Georg Nigl

Highly sought-after for his interpretations of baroque and contemporary repertoire, this season sees Georg Nigl in the principal male role in the world premiere of Luca Francesconi’s Quartetto as well as in the title roles of two operas premiered in the last twelve months: Eötvös’s Die Tragödie des Teufels at the Bayerische Staatsoper and Rihm’s Dionysos at the Netherlands Opera. He will also sing Wozzeck at the Bolshoi Theatre and Dusapin’s Passion at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Performances on the concert stage include Mahler in Luxembourg and Lisbon, Fauré in Singapore, Rihm at the Salzburger Festspiele and the continuation of his cycle of Bach Cantatas at the Wiener Konzerthaus.

On the opera stage the list of distinguished directors with whom Nigl has collaborated includes Andrea Breth, Frank Castorf, Andreas Homoki, Jürgen Flimm and Peter Mussbach. He has also performed under Daniel Barenboim, Daniele Gatti, Michael Boder, René Jacobs, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jordi Savall, Thomas Hengelbrock, Daniel Harding and Giovanni Antonini.