Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (born 1967 in Zell am See, Salzburg) is an Austrian operatic tenor.

Wolfgang-Ablinger-Sperrhacke

Life

Ablinger-Sperrhacke studied[1] at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna with Gerhard Kahry (voice) and Kurt Equiluz (Lied/oratorio). After first fest-contracts at Landestheater Linz (1993–1995), Theater Basel (fest-contract during season 1995/96, afterwards as guest singer till 1999/2000) and Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz Munich (1996–1998) he has worked as a free-lance artist since 1998.

In 1997 he made his début at the Opéra National de Paris[2] and subsequently was invited to do roles such as Goro in Madama Butterfly, Monostatos as well as First Armed Man in The Magic Flute, Capito in Mathis der Maler, Shabby Peasant in Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District [3], Mime in Der Ring des Nibelungen and also participated in the world premiere of Philippe Manoury's opera K....

At the Glyndebourne Festival Opera he sang[4] in more than 130 performances including roles such as Vašek in The Bartered Bride, Reverend Horace Adams in Peter Grimes, Arnalta in L'incoronazione di Poppea, the Witch in Hänsel und Gretel – the two last also semistaged at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, Tanzmeister in Ariadne auf Naxos and Podestà in La finta giardiniera.

Further important engagements:[1][3]

Concerts: at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, at Philharmonie am Gasteig, in São Paulo (Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde), Gurre-Lieder in Melbourne, Bergen, Lille, Hannover, Gothenburg, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Saint-Denis-Festival, Royal Festival Hall and Helsinki Festival, Das Rheingold (Loge) at Leeds Town Hall, Southbank Centre, The Lowry/Manchester, The Sage/Newcastle, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham and Symphony Hall, Birmingham.[1]

Ablinger-Sperrhacke has worked with conductors such as Kirill Petrenko, Simone Young, Daniel Barenboim, Ingo Metzmacher, Franz Welser-Möst, Kent Nagano, Marc Albrecht, Philippe Jordan, Emmanuelle Haïm, James Conlon, Christian Thielemann, Jeffrey Tate, Robin Ticciati, Hartmut Haenchen, Antonio Pappano, Vladimir Jurowski, Fabio Luisi and Susanna Mälkki.[1]

Awards

Recordings

DVDs:

  • Alban Berg: Lulu, Prince/valet, cond.: Daniel Barenboim, dir.: Andrea Breth, Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Deutsche Grammophon, 2015)
  • Alban Berg: Lulu, Prince/valet/Marquis, cond.: Kirill Petrenko, dir.: Dmitri Tcherniakov, Bavarian State Opera (Bel Air, 2017)
  • Alban Berg: Wozzeck, Captain, cond.: Fabio Luisi, dir.: Andreas Homoki, Opernhaus Zürich (accentus, 2016)
  • Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel and Gretel, Witch, cond.: Kazushi Ono, dir.: Laurent Pelly, Glyndebourne Festival (Decca, 2009)
  • Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, Arnalta, cond.: Emmanuelle Haïm, dir.: Robert Carsen, Glyndebourne Festival (Decca, 2009)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute, Monostatos, cond.: Marc Albrecht, dir.: Simon McBurney, De Nationale Opera (Opus arte, 2015)
  • Arnold Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder, Klaus Narr, cond.: Marc Albrecht, dir.: Pierre Audi, De Nationale Opera (Opus arte, 2017)
  • Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Valzacchi, cond.: Christian Thielemann, dir.: Herbert Wernicke. Baden-Baden Festival (Decca, 2009)
  • Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Dancing Master, cond.: Vladimir Jurowski, dir.: Katharina Thoma, Glyndebourne Festival (Opus arte, 2014)
  • Richard Strauss: Die Liebe der Danae, Pollux, cond.: Franz Welser-Möst, dir.: Alvis Hermanis, Salzburg Festival (Euroarts, 2017)
  • Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff, Dr. Cajus, cond.: Enrique Mazzola, dir.: Herbert Wernicke, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (arthaus musik, 2001)
  • Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold, Mime, cond.: Daniel Barenboim, dir.: Guy Cassiers, Teatro alla Scala (arthaus musik, 2013)
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Die Soldaten, Pirzel, cond.: Ingo Metzmacher, dir.: Alvis Hermanis, Salzburg Festival (Euroarts, 2013)

CDs:

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References
  1. Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke Operissimo.com
  2. Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke MémOpéra
  3. Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor Operabase
  4. Performance Archive: Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke Glyndebourne.com
  5. Ricerca – Archivio La Scala zu Wolfgang Ablinger. TeatroAllaScala.org
  6. Ablinger-Sperrhacke Wolfgang. Website Bayerische Staatsoper
  7. Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Die Soldaten. Salzburger Festspiele
  8. Richard Strauss: Die Liebe der Danae. Salzburger Festspiele
  9. Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke Royal Opera House
  10. Nomination Announcements: Dora Mavor Moore Awards Intermission Magazine
  11. International Classical Music Awards verkünden Preisträger 2017 Musik Heute
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