Jürgen Freier
Baritone
Jürgen Freier was born in Danzig and was a member of the Berlin State Opera until 1991. The artist has since established an international reputation of wide-ranging versatility. His extensive repertoire includes roles such as Alberich / Ring-Cycle, Pizarro / Fidelio, Wolfram / Tannhäuser, Four Villains / Les Contes de Hoffmann (Deutsche Oper am Rhein), Wozzeck / Wozzeck (Munich State Opera and Teatro Comunale di Bologna), Beckmesser / Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Frankfurt Opera), Don Estoban / Der Zwerg and Dr. Schön / Lulu (Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville). Chemnitz Opera: Mandryka / Arabella, Holländer / Der fliegende HolländerKaspar / Der Freischütz, Faninal / Der Rosenkavalier, Der Weg der Verheißung (Kurt Weill), world premiere of the original German version with tours to New York and Tel Aviv. The artist has sung throughout Europe, regularly appearing with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Chemnitz Opera, the Cologne, Frankfurt and Leipzig Operas, the Hamburg and Munich State Operas, Komische Oper Berlin, De Nederlandse Opera, De Flaamse Opera, Antwerp, as well as in Lisbon, at the Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville, in Japan, at the Washington National Opera, in New York, Tel Aviv and at the Bregenz, Granada and Salzburg Festivals. Role debut als Klingsor / Parsifal (new production), Croatian National Theatre Zagreb (conductor Niksa Bareza) in March / April 2011. Jürgen Freier has sung with conductors such as Gary Bertini, Heinz Fricke, Hartmut Haenchen, Ingo Metzmacher, Fabio Luisi und worked with stage directors such as Pierre Audi, Willy Decker, August Everding, Götz Friedrich, Kurt Horres, Harry Kupfer, Peter Konwitschny, Lotfi Mansouri, Günter Krämer and Herbert Wernicke. Recordings: Matthus: Graf Mirabeau / title role, Heinz Fricke conducting, Berlin State Opera / Berlin Classics. Schnittke: Historia von Dr. Johann Fausten, Gerd Albrecht conducting / BMG. Representation: General Management / Worldwide