Wolfgang Holzmair

Wolfgang Holzmair is a baritone, especially noted for his artwork tune recitals. He received his school education on the Vienna School of Economics. After graduating, he started voice studies on the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. In 1981 he gained second prize on the ‘s-Hertogenbosch Competition in holland, and gained the Vienna Musikverein International Competition for Lieder Performers in 1982. Through the 1980s he created his operatic profession, performing in Bern, Switzerland, and Gelsenkirchen (Germany). He started like a Mozart professional, portraying Figaro in The Relationship of Figaro, Guglielmo in Così lover tutte, and Papageno in The Magic Flute. But his 1st wide success arrived after he sang the component of Hans Scholl in Udo Zimmerman’s opera about the wartime anti-Nazi level of resistance motion in Germany, Die weiße Rose. Engagements in the Zurich Opera, the Lisbon Opera Home, as well as the Salzburg Event followed. He’s particularly mentioned as Debussy’s Pelléas. The uncommon servings of his repertory consist of Busoni’s Arlecchino (as Abbate), Haydn’s L’anima del filosofo, ossia Orfeo ed Euridice in the component of Creonte, and Poulenc’s Les mamelles de Terésias. He also likes singing operetta. From the 1990s he started making his status as a respected Lieder vocalist. His preliminary repertoire contains the primary German Lieder and French mélodie books, aswell as the orchestral tunes of Mahler; like a concert vocalist, he also specializes in Weill’s The Seven Fatal Sins, Brahms’ Requiem, and Britten’s Battle Requiem. In 1993 Holzmair authorized as a special designer for the Philips label. His documenting from the Brahms German Requiem, Herbert Blomstedt performing, received a Grammy. In the years since 2000, Holzmair offers considerably extended his repertoire, adding premieres of many contemporary functions to his routine aswell as orchestrated tunes of Brahms.