Munich and Hamburg, Don Pizarro (Fidelio) in Zurich and at the end of the season as Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ) at the Munich Opera Festival with Kirill Petrenko conducting. Wolf
