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 (Giordano's Fedora), Mamyrov /Kudma (the first ever performances in Frankfurt of Tchaikovsky's The Sorceress), Saretzki (Eugene Onegin), 2nd Armed Man (Die Zauberflöte), 1st Apprentice (Wozzeck) and a Bricklayer last season's wonderful production of Aribert Reimann's Melusine, to sing Mitiukha / Lavitsky in this new production of Boris Godunov. Later this season you can hear him as the Voice in Idomeneo at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels and Masetto in Don Giovanni with the Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier. This Munich born bass recently made his debuts at the Opéra de Oviedo and Teatro Real de Madrid. His repertoire includes Don Basilio (l barbiere di Siviglia) a Captain (Eugene Onegin), Horatio (Hamlet), Comte des Grieux (Massenet's Manon), 1st Soldier (Salome), the Hermit (Der Freischütz), Castro (La fanciulla del West), Assan (The Consul), 2nd Captain (Die Soldaten), Truffaldin (Ariadne auf Naxos), Richard Boll (Joseph Weil's Die Schweizer Familie), Achilli's deeper Shadow (world premiere of Berheide's Mauerschau) and Coryphée (Alceste). He has appeared with companies including the Ópera de Oviedo, the Komische Oper Berlin, the Berlin and Munich state operas, the Teatro Royal in Madrid, the Maggio Musicale in Florence and the Bregenz Festival. Recent concert work included the Bach pasions, Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Requiem and Schumann's Scenes from Goethe's Faust. 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.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.