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Vita
Uwe Schenker-Primus was born in Rosenheim in 1974 and completed his vocal studies in Würzburg in 2006. He was a scholarship recipient from the Wagner Association and received awards in various competitions.
His concert and oratorio repertoire spans from Monteverdi and Bach to Mendelssohn and Orff, as well as contemporary music with several world premieres. In the field of art songs, he is particularly noted for his performances of songs by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Hans Pfitzner, which have been released as a complete recording with pianist Klaus Simon on the Naxos label since 2011.
From 2005 to 2009, he was a permanent ensemble member at the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, where he appeared in roles such as Valentin in FAUST, Guglielmo in COSÍ FAN TUTTE, Peter Besenbinder in HÄNSEL UND GRETEL, Wolfram in TANNHÄUSER, and Papageno in DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE.
Since the 2009/2010 season, he has been a permanent ensemble member at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, where he has performed as Count in DER WILDSCHÜTZ and LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Giovanni in DON GIOVANNI, Speaker in DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Onegin in EUGEN ONEGIN, Danilo in DIE LUSTIGE WITWE, Valentin in FAUST, Don Magnifico in LA CENERENTOLA, Lorenzo in LA CENERENTOLA, Germont in LA TRAVIATA, Falke in DIE FLEDERMAUS, Pangloss in CANDIDE, Peter Besenbinder in HÄNSEL UND GRETEL, Sharpless in MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Marcello in LA BOHÈME, Faninal in DER ROSENKAVALIER, Le Bailli in WERTHER, Aeneas in DIDO AND AENEAS, Wolfram in TANNHÄUSER, Heerufer in LOHENGRIN, A Music Teacher in ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, and Falstaff (Verdi).
Guest engagements have taken him to the Staatsoperette Dresden (Sweeney Todd), the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Le Bailli), the Komische Oper Berlin (Falke), the Musikalische Komödie Leipzig (Tsar), the Staatstheater Darmstadt (Danilo), the Theater Kiel (Baron von Gondremark), and multiple times to the Stadttheater Bremerhaven and the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg (Danilo, Kurwenal in TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Falke in DIE FLEDERMAUS); as Tevye in ANATEVKA at the Eutin Festival, as Robber Chief in DIE SCHNEEKÖNIGIN at Schloss Esterházy, and as Dulcamara in DER LIEBESTRANK as well as Papageno, Speaker, 2nd Priest, and 2nd Armed Man in Mozart’s DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE at the Oper im Steinbruch (St. Margarethen).
2024-08-15
Media
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar | CABARET
Pfitzner: Gewalt der Minne
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar | DON GIOVANNI
Korngold: Die Gansleber im Hause Duschnitz
Repertoire
Beethoven | FIDELIO | Don Fernando |
Bellini | I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI | Lorenzo |
Bernstein | CANDIDE | Maximilian, Pangloss |
Donizetti | VIVA LA MAMA | Komponist |
LÉLISIR D´ARMORE | Dulcamara | |
Gounod | FAUST | Valentin |
Humperdinck | HÄNSEL UND GRETEL | Peter Besenbinder |
Kálmán | DIE CZARDASFÜRSTIN | Feri |
Leoncavallo | PAGLIACCI | Silvio |
Lortzing | DER WILDSCHÜTZ | Graf von Eberbach |
ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN | Zar | |
Marschner | DER VAMPYR | Sir Berkley |
Mozart | LE NOZZE DI FIGARO | Figaro, Graf Almaviva |
DON GIOVANNI | Don Giovanni | |
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE | Papageno, Sprecher | |
COSÌ FAN TUTTE | Guglielmo (dt.) | |
LA FINTA GIARDINIERA | Nardo (dt.) | |
Offenbach | ORPHEUS IN DER UNTERWELT | Jupiter (dt.) |
Porter | KISS ME KATE | Gremio (dt.) |
Puccini | LA BOHÉME | Shaunard |
TOSCA | Sagrestano | |
TURANDOT | Ping | |
MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Sharpless | |
Purcell |
DIDO AND AENEAS | Aeneas |
Rossini | IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA | Dr. Bartolo |
L´ITALIANA IN ALGERI | Mustafa | |
Sondheim | SWEENEY TODD | Sweeney Todd |
Strauß | DIE FLEDERMAUS | Falke |
WIENER BLUT | Fürst Ypsheim | |
Trojahn | LIMONEN AUS SIZILIEN | Alberto, Ferdinando, Antonio |
Tschaikowsky | EUGEN ONEGIN | Eugen Onegin |
Verdi | LA TRAVIATA | Germont |
FALSTAFF | Sir John Falstaff , Ford | |
Wagner | TANNHÄUSER | Wolfram |
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE | Kurwenal | |
LOHENGRIN | Heerrufer | |
Weber | DER FREISCHÜTZ | Ottokar |
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