Jörg Schneider was born in Wels, Austria. He received his first musical training with the Vienna Boys' Choir, followed by private studies with Prof. Elfriede Obrowsky in
Vienna.
In 1995 the young tenor became a member of the STAATSTHEATER WIESBADEN, where he sang the following roles: La Cenerentola (Ramiro), Zar und Zimmermann (Chateauneuf), Die
Fledermaus (Alfred), La Gazetta (Alberto), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Belmonte), Der Vogelhändler (Stanislaus) and others.
From 1997-2000 he was a member of the ensemble of the DEUTSCHE OPER AM RHEIN DÜSSELDORF and appeared there as Ramiro, Don Ottavio, Tamino, Almaviva, Ferrando, Tonio (La fille du Régiment) and Ernesto (Don Pasquale).
With these and other roles Jörg Schneider gave guest performances all over Europe, among others as Belmonte at the DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN , as Almaviva at the STAATSOPER STUTTGART, as Alfred
at the VOLKSOPER WIEN and as Tamino at the OPERNHAUS ZÜRICH and at the TEATRO BELLINI DI CATANIA, as well as Corentino in Meyerbeer's "Dinorah" at the TEATRO REGIO DI
PARMA.
Among the highlights of the seasons after 2000 was Daphne (Leukippos) in a concert performance under M° Pinchas Steinberg with N. Gustafson, J. Niskanen and M. Ejsing at the
BRUCKNERHAUS LINZ and at the PHILHARMONIE DRESDEN under M° Christoph Prick. 2000/2001 Jörg Schneider opened the season with a NEW PRODUCTION of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (Tamino) under M° Theodor Guschlbauer at the TEATRO COMUNALE DI FIRENZE. At the TEATRO REGIO DI TORINO followed a NEW PRODUCTION of Hamlet (Laertes); in PARIS the tenor was heard again in a concert performance of Capriccio (Flamand) under M°Gustav Kuhn with Felicity Lott (with RADIO FRANCE), as well as in NEAPEL. In 2003 he sang in a NEW PRODUCTION of Der fliegende Holländer (Steuermann) at the
TEATRO FILARMONICO DI VERONA
In addition to the operatic stage, Jörg Schneider can also point to a considerable lied and concert repertoire. In 1997-1998 he made his debut in Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Walpurgis Night at the SCALA DI MILANO. In the years that followed, he sang Haydn's Die Schöpfung, Schumann's Dichterliebe, Bach's St. John Passion, Mozart's Requiem, Verdi's Messa da Requiem, among others, in Austria,
Germany and Italy. In May 2001 he appeared in Beethoven's Christ on the Mount of Olives at the TEATRO LIRICO DI CAGLIARI. Further concert guest appearances took Jörg Schneider to the CONCERTGEBOW in AMSTERDAM, the WIENER MUSIKVEREIN and the WIENER KONZERTHAUS.
Highlights of the following seasons were the David in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" at the TEATRO DEL MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO, as well as at the TEATRO DELL'OPERA DI ROMA the Steuermann in "Der Fliegende Holländer", which he also sang at the THEATRE DE LA MONNAIE in Brussels in December 2005. In the guest performance of the Theatre de la Monnaie in Japan in October 2005 he was also heard as Don Ottavio. 2006 brings him to the TEATRO REGIO TORINO, the TEATRO LIRICO DI CAGLIARI, the FESTIVAL SOLOTHURN and the TEATRO MASSIMO in Palermo with roles like Belmonte and Tamino. In the
spring 2007 he sang Gonzalvo in a new production of Ravel's "Spanish Hour" in Vienna and the Mozart Requiem at the Semperoper Dresden conducted by Zubin Mehta. In the fall of 2007, he sang the tenor part in Cherubini's "Cantata on the Death of Haydn" under the baton of Riccardo Muti at the Vienna Musikverein. In January 2008 Jörg Schneider made his debut as Alfred in "Die Fledermaus" at the WIENER STAATSOPER.
In 2008, Jörg Schneider also appeared in a new production of "Fidelio" under the baton of Claudio Abbado at the Teatro Real in Madrid, at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, in Reggio Emilia and at the Teatro Communale in Ferrara.
Teatro Communale in Ferrara. In 2009 he appeared under Christian Thielemann's direction in Baden- Baden, Paris and Munich in Strauss' "Rosenkavalier". Furthermore, he was heard this season at the Richard Strauss Days in Garmisch- Partenkirchen as Flamand and sang Tamino in Mozart's "Magic Flute" for the first time at the Vienna State Opera in November 2009. In the summer of 2009, he made his London debut as soloist in Berlioz's "Te Deum" at the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. In 2010 he appeared again at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, singing Belmonte in "Entführung" under Zubin Mehta's direction. In July 2011, Jörg Schneider debuted with great success as Leukippos at LICEO in Barcelona and made his role debut as Narraboth at the Vienna State Opera in the fall of 2011. In the fall of 2012, the artist made his debut as Iro in "Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria" in
directed by Claus Guth and under the musical direction of Christophe Rousset at THEATER AN DER WIEN. He sang the same role in 2017 at the Theatre des Champs
Elysees in Paris in an NP by Mariame Clement. In 2015, Jörg Schneider made his debut in the premiere of "Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald"/ Oscar at the BREGENZER FESTSPIELEN. He also sang the same role at the Theater an der Wien. In 2016, at the Theater an der Wien, the artist sang for the first time the Italian Singer in "Capriccio" and in 2017 he made his debut at the BAVARIAN STATE OPERA MUNICH as the Dance Master in "Ariadne auf Naxos" Since 2017, Jörg Schneider is the first lyric tenor ensemble member of the Vienna State Opera.
In November 2018, he made his debut at the STAATSOPER HAMBURG as Mime/ Rheingold under Kent Nagano. In the fall of 2019, he sang his first Herod in "Salome" at the Vienna State Opera. In the 21/22 season, Jörg Schneider will sing, among other roles, his first Hauptmann in "Wozzeck" in an NP at the Vienna State Opera and for the first time both Mimes in the Ring at the Vienna State Opera and under Marek Janowski in Dresden.
Jörg Schneider has already recorded Die Fledermaus (Alfred) for Nightingale Classics with Edita Gruberova under M° Friedrich Haider, as well as Der Vogelhändler (Stanislaus) for the Seefestspiele Mörbisch and Der lustige Krieg (Marquese Sebastiani).
Jörg Schneider has also worked with conductors such as Dennis Russell Davis, Edo de Waart, Peter Schneider, Bertrand de Billy, Pinchas Steinberg, Gustav Kuhn and Semyon Bychkov.