Markus Butter
Markus Butter (born 1973)[1] is an Austrian operatic baritone.[2]
Career
[edit]Born in Bruck an der Mur, Butter was a member and soloist of the Vienna Boys' Choir from 1982 to 1986 and graduated in 1991 at the Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster . He received his further education at the Johann-Joseph-Fux-Konservatorium Graz and from 1994 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.[3]
Also in 1994 he began to work as an oratorio and lieder singer in Austria and Germany. From 1998 to 1999 he was a member of the Junge Ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera and from 1999 he was a member of the Bavarian State Opera. Afterwards he moved to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein and in 2005 to the Semperoper Dresden.
Guest performances led him to the Aalto-Theater in Essen (2014), to the Bregenzer Festspiele (2014) and several times to the Theater an der Wien (2010, 2011, 2015).[4][5]
Roles (selection)
[edit]- 2014–2015: Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus), Semperoper
- 2014–2015: Der Sprecher (The Magic Flute), Semperoper
- 2014–2015: Rittmeister, Beichtvater (Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald by HK Gruber), Bregenzer Festspiele, Theater an der Wien
- Flandrischer Deputierter (Don Carlo), Bavarian State Opera
- Gerichtsdiener (Was ihr wollt), Bavarian State Opera
- Hauptmann (Simon Boccanegra), Bavarian State Opera
- Kuligin (Katja Kabanowa), Bavarian State Opera
- Moralès (Carmen), Bavarian State Opera
- Masetto (Don Giovanni), Theater an der Wien
Awards
[edit]- 1997: 2nd prize at the international competition "Das Schubertlied" in Vienna
- 2009: Christel-Goltz-Prize
References
[edit]- ^ Den Intellekt fordern, Artikel in Kleine Zeitung, 19 February 2011, retrieved on 4 March 2019
- ^ Markus Butter on Opera Musica
- ^ Markus Butter on Oper Graz
- ^ Markus Butter on neumarkter-konzertfreunde
- ^ Markus Butter on JPc
External links
[edit]- Markus Butter on the website of the Semperoper
- Markus Butter on the website of the Bavarian State Opera
- Markus Butter on the website of the Aalto-Theater
- Markus Butter discography at Discogs