Sebastian Kohlhepp

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Sebastian Kohlhepp has established himself in recent years on the international opera and concert stages as one of the finest German tenors of his generation being praised for his “irresistible, gleaming” (Opera Magazine) and “distinctive tenor” (Das Opernglas).

In the 2025/26 season, he makes his role and house debut as Loge in Das Rheingold at Staatsoper Berlin under the baton of Christian Thielemann. He also returns to Staatsoper Wien as Belmonte/Die Entführung aus dem Serail under the baton of Ivor Bolton and to Opernhaus Zürich as Kavalier in Hindemith’s Cardillac, conducted by Fabio Luisi. On the concert stage, he will perform Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in the Arena di Verona, and collaborate with ensembles including Gürzenich Orchester, Wiener Akademie, Beethovenorchester Bonn, Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, NDR Vokalensemble, Il Pomo d’Oro, and Chorwerk Ruhr.

Recent seasons saw house debuts at Teatro Real Madrid as David/Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, at La Scala as Narraboth/Salome, at Bayerische Staatsoper Munich as Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte and at Oper Köln in the title role of Idomeneo, followed by his return in Haydn’s Die Schöpfung. He also returned to the Salzburger Festspiele as Flamand/Capriccio after recent successes as David and Manolios/The Greek Passion. As an appreciated Mozart interpreter, he appeared at the Wiener Staatsoper as Tamino/Die Zauberflöte and Belmonte and at Opernhaus Zürich as Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni.

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