Markus Werba
Introduction
Markus Werba is widely regarded as a leading lyric baritone of his generation.
Despite his relative youth Markus has already established a remarkable career and has a wide range of repertoire from the complete Mozart/Da Ponte operas to Mahler and Schumann which he recites at prestigious venues all over the globe including Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Zurich Opera, Sao Carlos Lisbon, Opéra Bastille Paris, Theatre des Champs Elysees Paris, Opera di Roma, Teatro Comunale Bologna, Salzburg Festival Baden-Baden, La Fenice Venice, Bayerische Staatsoper, La Scala, Milan, LA Opera, Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera and the Salzburg and Baden-Baden Festivals.He has worked with eminent conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado, James Levine, Daniel Harding and James Conlon.
This season includes concerts with the Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and for the Opera Comique. His upcoming opera performances include appearances with the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zurich, La Fenice and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and he will sing his first Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg for the Salzburg Festival.
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