Tobias Kehrer
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Tobias Kehrer was born in Dessau. He received his musical edu-
cation at the Universität der Künste in Berlin, vocal studies with
Professor Siegfried Lorenz, leaving the Hochschule with the diplo-
ma in February 2011.
Whilst Tobias Kehrer was still a student he appeared at the Kurt-
Weill-Festival Dessau and had several engagements at opera
houses like Neustrelitz, Chemnitz, with smaller orchestras and
with the Telemann-Festival Magdeburg.
Starting in the 2012 / 2013 season at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as
a regular company member, Tobias Kehrer will have completed
immediately before the one year's scholarship ”Franz-Josef-Weis-
weiler” awarded by the Förderkreis of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
He interprets roles like Commendatore / Don Giovanni, Sarastro /
Die Zauberflöte, Sparafucile / Rigoletto, Coline / La Bohème,
Steffano Colonna / Rienzi, Fafner / Das Rheingold, Titurel / Parsifal,
Daland / Der fliegende Holländer. New Ring-Cycle (2020 - 2022):
Fafner and Hunding (leading team: Stefan Herheim / Donald
Runnicles).
2014 / 2015: debut Metropolitan Opera New York, Die Zauberflöte /
Sarastro with re-engagement for the 2017 / 2018 season. Lyric
Opera of Chicago (Das Rheingold / Fafner, leading team: David
Pountney / Sir Andrew Davis), Opéra National de Paris (Die Zauber-
flöte / Sarastro), Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Die Entführung aus
dem Serail / Osmin, musical direction: Zubin Mehta).
Salzburg Festival 2012, new production Ariadne auf Naxos / Truffal-
din (conductor: Daniel Harding, stage director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf)
and Festival 2013: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Nachtwächter
(Stefan Herheim / Daniele Gatti) and concert performance of Walter
Braunfels' Jeanne d'Arc / Jacobus von Arc. Glyndebourne Festival
2015, Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Osmin. Bayreuth Festival
2018 (debut): Die Walküre / Hunding, Die Meistersinger von Nürn-
berg / Nachtwächter, Parsifal / Titurel.
Representation: General Management