Gerard Schneider
Tenor
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The Austrian / Australian tenor Gerard Schneider joined the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt in 2018/19. During the 2024/25 season you can hear him as the Uncle and Stranger in a new production of Reimann's L'invisible, Sinovi Ismailov in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Prince Juri in Tchaikovsky's Sorceress (get the DVD!). Last season he sang three roles for the first time: Leukippos in Daphne and Falsacappa & Léopold in new productions of Offenbach's The Bandits & Halévy's La Juive. In recent seasons he repeated his wonderful portrayal of Werther, sang 1st Armed Man in the new Zauberflote, Vaudémont (role debut) in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta, the King's son in Humperdinck's seldom performed Königskinder and repeated his powerful portrayal of the Shepherd in Szymanowski's King Roger. He recently added another two important roles to his repertoire, Lyonel in Flotow's Martha and the Duke in Rigoletto, a role he sang when making his debut at Theater Bonn in the autumn of 2023. He was invited back to the Komische Oper Berlin and Wexford Festival for Lenski (Eugene Onegin) and Rinaldo (Armida). He sang the Prince, a role he is much sought-after for, in Rusalka in Frankfurt, at Hessen's state opera in Wiesbaden, the Staatsoper in Hannover, Garsington Opera, the Edinburgh Festival and the Tirol Festival in Erl, where he also sang lead roles in new productions of Königskinder and Mascagni's L'amico Fritz. He has appeared at the Sydney Opera House, the Carnegie Hall and, in recital, the Met in New York. He made his debut at the Staatsoper in Stuttgart with the Duke in Rigoletto, sang Rodolfo in La Bohème at the Komische Oper Berlin, sang in Mozart and Salieri and the Tsar's Bride at Bard Music Festival and Nicias in Massenet's Thaïs at Minnesota Opera. He has also sung for Washington Concert Opera, Welsh National Opera, the Wiesbaden May and Bregenz festivals. In 2014 he took part in Il trovatore with the Vienna Philharmonic while a member of the Salzburg Festival's Young Artist Programme. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music, the Mozarteum in Salzburg and Juilliard School in New York before joining the National Opera Studio in London.