Falk Struckmann

Worldwide Representation

Falk Struckmann, one of the world's leading bass-baritones of our time, has now also devoted himself to the bass repertoire and has already enjoyed international success here as well, most recently with his role debut as the Doctor in Wozzeck at the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse. He sang this role with comparable success at the Opéra de Paris, where he also distinguished himself as Klingsor in Parsifal. His performances as Pizarro in concert performances of Fidelio at the Gstaad Festival and at the Grafenegg Festival under the baton of Jaap van Zweden became a personal triumph. Parts such as Pizarro, Rocco, Klingsor, Alberich, Hagen, Hunding or Fafner will continue to be the focus of his singing activities in the future.

Falk Struckmann begins the 2023/24 season with the role of the Grande Inquisitore in Verdi's Don Carlo at the Berlin State Opera. He will then appear in Tokyo in Eisler's Deutscher Sinfonie conducted by Sebastian Weigle and is expected in Sydney as Alberich for concert performances of Rheingold with Simone Young conducting. In Seoul, he will take on the role of Hunding in concert performances of Act I Walküre under the baton of Jaap van Zweden.

In the past seasons he sang all three big bass roles in the Ring Cycle at Staatsoper Berlin  at Daniel Barenboim’s invitation. Semperoper Dresden contracted him as Fafner, Alberich  and Hagen with Christian Thielemann conducting. He also made his impressive role debut  as the Grand Inquisitor at Staatsoper Stuttgart in a new production by Lotte de Beer. 

At the centre of Mr. Struckmann’s extensive repertoire are Richard Wagner’s big dramatic  roles such as Holländer, König Heinrich (Lohengrin), König Marke (Tristan und Isolde)  and Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg). In Der Ring des Nibelungen he has  portrayed Wotan/Wanderer, Alberich, Fafner, Hunding, Gunther and Hagen and in  Parsifal he has sung Gurnemanz and Amfortas, as well as Klingsor. Furthermore his  repertoire includes Don Pizarro and Rocco (Fidelio), Kaspar and Eremit (Der Freischütz), 

Jochanaan (Salome), Orest (Elektra), Barak (Die Frau ohne Schatten), Borromeo  (Palestrina) and the title role in Mathis der Maler. His important roles in the Italian  repertoire include Scarpia (Tosca) and Jago (Otello). He has performed in Bluebeard’s  Castle in both concert and staged productions.  

Born in Heilbronn Mr. Struckmann began his career in Kiel and Basel, and from there he  quickly went to all the important opera houses and festivals around the world. He  regularly works with the world’s leading conductors, including Daniel Barenboim,  Christian Thielemann, Kirill Petrenko, Riccardo Muti, Simone Young and Bertrand de Billy.  Mr. Struckmann has been named “Kammersänger” by both the Wiener and the Berliner  Staatsoper. He has performed in all major opera houses, including the Metropolitan  Opera New York, the Teatro alla Scala Milano, the Royal Opera House London, the Opéra  National de Paris, the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, the San Francisco Opera, the Lyric  Opera Chicago and the Semperoper Dresden. He made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival  in 1993 as Kurwenal in a production by Heiner Müller under the baton of Daniel  Barenboim. This was followed by productions of the Ring under James Levine and  Christian Thielemann and Parsifal. He appeared at the Salzburg Festival in Tristan und  Isolde and in Bluebeard’s Castle. He sang Don Pizarro at the Lucerne Festival conducted  by Claudio Abbado.  

Essentially all of his roles have been published on CD or DVD. 

2023/24

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