Internationally renowned, Alexander Marco-Buhrmester has established himself as one of the most distinguished Heldenbaritones of his generation.
Since his debut at the Bayreuther Festspiele as Konrad Nachtigall Die Meistersinger in 2001 he was reinvited regularly to perform in roles like Fritz Kothner Die Meistersinger and Amfortas Parsifal. In the summer of 2006 he was praised for his debut as Gunter Götterdämmerung in the new production of the Ring des Nibelungen .
Besides his engagements as a Wagner Baritone, that led him to venues like Oper Frankfurt Amfortas Parsifal, Opéra de Paris Kurwenal Tristan, he dedicates a good amount of his time to the Italian and French repertoire. In recent seasons he performed Germont La Traviata, Barbiere Barbiere di Siviglia, Conte di Luna Il Trovatore as well as Posa Don Carlo and Nabucco Nabucco.
He also devotes himself to contemporary composers. Thus he has sung the title role in the world premiere of Reinhard Febel's Sekunden und Jahre des Casper Hauser at the Theater Dortmund and the title role in Jakob Lenz by Wolfgang Rhim at the Internationale Musikfesttage in Lucerne. He also took part in the production of a CD (Capriccio) and the subsequent concert performance of Kurt Weill's Der Protagonist at the Berlin Philharmonie with the Deutsches-Symphonie Orchester Berlin under the baton of John Mauceri.
Since the season 1999-2000, Alexander Marco-Buhrmester was invited to sing in operas like Staatsoper Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Theater Bonn, Oper Essen, Oper Frankfurt, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Staatstheater Saarbrücken, the theatres in Genoa, Riga, Toulouse and the Opéra de Paris. His North-American debut led him to the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto, where he performed as Miller Luisa Miller and as Germont La Traviata in 2007.
He has worked with renowned conductors like Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Paolo Carignani, Valery Gergiev, Eliahu Inbal, Fabio Luisi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christian Thielemann and Simone Young.
In addition to his flourishing operatic career he is also in great demand as a concert singer. Recent highlights include Zemlinsky's Lyrische Sinfonie with the Staatskapelle Berlin under Fabio Luisi, Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Mahler's 8th Symphony. He was invited to the festivals in Bergen and Lucerne and went on a tour with Mendelssohn's Elijah alongside the Windsbacher Knabenchor and Deutsches-Sinfonie Orchester.
Born and educated in Switzerland he is a graduate of the Konservatorium Berne and received additional vocal training at the Music Academy Basel.
Future projects include engagements at Opéra de Paris as Amfortas Parsifal, at Teatro Real Madrid as Kurwenal Tristan and at the Teatro del Liceu Barcelona, where he will perform in the première of Enrico Palomar's new opera La cabeza del Bautista. In Germany he will appear as Sebastiano Tiefland in Frankfurt and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. On the concert stage he will be heard with orchestras like the DSO Berlin, the MDR Orchestra and the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn.
Alexander Marco-Buhrmester is represented by Intermusica in the UK and North America.
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