Gerhard Siegel Tenor

Biography

Born in Germany, Gerhard Siegel graduated from the Leopold Mozart Conservatory in Augsburg. After being part of the Trier and Dessau troupes, he was hired in Augsburg. In 1995, he won the Hans Gabor Belvedere International Singing Competition in Vienna.

From 1999 to 2006, he was a member of the Nuremberg troupe, where he sang Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos), Herodes (Salome), Tom Rakewell (The Rake’s Progress), Florestan (Fidelio), Laca (Jenůfa), as well as the title roles in Parsifal and Siegfried.

He has performed Max (Der Freischütz) at the Komische Oper in Berlin, Parsifal in Kassel, the title role in Der Protagonist by Kurt Weill at the Bregenz Festival, Hauptmann (Wozzeck) at the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Salzburg Festival, Sellem (The Rake’s Progress) at the Theater an der Wien, Chouiski (Boris Godunov) in Munich, Alwa (Lulu) at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Tristan (Tristan und Isolde) in Augsburg, Herodes at the Staatsoper in Vienna, the Zurich Opera House, and the Verbier Festival, Midas (Die Liebe der Danae) at the Salzburg Festival 2017, the Emperor (Die Frau ohne Schatten) at the Verbier Festival 2019, and Piet (Le Grand Macabre) in Dresden.

He made his debut as Mime (the Ring) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Bayreuth Festival, as well as in Cologne, at the New National Theatre in Tokyo, the Royal Opera House in London, and the Mupa in Budapest. He also composed the music for a staged version of Deutschland – ein Wintermärchen by Heinrich Heine, which premiered in Trier.

During the 2024-2025 season, he notably performs Valzacchi (Der Rosenkavalier) in Milan and Zurich, and Herodes in Stuttgart.

At the Paris Opera: Wozzeck (Hauptmann), 2008, 2022; Das Rheingold (Mime), 2020; Siegfried (Mime), 2020; La Khovanchtchina (The Clerk), 2022; Elektra (Aegisth), 2022; Salome (Herodes), 2024.

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