Wolfgang Koch returns to the the Vienna State Opera in the role of Carlo Borromeo in Pfitzner's Palestrina

WOLFGANG KOCH returns to the the Vienna State Opera in the role of Carlo Borromeo in Pfitzner's rarely performed work Palestrina under the baton of Christian Thielemann.

December 5/8/12/15, 2024


Wolfgang Koch's repertoire includes the great baritone roles of the German and Italian repertoire. He sang Wotan / Wanderer (Der Ring des Nibelungen) both at the Bayreuth Festival and in Munich under Kirill Petrenko. As Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) he was also heard at the Munich Opera Festival under the baton of Kirill Petrenko. He has already sung Amfortas and Klingsor in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and the Salzburg Easter Festival. He made his MET debut in 2019 as Scarpia (Tosca). He has appeared as Falstaff at both the Bavarian and Vienna State Operas. Wolfgang Koch sang Dallapiccola's Il prigioniero under Kirill Petrenko with the Berlin Philharmonic.

Gabriele Trombitas