Georg Nigl (born 1972) is an Austrian baritone in opera and concert, and a professor of voice at the

State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart The State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart is a professional school for musicians and performing artists in Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1857, it is one of the oldest schools of its kind in Germany. It is one of the oldest and ...

. Performing internationally, he is known for roles in contemporary operas, such as creating the title role in Pascal Dusapin's '' Faustus, the Last Night'' at the

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. He names as his favourite roles Monteverdi's Orfeo, Mozart's

Papageno ''The Magic Flute'' (, ), Köchel catalogue, K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. It is a ''Singspiel'', a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The ...

and Alban Berg's

Wozzeck ''Wozzeck'' () is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. Composed between 1914 and 1922, it premiered in 1925. It is based on the drama '' Woyzeck'', which German playwright Georg Büchner left incomplete at his death. Berg attende ...

Career

Born in Vienna, Nigl was a soprano soloist with the Wiener Sängerknaben. He studied voice at the Musikhochschule Wien with Margaretha Sparber and Rolf Sartorius, and Lied at the

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with . He completed his studies with

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in Hilde Zadek. Nigl created the title role in Pascal Dusapin's opera '' Faustus, the Last Night'' at the

, and participated in premieres of music by Friedrich Cerha,

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, Georg Friedrich Haas, Wolfgang Mitterer,

Olga Neuwirth Olga Neuwirth (; born 4 August 1968) is an Austrian contemporary classical composer, visual artist and author. She is famed especially for her operas and music theater works, many of which have treated sociopolitical themes. She has emphasized an ...

and

Salvatore Sciarrino Salvatore Sciarrino (born 4 April 1947) is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music. Described as "the best-known and most performed Italian composer" of the present day, his works include ''Quaderno di strada'' (2003) and ''La porta d ...

. He made his debut at the

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in 2006 as Saretzki in Tchaikovsky's '' Eugen Onegin''. He names as his favourite roles Monteverdi's Orfeo, Mozart's Pagageno and Alban Berg's

. Nigl appeared as Wozzeck both at

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and the

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. He performed the title role of Wolfgang Rihm's '' Jakob Lenz'' at the Wiener Festwochen, and the role of Lui in the premiere of Dusapin's ''Passione'' at the

Aix-en-Provence Festival The Festival d'Aix-en-Provence is an annual international music festival which takes place each summer in Aix-en-Provence, principally in July. Devoted mainly to opera, it also includes concerts of orchestral, chamber, vocal and solo instrumenta ...

. In 2010, he appeared in the title role of Rihm's ''

Dionysos In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; ) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus ( or ; ) by the Greek ...

'' at the

Dutch National Opera The Dutch National Opera (DNO; formerly De Nederlandse Opera, now De Nationale Opera in Dutch) is a Dutch opera company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Its present home base is the Dutch National Opera & Ballet housed in the Stopera building, a m ...

in Amsterdam, and in the title role, the Devil, of ''Die Tragödie des Teufels'' by Péter Eötvös at the

Bavarian State Opera The Bavarian State Opera () is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bavarian State Orchestra. History The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under El ...

. In recital, Nigl has collaborated with Alexander Melnikov and Andreas Staier, among others, performing worldwide. Nigl has been a professor of voice at the

References

External links

Georg Nigl
operabase.com *

Impresariat Simmenauer

Bach Cantatas Website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nigl, Georg Austrian operatic baritones Austrian academics Austrian voice teachers 1972 births Living people Singers from Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni Academic staff of the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart 21st-century Austrian male opera singers