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Bass-baritone
Rupert Bergmann was born in Graz/Austria in 1965, and studied at the Academy of Music in Graz (with Roberta Knie and Christian Pöppelreiter). He attended masterclasses with Ruth Berghaus and Pavel Lisizian, and in 1992 with the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz. He has been a student of KS Wicus Slabbert in Vienna since 1995.
In 1990 he made his debut at the Graz Opera House. During the last few years Rupert Bergmann has worked in Vienna (with Wiener Kammeroper, Wiener Operntheater, Neue Oper Wien, wien modern and KlangBogen Festivals) in Graz (Bühnen Graz), Klagenfurt (ARBOS) and Nürnberg (Pocket Opera Company). He has appeared in several tour productions in Prague, Dresden, Stockholm, Tallinn, Ottawa, Montreal, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Odessa, Tokyo and Nagoya.
The repertoire of Rupert Bergmann contains roles of the
Deutsches Fach (e.g. Kaspar/Freischütz, Peter Besenbinder/Hänsel und
Gretel) and of contemporary opera (e.g. Mannoury/The devils of Loudon
/Penderecki, Sepp/Stallerhof /Kühr, Punch/Punch and Judy/Birtwistle ).
The Ottawa Citizen about Cornet at Ottawa Tabaret Hall
"The performance was riveting. The singers were exciting, making every word, gesture and tone mean something."
The Los Angeles Times about Kaiser von Atlantis performance in Hollywood
"Rupert Bergmann bot diesen schizophrenen Charakter stimmlich wie darstellerisch mit beeindruckender Kraft und Stringenz."
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Punch in "Punch and Judy" at the Bühnen Graz
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