Sebastian Kohlhepp

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Sebastian Kohlhepp has established himself in recent years on the international opera and concert stages as one of today’s finest German tenors, receiving praise for his “vast colour range” (Opernwelt) and “irresistible, gleaming” (Opera Magazine) voice.

Operatic highlights in 2026/27 include his house debut at the Bayreuther Festspiele as David/Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and a return to Staatsoper Berlin for his role debut as Königsssohn in a new production of Humperdinck’s Königskinder under Christian Thielemann. Concerts include Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Berliner Phiharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko in Berlin and Salzburg, Beethoven’s Symphony no 9 with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich and Paavo Järvi as well as with the Brucknerorchester Linz and Markus Poschner, Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium with the Montreal Symphony and Kent Nagano and works by Mozart and Beethoven with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at Osterfestspiele Baden-Baden and Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang with the orchestra of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, conducted by Asher Fisch. With the Gürzenich Orchester he will perform Act 3 of Parsifal under Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Mozart’s Requiem under Ton Koopman. He will also appear in recital at Konzerthaus Dortmund.

Recent seasons saw house debuts at Staatsoper Berlin as Loge in Das Rheingold, at Teatro Real Madrid as David/Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, at La Scala as Narraboth/Salome and at Oper Köln in the title role of Idomeneo. He also returned to the Salzburger Festspiele as Flamand/Capriccio after recent successes as David and Manolios/The Greek Passion and to Opernhaus Zurich as Kavalier in Hindemith’s Cardillac. A sought-after Mozart interpreter, he has appeared at the Wiener Staatsoper as Tamino/Die Zauberflöte and Belmonte/Die Entführung aus dem Serail, at Bayerische Staatsoper Munich as Ferrando/Cosi fan tutte and at Opernhaus Zurich as Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni.

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