Repertoire:

HIGHLIGHTS

Don Giovanni (DON GIOVANNI) - Dulcamara (L ELISIR D AMORE) - Falke (FLEDERMAUS) - Faninal (DER ROSENKAVALIER) - Graf (LE NOZZE DI FIGARO) - Heerufer (LOHENGRIN) - Kurwenal (TRISTAN UND ISOLDE) - Onegin (EUGEN ONEGIN) - Pangloss (CANDIDE) - Sharpless (MADAMA BUTTERFLY) - Sweeney (SWEENEY TODD) - Tevje (ANATEVKA) - Wolfram (TANNHÄUSER) - Falstaff (FALSTAFF)

Engagements at:

Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar | Eutiner Festspiele | Komische Oper Berlin | Mainfrankentheater Würzburg | Musikalische Komödie Leipzig | Oper im Steinbruch | Oper Leipzig | Schloss Esterházy | Staatsoperette Dresden | Staatstheater Darmstadt | Theater Kiel |

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„Uwe Schenker-Primus (...) singt fast zu verwechselbar schön für diese Charakterfigur;...“ - MORE

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Uwe Schenker-Primus

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

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Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar | CABARET
Pfitzner: Gewalt der Minne
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar | DON GIOVANNI
Korngold: Die Gansleber im Hause Duschnitz

Repertoire

Opera / Operetta

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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