Sebastian Wartig
Sebastian Wartig (born in 1989) is a German operatic and concert baritone.
Life and career[edit]
Born in Dresden, Wartig was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor from 1998 to 2008. He studied with Kammersänger Roland Schubert at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, where he received his diploma. In the 2013/14 season, Wartig became a member of the ensemble of the Semperoper Dresden.[1] In 2013, Wartig appeared on the television programme Stars von morgen hosted by Rolando Villazón.
In the 2014 New Year's Eve concert of the Semperoper, he played Feri in the operetta Die Csárdásfürstin with Anna Netrebko and Juan Diego Flórez. The concert, conducted by Christian Thielemann, was also broadcast on the ZDF. At the 2018 New Year's Eve concert, which was also broadcast on the ZDF, Wartig performed as Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus.
Repertoire[edit]
His opera repertoire includes Colas (Bastien und Bastienne), Momus (Platée),[2] Sid (Albert Herring), the Count (Le nozze di Figaro), Papageno (The Magic Flute), Marullo (Rigoletto), Moralès (Carmen), Schaunard and Marcello (La Bohème), Father (Hänsel and Gretel'), Melot (Tristan and Isolde), Harlequin (Ariadne on Naxos), Boris (Moscow, Cheryomushki), Frank and Fritz (Die tote Stadt),[3] and Kaiser Overall (Der Kaiser von Atlantis).
Wartig's oratorio repertoire includes among others Bach's Christmas Oratorio and St John Passion, Handel's Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate, Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Te Deum[4] and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem.
Prizes and scholarships[edit]
- 2005, Jugend musiziert, 2nd place (national level)
- 2008, Jugend musiziert, 2nd place (national level)
- 2011, Albert-Lortzing-Wettbewerb, 1st place
- 2012, 16th Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers, 2nd place (Gesang Herren)[5]
- 2013, Neue Stimmen, semi-finalist
- 2013, Rudolf Mauersberger Stipendium der Stiftung Dresdner Kreuzchor[6]
- 2014, Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin, 1st place[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Sebastian Wartig". Semperoper. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "Get info about artists - Operabase". www.operabase.com.
- ^ Sebastian Wartig on ResMusica
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Internationaler Robert-Schumann-Wettbewerb für Klavier und Gesang: Preisträger XVI. Zwickau 2012". SchumanninZwickau.de. Archived from the original on 1 April 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "Stiftung Dresdner Kreuzchor - Laudatio zur Verleihung des Rudolf-Mauersberger-Stipendiums 2013". www.stiftung-kreuzchor.de.
- ^ "Profil, Pressekontakt, Pressemitteilungen". Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin.
External links[edit]
- Künstler-Website: www.sebastian-wartig.com
- "Ätzende Satire – Dmitri Schostakowitschs Moskau Tscherjomuschki in der Dresdner Semperoper" by Stefan Amzoll, Neues Deutschland, 3. March 2014
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