Baritone Stephan Loges
Born in Dresden, Stephan Loges was an early winner of the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition. Apart from regular appearances at the Wigmore Hall, recitals have since taken him to venues like New York’s Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vienna Konzerthaus and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.
In concert, he has appeared with the MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sapporo Symphony Orchestras; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden and Ensemble Pygmalion.
Operatic highlights include Wolfram Tannhäuser and Papageno Die Zauberflöte at La Monnaie Brussels, Begearss in Milhaud’s La mère coupable and Sprecher Die Zauberflöte at Theater an der Wien; Golaud Pélleas et Mélisande with English Touring Opera; Bruno in Macmillan’s Parthenogenesis for ROH Covent Garden; Moritz in Mernier’s Frühlings Erwachen at Opéra National du Rhin; Astrologer in Britten’s The Burning Fiery Furnace at the Diabelli Sommer festival, The Blind Man and Father in the world première of Mark Grey’s Frankenstein at La Monnaie, and The Rake’s Progress in a co-production between the opera houses of Caen, Limoges, Reims and Luxembourg.
Recent and future highlights include Boris Berezovsky in the world premiere of The Life & Death of Alexander Litvinenko for Grange Park Opera, a return to English Touring Opera for his role debut as Don Alfonso Così fan tutte and a staged production of Bach’s St John Passion, his role debut as Falke Die Fledermaus with Northern Ireland Opera, and concert performances with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, The English Concert, Residentie Orkest, Gabrieli Consort and Orquestra XXI in repertoire including Bach Brahms, Elgar and Berlioz. Current recital appearances include the Wigmore Hall, Oxford Lieder Festival and Lied Festival Victoria De Los Angeles, Barcelona.