Tyrolean baritone Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger has been a member of the Cologne Opera ensemble since 2016, where, in the 21/22 season, he sings roles such as the Hoopoe in Braunfels’ “Die Vögel”, Figaro in “Il barbiere di Siviglia”, Papageno in “Die Zauberflöte”, Der Heger in “Rusalka”, Der Mann mit dem Maulesel in “Die Kluge” and Figaro in Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia”. Also in the current season he can be heard as Taddeo in “L’italiana in Algeri” at the Tiroler Landestheater. He also frequently sings recitals, including “Die schöne Müllerin” with Barbara Moser at the piano in Paris, and concerts of oratorios and orchestral songs.

In recent years, the young baritone has made guest appearances as Giove in “La Calisto” at the Teatro Real in Madrid, as Maximilian in Bernstein’s “Candide” at the Hanover State Opera, as Marullo in Verdi’s “Rigoletto”, as Moralès in Bizet’s “Carmen” and with Ravel’s Don Chichotte Lieder in an orchestral concert at the Bregenz Festival, and as Figaro in “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” at the Staatstheater Darmstadt.

At the Cologne Opera, where Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger was already a member of the Opera Studio from 2014-16, he developed a broad repertoire: Count Dominik in Arabella by Richard Strauss, the title role in Purcell’s “King Arthur” in a version for children, Freddy in “My Fair Lady”, Ping in “Turandot”, Schaunard in “La bohème”, Hans Scholl in “The White Rose”, Falke in “Die Fledermaus”, Ned Keene in “Peter Grimes”, Lescaut in Massenet’s “Manon”, Valentin in Gounod’s Faust, or Frank /Fritz in the live performance of Korngold’s “Die tote Stadt”.