TENOR
Representation: World, Contact: Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
Tel.: +43 (0)5 0680-12, E-Mail: [email protected]

Biography:
Hailed as one of the world’s leading tenors, German-Canadian tenor Michael Schade performs on every major opera stage and in the most prestigious concert halls of the world. His art form embraces a wide repertoire of performances in opera, recital, concert, and recording.

He continues his close collaboration with the Vienna State Opera in the 2014/15 season returning for a new production of IDOMENEO under Christoph Eschenbach and Kasper Holten. At the Vienna State Opera, Michael Schade has performed all of the leading Mozart and Strauss roles. His subtle, yet powerful interpretation of Dvořák’s RUSALKA, Mozart's LA CLEMENZA DI TITO and in Strauss' CAPRICCIO with Renée Fleming won him critical acclaim and high praise from audiences.

He frequently performs at the Metropolitan Opera, the Munich Opera and the Canadian Opera Company, where he debuted his highly acclaimed Eisenstein in DIE FLEDERMAUS last season, at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Liceu Barcelona, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Opéra Bastille in Paris. In November 2013 Michael Schade has been invited back by Simone Young to debut PETER GRIMES at the Hamburg State Opera where his award winning Aschenbach in DEATH IN VENICE was their most recent collaboration. The unanimous critical acclaim for these role debuts, which includes his first Florestan in Beethoven’s FIDELIO at the Theater an der Wien under Nikolaus Harnoncourt, have paved the way for more dramatic parts to be added to his already impressive repertoire. Further highlights include Berg’s LULU with Fabio Luisi at the Metropolitan Opera, and IDOMENEO with the Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam and a new production of DON GIOVANNI for which he will return to the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto.

As one of the favorite artists of the Salzburg Festival for almost two decades, Michael Schade has appeared in new stagings of Mozart’s LA CLEMENZA DI TITO, Purcell’s KING ARTHUR, Mozart’s ZAUBERFLÖTE, Haydn’s ARMIDA, Cherubini’s MEDÉE and von Winter’s DAS LABYRINTH. Recent highlights in Salzburg include Haydn’s CREATION and SEASONS under the baton of Harnoncourt and Schubert’s DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN with Rudolf Buchbinder. In 2008 he initiated and was appointed the Creative Director of the Salzburg Festival’s Young Singers Project