Frederic Jost
Bass
© Sudio Lurrak
Frederic Jost is back at Oper Frankfurt, where he made his debut singing Ordulfo in Trojahn's Enrico, which was followed by roles including Gretch in Giordano's Fedora, Mamyrov /Kudma in the first ever performances in Frankfurt of Tchaikovsky's The Sorceress , Saretzki in Eugene Onegin, 2nd Armed Man (Die Zauberflöte) and 1st Apprentice (Wozzeck), to sing a Bricklayer in this new production of Aribert Reimann's Melusine in the Bockenheimer Depot. This Munich born bass made his debuts at the Opéra de Oviedo and Teatro Real de Madrid this seson, singing Don Basilio and a Captain in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Eugene Onegin. He recently sang Horatio in Hamlet at the Komische Oper Berlin, and Comte des Grieux in Massenet's Manon at the Ópera de Oviedo, 1st Soldier (Salome) at the Maggio Musical in Florence which was followed by the Hermit in Der Freischütz at the 2024 Bregenz Festival. He was a member of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's International Opera Studio, and Liz Mohn Culture and Music Foundation's scholartship holder, from 2019 - 2021, where roles included a Hermit and Castro in La fanciulla del West, Assan (Menotti's The Consul), 2nd Captain (Zimmermann's Die Soldaten), Achill's deeper shadow (world premiere of Berheide's Mauerschau / Wall Show), in Magal's Jephta’s Daughter and as Coryphée in Gluck's Alceste. He studied at the University of Music and Theatre in Munich with Michelle Breedt. Whilst training as a Tölzer choristor he appeared as a soloist at theatres including the Staatsoper Berlin and Concertgebouw Amsterdam and internationally as one of the boys in Mozart's Zauberflöte.