WOLFGANG ABLINGER-SPERRHACKE, Tenor

Austrian; Character Tenor

Studies: University of Music in Vienna with Prof. Gerhard Kahry and Prof. Kurt Equiluz

Past/ Past and Future Engagements: Wolfgang Ablinger.Sperrhacke is one of Europe's leading character tenors; Landestheater Linz, Theater Basel, Gärtnerplatztheater München, Mozartfestival La Coruña, Théâtre des Champs Elysèes, Théâtre du Capitole du Toulouse, Opera Nancy, Opera Bastille Paris, Opera du National du Rhin, Semperoper Dresden, Oper Leipzig, Oper Frankfurt, La Monnaie, Festival Aix en Provence, Teatro Real Madrid, Glyndebourne Festival, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musikverein Wien and Bregenzer Festspiele. Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke collobaroates regulary with conductors such as James Conlon, Pinchas Steinberg, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Sir Charles Mackerras, Semyon Bychov, Antonio Pappano and others

New Future Engagements: Teatro alla Scala Milano, Teatro La Fenice Venezia, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Repertoire list: Hauptmann in "Wozzeck", Mime in "Siegfried", Loge in "Rheingold", Herodes in "Salome", Aegist in "Elektra", Hexe in "Hänsel und Gretel", Arnalta in "L'Incoronazione di Poppea", Monostatos in "Die Zauberflöte", Pedrillo in "Die Entführung aus den Serail", Valzacchi in "Der Rosenkavalier", Dr.Cajus in "Falstaff", Sellem in "Rake's Progress", Four Servants in "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" and Wenzel in "The Barted Bride".

Recordings: 3sat, Arthaus and others

OTONIEL GONZAGA, Tenor

American; Spinto/ Dramatic Tenor

Studies: Curtis Institute of Music in Phildelphia, Private Studies in USA with Richard Lewis and Margaret Harsharrir and in Germany with Prof. John Tester

Past/ Past and Future Engagements: Oper Frankfurt (member of the Ensemble for more than ten years), Staatsoper Stuttgart, Staatsoper Hannover, Volksoper Wien, Staatsoper Hamburg, Theater Basel, Oper Graz, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Israel Philharmonic Tel Aviv, State Opera Prague, San Francisco Opera, Japan Metropolitan Opera and many others
Otoniel Gonzaga collaborated with conductors such as Giuseppe Patanè, Alberto Erede, Pablo Casals, Sir John Pritchard, Herbert von Karajan and many others
Honored in 2001 with the title "Tenor of the Century" (Philippine)

Repertoire list: Otoniel Gonzaga added almost 70 roles to his repertory such as Andrea Chenier in "Andrea Chenier", Calaf in "Turandot", Cavaradossi in "Tosca", Otello in "Otello", Canio in "I Pagliacci", Hoffmann in "Les Contes d'Hoffmann", Florestan in "Fidelio", Bachus in "Ariadne auf Naxos" etc. He sang the role of Sou Chong in "Das Land des Lächelns" more than 300 times.

JÖRG SCHNEIDER, Tenor

Austrian; Lyric Tenor

Studies: with Prof. Elfriede Obrowsky in Vienna

Past/ Past and Future Engagements: Jörg Schneider ist well know in Italy, especially as one of Europe's best Mozart tenors; Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Gärtnerplatztheater München, Volksoper Wien, Opernhaus Zürich, La Monnaie Brussels, Teatro Comunale Firenze, Teatro dell'Opera Roma, Teatro San Carlo Napoli, Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro alla Scala Milano, Musikverein Wien, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro Bellini di Catania, Semperoper Dresden, New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Jörg Schneider is one of Zubin Mehta's favorite tenors and works regulary with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Ulf Schirmer, Gustav Kuhn, Theodor Guschlbauer, Semyon Bychov, Friedrich Haider, Pinchas Steinberg, Dennis Russell Davis, Edo de Wart and Christian Thielemann.

New Future Engagements: Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Teatro Comunale Modena, Teatro Real Madrid

Repertoire list: Don Ottavio in "Don Giovanni", Ferrando in "Così fan tutte", Tamino in "Die Zauberflöte", Arbace in "Idomeneo", Belmonte in "Die Entführung aus dem Serail", David in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", Steuermann in "Der fliegende Holländer", Flamand in "Capriccio", Leukippos in "Daphne", Matteo in "Arabella", Jacquino in "Fidelio", Ernesto in "Don Pasquale", Gonzalve in "L'Heur Espagnole", Almaviva in "Il barbiere di Siviglia" and Alfred in "Die Fledermaus"

Recordings: Nighingale (Alfred in "Die Fledermaus" opposite Edita Gruberovà as Adele), ARTE and others