Vincent Wolfsteiner © Ludwig Olah

Vincent Wolfsteiner

The Munich born and raised tenor Vincent Wolfsteiner studied at New England Conservatory with William Cotton and made his debut as Rodolfo/La Bohème at Grantite State Opera, followed by
engagements including roles, such as Don José/Carmen, Turiddu/Cavalleria rusticana, Coraddo/Il Corsaro and Canio/Pagliacci in Massachussets, New York, Florida and New Hampshire. During a collaboration at Sarasota, FL, Vincent Wolfsteiner became aquainted with Peter Leonard - the then designated general music director at Volkstheater Rostock, who offered him a Festengagement. While in Rostock, Mr. Wolfsteiner sang roles like Prince/Love Of Three Oranges, Graf Zedlau/Wiener Blut, Max/Der Freischütz, Erik/Der fliegende Holländer, Hans/The Bartered Bride and Des Grieux/Manon Lescaut. In the following years, he worked freelance an guested houses, including State Opera Hannover, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater as well as the Opera Festival Heidenheim. At these institutions he took on roles like Siegmund/Die Walküre, Florestan/Fidelio, Aegisth/Elektra, Bacchus/Ariadne auf Naxos, Piccolomini in Weinberger's
Wallenstein, Officer in Hindemith's Cardillac, as well as Carlo Santos in Weill's Der Kuhhandel. Following two seasons (2012-14) as a permanent member of the ensemble at Staatstheater
Nuremberg, Vincent Wolfsteiner became a member of the ensemble at Opera Frankfurt, debuting in the title role of Verdi's Otello. Since then, he performed all major tenor roles in Wagner's Ring cycle, the title roles Tristan und Isolde, Lohengrin, Peter Grimes and Andrea Chénier, Erik/Der fliegende Holländer, Calaf/Turandot, Luigi/Il tabarro, Maurizio/Adriana Lecouvreur, as well as Filka Morozov/From the House of the Dead. Last season, he sang Bacchus/Ariadne auf Naxos and Tambourmajor/Wozzeck at Oper Frankfurt, and Hüon/Oberon on the occasion of his house debut at Theater an der Wien. Furthermore, he performed the title role of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, as well as Siegmund/Die Walküre at Bayreuth Festival. In the 19/20 season Vincent Wolfsteiner made his celebrated role debut as Herodes/Salome at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden , followed by debuts in this same role at the Staatsoper Wien and Bolshoi Theatre Moscow. in 2020 he sang Tristan in the new production
of the Oper Frankfurt under the direction of Sebastian Weigle and first Geharnischter in Magic Flute at the Bavarian State Opera München. Vincent Wolfsteiner is active as a concert singer, as well. His repertoire includes key works, such as Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's Symphony No 9, Mendelssohn's Elijah and Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Schumann's Faust Szenen, as well as Mahler's Symphony No 8 and Das Lied von der Erde.