SEBASTIAN HOLECEK, Baritone

Austrian; Lyric and Dramatic Baritone

Studies: University of Music in Vienna with Prof. Gerhard Kahry; Private Studies with Gino Bechi

Past/ Past and Future Engagements: Wiener Staatsoper/ Wiener Volksoper (member of the Ensemble), Gärtnerplatztheater München, Opera Monte Carlo, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Opera Bastille Paris, Opera Santiago Chile, Opernhaus Graz, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, Schlossfestspiele Ludwigsburg, Carnegie Hall NY, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Palm Beach Opera, Oper Bonn, Teatro Regio di Torino, Gran Teatro del Liceu Barcelona and others
Sebastian Holecek collaborated with conductors such as Heinrich Hollreiser, Marcello Viotti, Horst Stein, Fabio Luisi, Gerd Albrecht, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Zubin Mehta

Repertoire list: Escamillo in "Carmen", Don Giovanni in "Don Giovanni", Sprecher in "Die Zauberflöte", Don Alfonso in "Così fan tutte", Prigoniero in "Il Prigoniero", Kaspar in "Der Freischütz", Giorgio Germont in "La Traviata", Eisenstein in "Die Fledermaus", Homonay in "Der Zigeunerbaron", Danilo in "Die lustige Witwe", Sebastiano in "Tiefland", Johannes in "Der Evangelimann" and many others. 

JULIAN TOVEY, Baritone

British; Lyric and Dramatic Baritone

Studies: Royal Northern College of Music; Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies; Private Studies with Anna Reynolds and masterclasses with Brigitte Fassbaender, Tom Krause and others

Past/ Past and Future Engagements: Opera National du Rhin, Vlaamse Opera, English National Opera, Garsington Opera, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Royal Albert Hall, Canadian Opera Company Toronto, Tiroler Festspiele, Wexford Opera Festival, Scottish Opera, Royal Operahouse Covent Garden and others
Ludwig in the world premiere of the musical "Ludwig II." (Festspielhaus Neuschwanstein)
Julian Tovey collaborates with conductors such as Christian Thielemann, Gustav Kuhn and Richard Bradshaw

New Future Engagements: Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Repertoire list: Almaviva in "Le Nozze di Figaro", Danilo in "Die lustige Witwe", Donner in "Rheingold", Gunther in "Götterdämmerung", Belcore in "L'elisir d'amore", Eisenstein in "Die Fledermaus", Escamillo in "Carmen", Lorenzo in "I Capuleti e i Montecchi", Bertrand in "Iolanta", Sweeney Todd in "Sweeney Todd", Amfortas in "Parsifal" and others

Recordings: Polygram