Andreas Wolf

Young German Bass-Baritone Andreas Wolf is a regular guest at major international opera houses and concert halls, working with conductors such as William Christie, René Jacobs, Marcus Creed, Helmut Rilling, Jérémie Rhorer, Raphaël Pichon, Peter Dijkstra, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Alessandro De Marchi, Jordi Savall, Eduardo López Banzo, Andreas Spering, Paul Goodwin, Bertrand de Billy and Sylvain Cambreling.

Recent highlights include Guglielmo in Michael Haneke’s production of Cosi fan tutte at Teatro Real in Madrid, La Monnaie in Brussels and the Wiener Festwochen, returns to La Monnaie as Leporello in Don Giovanni, and to Madrid as Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, and a series of productions at Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, including Truffaldin in Ariadne auf Naxos, Zuniga in Carmen and Paolo Calvi in a new production of Die Gezeichneten. Other opera appearances include Leporello Don Giovanni at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Figaro Le Nozze di Figaro at the at the Opera national du Rhin Strasbourg, Falke in Die Fledermaus, Jupiter in Platée and Leporello Don Giovanni, all at Oper Stuttgart, Elviro in Handel’s Serse at the Theater an der Wien, Zoroastre in Handel’s Orlando at Scottish Opera and Komische Oper Berlin, Man/Ephraimite in a concert-performance of Moses und Aron with the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg at Teatro Real Madrid and the Philharmonie in Berlin, Littore and Tribuno in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea at Theater an der Wien, Curio in Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Salle Pleyel in Paris, alongside Cecilia Bartoli, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas in New York and Moscow with Les Arts Florissants, Clito in Handel’s Alessandro nell’Indie at Beaune Festival and Nanni in Joseph Haydn’s L’Infedelta delusa for the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.

A sought-after concert artist, Mr Wolf has performed Handel’s Belshazzar with the RIAS Chamber Choir and Akademie fuer Alter Musik Berlin at the Festivals in Salzburg and Beaune, in Oslo, Cologne and the Berliner Philharmonie, JS Bach’s Messe in h-moll with the Bavaria Radio Choir under Peter Dijkstra at the Rheingau-Musikfestival and in Munich, Mozart’s Great Mass in c-minor, also with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, at Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Teatro Regio di Torino, Bach cantatas with Bach-Collegium Stuttgart and conductor Hans- Christoph Rademann, Mozart’s Krönungsmesse with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker conducted by the late Sir Neville Marriner, Johann Christian Bach’s Requiem and Haydn’s Stabat Mater with Concerto Köln, Handel’s Apollo e Dafne with the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Bach’s Matthäus-Passion with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Ton Koopman, his Weihnachtsoratorium with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and with Concerto Köln, Handel’s Messiah at Konzerthaus Dortmund under Andrea Marcon and at the Festival de Beaune with l’Ensemble Matheus, Mozart’s Requiem at the festival in Lessay with Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Apollo in Apollo e Dafne, conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini, for the Handelfestspiele Karlsruhe and Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato at the Bachfest Stuttgart.

Recordings include Haydn’s Jubilaeum Virtutis Palatium with Capella Augustina, Johann Ludwig’s Trauermusik and Handel’s Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, both with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and all for Harmonia Mundi. A recording of Bach cantatas with the Freiburger Barockorchester and Carolyn Sampson was released in spring 2017.

Highlights in the 2018/19 season include his house debut at Semperoper Dresden as Jupiter in Platée, Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium with the BR Choir and Peter Dijkstra, the Messe in h-moll with Concerto Köln at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Mozart’s Requiem with the Nederlandse Kamerkoor, Berlioz’ Messe Solennelle with Le Concert Spirituel and concerts with the Bachakademie Stuttgart and at the Bachfest Leipzig.