Christof Fischesser

The German bass studied voice with Prof. Martin Gründler at Frankfurt‘s Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst, and won first prize at Berlin‘s German national contest for singing. From 2012 until 2015 he was a permanent member of the Zurich Opera House, and he retains a close association with the company today. Fischesser has been a guest artist at the Vienna State Opera, Covent Garden, the Opéra National de Paris, the Bavarian State Opera, and the major houses of Madrid, Berlin, Dresden, Lyon, Toulouse, and Houston, among many others. He is established worldwide in a wide range of leading roles in the operas of Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Rossini, Bellini, Bizet, Gounod, Verdi, and Wagner. Highlights of his current season include appearances in Lyon (Elektra, Tristan und Isolde), Baden-Baden (Das Rheingold), and Zurich (Lohengrin). A much-sought-after soloist on international concert stages, Fischesser regularly performs at major festivals including those of Salzburg, Lucerne, and Aix-en-Provence. His wide spectrum of concert repertoire has earned him repeated collaborations with renowned conductors such as Bernard Haitink, Kent Nagano, Antonio Pappano, Philippe Jordan, and Kirill Petrenko. The bass appears on numerous CDs and DVDs, among them Fidelio under Abbado, Lohengrin under Nagano, and Manon under Barenboim.

Lyric debut: Sarastro/The Magic Flute (2016|17)

Last updated: December 10, 2016