Elmar Hauser
countertenor
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Swiss born Elmar Hauser, one of the most successful young countertenors of his generation, is making his debut at Oper Frankfurt, singing Ruggiero in this new production of Handel's Alcina. He made his debut at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin in 2023, singing Michael in Haas’ chamber opera Thomas. He recently sang the Sorceress in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas at Bühnen Bern and Hanno in the world premiere of Ludger Vollmer's Buddenbrooks at Theater Kiel. Opera Zurich invited him to take part in a Britten / Purcell Summer Night's Dream for children. He appears with baroque ensembles including the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, the Accademia di Monaco, Ensemble La Fontaine and the Lautten Compagney Berlin, with whom he sang the title role in a new production of The Devil in the Lift at Neuköllner Oper. He returned recently to the Prinzregententheater in Munich, where he trained at the Bavaria's August Everding Theatre Academy with Christiane Iven and Sabine Lahm, to sing First Angel / Boy in George Benjamin's Written on Skin. This was preceded by time spent at the University of Arts in Zurich studying with Werner Güra. He was awarded scholarships by the Johann Adolph Hasse Society in Munich and the Friedl Wald Foundation. He was nominated twice for »Up and Coming singer of the Year« by Opernwelt magazine and won 1st Prize at the CLIP Opera Competition in Portofino.