In the 2026/27 season, Friedemann Röhlig returns to the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe as Count Waldner in a new production of Richard Strauss’ ARABELLA and appears as Mayor van Bett in a new production of Lortzing’s ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN at the Aalto-Theater Essen.

Recent engagements include King Marke in a new production of TRISTAN UND ISOLDE at Stadttheater Klagenfurt, King Helge in the new production of FRITHJOF-SAGA and Gurnemanz in PARSIFAL at the Aalto-Theater Essen, as well as Sir Morosus in Strauss’ DIE SCHWEIGSAME FRAU at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.

Guest engagements have taken him to leading opera houses including the Opéra national de Paris, Dutch National Opera, Opéra National du Rhin, San Francisco Opera, La Monnaie, Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos and Theater Basel, as well as to the Salzburg, Bregenz and Bayreuth Festivals. He has also appeared at major opera houses in Hamburg, Leipzig, Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe, Munich and Stuttgart.

His extensive repertoire includes Rocco in FIDELIO, Sarastro and the Speaker in DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Osmin in DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, the Commendatore in DON GIOVANNI, Baron Ochs in DER ROSENKAVALIER, Sir Morosus in DIE SCHWEIGSAME FRAU, Gremin in EUGEN ONEGIN, Banco in MACBETH, the Grand Inquisitor in DON CARLO, Fiesco in SIMON BOCCANEGRA and Kaspar in DER FREISCHÜTZ. Wagner forms a particular focus of his repertoire, with roles including Gurnemanz, Veit Pogner, Hans Sachs, Fasolt, Fafner, Hunding, Hagen, Wotan, King Marke and King Heinrich.

Röhlig is also a sought-after concert and oratorio singer. His appearances have taken him to venues including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Kölner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, Gasteig Munich, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Dresden’s Kreuzkirche and Frauenkirche, the Thomaskirche Leipzig, KKL Luzern and the Charles Bronfman Auditorium in Tel Aviv.

Born in Leipzig, Friedemann Röhlig studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig and the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart. He is a prizewinner of the 49th ARD International Music Competition in Munich and began his professional career as a member of the ensemble at Staatstheater Kassel.