Kurt Rydl is one of the greatest bass singers of our time.
Born in Vienna, he studied in Vienna and Moscow.
He won 1st prize at competitions in Barcelona and Paris.

  1972-1977   initial engagements in Linz and Stuttgart
  Since 1976   permanent member of the
      Vienna State Opera
  1986   Awarded the title of “Kammersänger”
  1999   Made honorary member of the
      Vienna State Opera
  2001   Awarded the Austrian Medal of Honour,
1st class for Art & Science

 

His opera repertoire comprises more than 100 roles in German, English, Italian, French, Russian and Czech works.

His concert repertoire  ranges from Mozart to Penderecki, from Beethoven to Mahler.

He took the initiative to record the CD « Christmas with World Stars » with the Three Tenors and other well-known artists. This recording is just one of more than 30 CDs, which will convince you of the quality of Kurt Rydl’s voice. (See also Discography ).

e.g. Figaros Hochzeit (Muti), Salome, Parsifal, Entführung aus dem Serail (Viotti), Zauberflöte (Halasz), Rheingold and Siegfried (Haitink), Schöfpung (A.Jordan), Rosenkavalier (Haitink), Fidelio and Fliegender Holländer (Dohnanyi) and Freischütz (Janowski)

...and some famous opera movies on DVD and Blu-ray

Since more than 35 years he is singing 90 - 100 performances per season.

He has made guest appearances at all the world’s most famous opera houses.

Festivals:

Bayreuth, Bregenz, Edinburgh, Munich, Salzburg, Verona

Some of his greatest successes:

Osmin

with Stein and Schaaf 1987-91 in Salzburg (TV), Maggio Musicale 2002 with Mehta, Tel Aviv 2007 with Mehta

Rocco

with Maazel and Muti (Scala), with Maazel (Paris and Salzburg), with Bernstein (New York, Washington), London

Baron Ochs

with Thielemann (Bologna u. Berlin), Scala, with Nagano und Schell (Los Angeles)

Sir Morosus

with Stein and Marelli (Wien u. Dresden)

Mephisto

in Wien, Köln and München

King Philip

in Dresden

Gurnemanz

with Sinopoli (Wien), Muti (Scala), Nagano (München), Schneider (Dresden)

Hagen

with Dohnanyi (Wien), Sinopoli (Rom), Haitink (London), Schneider (München), Haenchen (Amsterdam) and Muti (Scala)

Claggart

London, München, Wien

 

Other very important roles:

König Heinrich (Lohengrin), Daland (Fliegender Holländer), Landgraf (Tannhäuser), König Marke (Tristan und Isolde), Don Pasquale, Mefistofele, Attila, Basilio (Barbiere di Siviglia), Padre Guardian (La Forza del destino), Zacharias (Nabucco), Roger (Jérusalem), Pimen (Boris Godunov)

Concert repertoire:

Verdis Requiem

mit Maazel, Muti, Sinopoli u. Celibidache von Tokio bis München

Mahlers 8.

mit Maazel (London u. Salzburg)

Beethovens 9

mit Giulini, Maazel u. Sawallisch

Wagner parts he performed all over the world:

Daland

DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER

Berlin, Dresden, Stuttgart, Glasgow, Triest, Houston*, München, Wien

König Heinrich LOHENGRIN Berlin, Dresden, Frankfurt/M., München*, Amsterdam*, Barcelona, Florenz*, Wien
Pogner DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG Bayreuth*, Berlin (Barenboim), Hamburg, München, Stuttgart, Lissabon*, Rom*, Venedig, London, San Francisco*, Toulouse, Wien
Gurnemanz PARSIFAL Barcelona, Dresden, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Saarbrücken, München, Mailand, Rom, Venedig, Wien
Landgraf TANNHÄUSER Berlin, Stuttgart, Prag, Madrid, Triest*, Venedig*, Verona, Toulouse, Turin, Wien
König Marke TRISTAN UND ISOLDE Berlin, Stuttgart, Prag, Madrid, Triest*, Venedig*, Verona, Toulouse, Turin, Wien
Der Ring des Nibelungen    
Fafner DAS RHEINGOLD Berlin, Dresden, München*, Stuttgart, Basel, Strasbourg, Neapel, Rom (Sinopoli), Wien
Hunding DIE WALKÜRE Berlin, Dresden, Frankfurt/M, Amsterdam*, Marseilles, Barcelona*, Rom (Sinopoli), Triest*, Washington D.C. (Domingo)*, San Francisco (1.Hunding mit Nilsson, Rysanek, King)*, Paris, Tokio, Wien*
Fafner SIEGFRIED Berlin, Hamburg, München, Barcelona*, Bologna*, Wien*, Paris
Hagen gÖTTERDÄMMERUNG Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg, Mannheim, München (Mehta)*, Stuttgart, Genf (1984* und 2006*), Paris*, Strasbourg, Amsterdam*, Liège, Bilbao*, Sydney*, London*, Mailand (Muti)*, Turin*, Triest*, Rom (Sinopoli), Toulouse, Wien*
     
     
     
 

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