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Wagner takes centre stage in Uwe Schenker-Primus’ 2026/27 season as the baritone makes his role debut as Amfortas in PARSIFAL at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar. He also returns to the Musikalische Komödie Leipzig in Johann Strauss’ DIE FLEDERMAUS.

During the previous season, Schenker-Primus also made several guest appearances away from his home company in Weimar. At the Musikalische Komödie Leipzig, he sang Hans Stadinger in a new production of DER WAFFENSCHMIED as part of the LORTZING 26 festival, while at Staatstheater Nürnberg he appeared as Bert O. Müller in the musical comedy EIN FALL FÜR FIGARO. At the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, his roles included Peter Besenbinder in HÄNSEL UND GRETEL, Professor Higgins in MY FAIR LADY, Giorgio Germont in LA TRAVIATA and Dorfrichter Adam in the new production PENTHESILEA & DER ZERBROCHENE KRUG.

Uwe Schenker-Primus has been a member of the ensemble at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar since the 2009/10 season. Over the years, he has built an exceptionally wide-ranging repertoire there, including Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin, Giorgio Germont, Falstaff, Peter Besenbinder, Sharpless, Marcello, Faninal, Wolfram von Eschenbach, the Herald in LOHENGRIN, Dr Falke, Count Almaviva, Count Eberbach, Danilo, Pangloss and the Music Master in ARIADNE AUF NAXOS.

Guest engagements have taken him to Deutsche Oper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Oper Leipzig, the Musikalische Komödie Leipzig, Staatsoperette Dresden, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Staatstheater Darmstadt and Theater Kiel, as well as on numerous occasions to Stadttheater Bremerhaven and Mainfranken Theater Würzburg. He has appeared as Tevye in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at the Eutin Festival, as the Robber Chief in THE SNOW QUEEN at Schloss Esterházy and, at Oper im Steinbruch St. Margarethen, as Dulcamara in L’ELISIR D’AMORE and in several roles in Mozart’s DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE.

Alongside his operatic work, Schenker-Primus maintains an extensive concert and oratorio repertoire ranging from Monteverdi and Bach to Mendelssohn and Orff, as well as works of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Penderecki’s ST LUKE PASSION and John Adams’ THE WOUND-DRESSER. His involvement in numerous world premieres also reflects a particular commitment to contemporary music.

As a recitalist, he has developed a particular affinity for the songs of Hans Pfitzner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Together with pianist Klaus Simon, he recorded their songs for baritone as part of extensive recording projects for NAXOS.

Uwe Schenker-Primus studied voice with Prof. Monika Bürgener at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg, graduating in 2006 with diplomas in opera and concert performance. While still a student, he received a scholarship from the Richard Wagner Association and won prizes at several competitions. From 2005 to 2009, he was a member of the ensemble at Mainfranken Theater Würzburg before joining the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar in 2009.

2026-08-31

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Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar | CABARET

Pfitzner: Gewalt der Minne

Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar | DON GIOVANNI

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