Biography

 

MICHAEL PUTSCH, Tenor


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.

Since 2005 he sings as a  freelance artist and is in demand in the Heldentenor Reportoire. His Bacchus at the Opéra du Rhin in
Strasbourg has been praised internationally.
He will sing his first Lohengrin in
Regensburg in September 2010. Therafter Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos at  the Staatstheater Nürnberg, where he will also sing Don Jose in Carmen and Fritz in Franz Schreker’s Der Ferne Klang. At present his repertoire  encompasses over 32 Roles.