Paul Schweinester
Worldwide representation
Austrian tenor Paul Schweinester begins the 2023/24 season with a new production of Offenbach's Die Reise zum Mond at the Vienna Volksoper. The Theater an der Wien/ Kammeroper has engaged the artist as Podesta in Mozart's La Finta giardiniera. As Kunz Vogelsgesang in the new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Paul Schweinester will make his debut at the Teatro Real Madrid. Concert engagements take him to the Vienna Konzerthaus for the 40th anniversary concert of Juventutis with Mahler's Lied von der Erde in the Schönberg version for chamber ensemble and to Porto for Orff's Carmina Burana.
Important engagements in recent seasons include the Mozart pastiche Der Alte Baum (conception, direction, singing) at the Mozartwoche Salzburg; the Narr (Die Schatzgräber) at the Opéra du Rhin Strasbourg; King Caspar (Amahl and the Nocturnal Visitors), Sam Borzalino (Stumme Serenade), Narraboth/Erster Jude (Salome) and Toni Reischmann (Elegie für junge Liebende) at Theater an der Wien; Bastien und Bastienne and Der Schauspieldirektor at Mozartwoche Salzburg; Schauspieldirektor, Bastien und Bastienne, Amleto, Rigoletto and Don Quichotte at Bregenz Festival; Pedrillo (Entführung aus dem Serail) and Monostatos (Zauberflöte) with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting (Festspielhaus Baden-Baden); Brighella (Ariadne auf Naxos) at Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Jacquino (Fidelio) under the baton of Zubin Mehta (Teatro San Carlo Napoli); Basilio (Le Nozze di Figaro) at Salzburg Festival; Adam (Vogelhändler) and Tony (West Side Story) at Seefestspiele Mörbisch; Pedrillo (Entführung aus dem Serail ) at Opéra de Paris; Zimmermann‘s Soldaten (Mailänder Scala, Salzburger Festspiele); Das Gespenst von Canterville at Wiener Volksoper; the world premieres of Cerha‘s Onkel Präsident (Prinzregententheater München) and Hiller‘s Der Flaschengeist (Gärtnerplatztheater München); Gilles de Rais (Jeanne & Gilles) at Sirene Operntheater Wien; Dr. Siedler (Im Weißen Rössl ) at Oper Köln; Susannah at Wiener Musikverein and in Madrid; Quartett-Recital at Schubertiade Hohenems; Haydn‘s Schöpfung (Palace of Arts Budapest) and Jahreszeiten (Haydn-Festspiele Eisenstadt); Matthäus-Passion (Marc Minkowski/Musiciens du Louvre, Grafenegger Frühling); Bach-Cantatas (Wiener Konzerthaus) a.o.
Paul Schweinester was born in Innsbruck and became soprano soloist of the Wiltener Sängerknaben. In 2009 he graduated from the University of Music and performing Arts in Vienna with distinction and continued his studies at the Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia in Rome. As a member of the Young Singers Project at Salzburg Festival 2012 he had opportunity to work with conductors such as Daniele Gatti and Ingo Metzmacher. From 2009/10 to 2012/13 he was member of the ensemble at Wiener Volksoper.
2023/24
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