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Michael Putsch was born
in Philadelphia. After finishing high school, he
studied voice at Oberlin Conservatory, and the prestigious Manhattan
School of Music in New York, further studies followed in Vienna. His teachers were John
Alexander (Metropolitan Opera) and William Johns, and art- song coach
Walter Moore (Vienna).
Michael was a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Competition. In
1992 he received a prize at the International Belvedere Competition in Vienna.
At the New York City Opera he made
his debut with the role of Count Almaviva in Rossini's Barbiere Siviglia. In
1991 he went to Europe, where he sang with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on a tour
through Germany. 1991 - 1996 was
followed by a first engagement at the Theatre Bremerhaven .. There
he sang with great success the role of Rodolfo in La Boheme, Jim Mahoney
in Mahagonny and the title role of Werther. Guest performances have
taken him to the Komische Oper Berlin. In 1993 he got a contract at
the Vienna Chamber Opera.
In 1996 he joined the Ensemble at
the Staatstheater Schwerin as Lyrico-spinto tenor, and sang roles such
as Pinkerton and Faust. The theater Heidelberg offered him a contract in
2001 as a Young Helden Tenor, and the opportunity to develop carefully. There
he sang among other things, Max, Cavaradossi and Tannhäuser.
Mr. Putsch continued working as a freelance artist from 2005-2011 and enjoyed many successes in Austria, Italy, France and Germany. He sang the title role in Wagner's Lohengrin in 2010 at the Regensburger Theater.
There followed
Bacchus in Ariadne auf
Naxos, as well as Don Jose in Carmen and Fritz in Franz Schreker’s Der
Ferne Klang
at the Staatstheater Nürnberg. Michael Putsch became an ensemble member in Nürnberg, singing Walter von Stolzing in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Erik in Der Fliegende Holländer, and Albert Gregor in Leos Janecek's Vec Makropulos. In 2012 he was invited to sing the title role in Wagner's Tannhäuser at the National Opera Festival in Peking, China.
He is also active as a concert solist (Verdi: Requiem, Bruckner: Te Deum, etc.).
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