Daniel Schmutzhard (born 1982) is an Austrian operatic

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Life

Born in

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, Schmutzhard was a boy soloist with the Wilten Boys' Choir under Johannes Stecher and studied while still at school at the . He continued his studies at the

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with Ralf Döring. From 2005 to 2011 he was a member of the ensemble at the

Volksoper Wien The Vienna Volksoper (''Volksoper'' or ''Vienna People's Opera'') is an opera house in Vienna, Austria. It produces three hundred performances of twenty-five German language productions of opera, operetta, musicals, and ballet, during an annual s ...

and from 2011 to 2018 at the

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. At the same time he was a guest at the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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and the

Komische Oper Berlin The Komische Oper Berlin is a German opera company based in Berlin. The company produces operas, operettas and musicals. The opera house is located on Behrenstraße, near Unter den Linden. Since 2004, the Komische Oper Berlin, along with the Be ...

. Since the 2018/19 season, he has been working freelance. He has been married to the opera singer

Annette Dasch Annette Dasch (born 24 March 1976) is a German soprano. She has performed in opera and concerts internationally, often portraying List of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart characters such as Elvira in ''Don Giovanni'' at La Scala, Aminta ...

since 2011 and has two children.''Daniel Schmutzhard – „Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald“''
, Article in Online Merker dated 21 March 2015, retrieved 11 May 2019

Recording

* Bach: ''

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'', with

Paul Schweinester Paul Schweinester (born 1985) is an Austrian operatic tenor. Career Born in Innsbruck, early on Schweinester was able to gain professional experience as a soprano soloist with the Wilten Boys' Choir trained by Johannes Stecher, at the , as Prin ...

as the Evangelist, Choir and soloists of the Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer. Conductor: Johannes Stecher. (Gramola, CD and DVD)

References

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