TENOR
Michael Schade
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
GALLERY
BIOGRAPHY
Celebrated as one of the leading tenors of our time, the German-Canadian Michael Schade makes regular guest appearances on the most prominent opera stages and concert halls across Europe and North America. He has enjoyed a particularly close collaboration with the Vienna State Opera, while also appearing frequently at the Metropolitan Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Bavarian State Opera, La Scala in Milan, the Liceu Barcelona, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra Bastille in Paris and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.
His role debuts as Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus) in Toronto and as Florestan (Fidelio) under Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Theater an der Wien were acclaimed by audiences and press alike. Other highlights have included Aschenbach (Death in Venice) and Peter Grimes in Hamburg, Max in Weber's Freischütz at the Berlin State Opera and the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, and his role debut as Eisenstein in the traditional New Year's Eve Fledermaus at the Vienna State Opera. This was followed by new productions of Strauss' Elektra (Aegisth) at the Canadian Opera Company, as well as Strauss' Daphne (Leukippos) and Erik in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer at the Hamburg State Opera. Michael Schade was heard as Florestan under the baton of Yannick Nezet-Séguin in Montréal as well as with Paavor Järvi and the Tonhalle Orchestra in a concertante Fidelio. In the spring of 2023, Michael Schade enjoyed great success as Herod in a new production of Strauss' Salome at the Canadian Opera Company.
For many years, Michael Schade has been a regular guest at the Salzburg Festival in new productions of Mozart's La clemenza di Tito, Purcell's King Arthur, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Haydn's Armida, Cherubini's Medée, von Winter's Das Labyrinth and in the title role of Schubert's Fierrabras, as well as on the concert and Lied podium. From 2008 to 2010 he was Creative Director of his own Young Singers Project.
With a large concert repertoire ranging from Bach's Passions to Mahler's Lied von der Erde, Michael Schade regularly works with conductors such as Ivor Bolton, Semyon Bychkov, Riccardo Chailly, Iván Fischer, Valery Gergiev, Stefan Gottfried, Daniel Harding, Pablo Heras-Casado, Philippe Jordan, Fabio Luisi, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Kent Nagano, Yannick Nezet-Séguin, Peter Oundjian, Sir Simon Rattle, Christian Thielemann, Robin Ticciati, Franz Welser-Möst and Simone Young. His music-making was strongly influenced by numerous performances with Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
At the beginning of the 2023/2024 season, Michael Schade celebrated his debut in Australia - as Flamand in Strauss Capriccio under the baton of Simone Young in Melbourne. Other highlights include the title role in Mozart's Idomeneo at Opera Australia in Sydney, Mahler's Lied von der Erde in Bern, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, Mahler's Symphony No.8 with the NHK and under the baton of Fabio Luisi in Tokyo, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Omer Meir Wellber at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Orff's Carmina Burana with Andrés Orozco-Estrada at the Paris Philharmonic, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 once more with the Vienna Academy and Martin Haselböck at the Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal.
Equally as a lieder singer, the artist has been acclaimed at major venues including Vienna's Musikverein, Konzerthaus and State Opera, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, New York's Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall, London's Wigmore Hall, the Verbier Festival, the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, and the Grafenegg Festival. Recent recitals have taken him to the Vienna State Opera, La Scala in Milan and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Among his numerous recordings, those with Harnoncourt include Bach's St. Matthew Passion (Grammy Award-winning), Verdi's Messa da Requiem, Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Orlando Paladino, Mozart's Zaide and La clemenza di Tito. Other award-winning recordings include Mahler's Lied von der Erde with the Vienna Philharmonic under Pierre Boulez, Mozart's Requiem with the Berlin Philharmonic under Claudio Abbado, and Strauss's Daphne conducted by Semyon Bychkov (Grammy nomination in 2005) and the live recording of a Mozart gala at the Salzburg Festival. Additional successes include Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin with Malcolm Martineau, Soirée Française and Mozart: Aria & Duetti, Die schöne Müllerin with Rudolf Buchbinder (live recording) and the DVDs of Arabella (Vienna State Opera), Das Labyrinth (Salzburg Festival) and the Vienna Philharmonic's Summer Night Concert.
In 2007, the artist was awarded the title of Austrian Kammersänger (Chamber Singer). Since 2014, Michael Schade has been the artistic director of the International Baroque Days at Melk Abbey, which take place annually at Whitsun. In 2017 Michael Schade became an Officer to the Order of Canada (OC), and in 2019 took up the position as singing professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts, where he dedicates himself intensively to the next generation of singers in addition to numerous master classes.
2024 | 2025
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DISCOGRAPHY
Mozart | Henneberg | Schack | Gerl: Der Stein der Weisen
Michael Schade, Martin Summer, Leonor Amaral, Kai Kluge, Elena Harsányi,
Katjan Maderer, Jonas Müller, Theresa Pilsl, Joachim Höchbauer
Hofkapelle München | Chor der KlangVerwaltung
Conductor: Rüdiger Lotter
Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | 2024
Antal Doráti: Der Künder
Tomasz Konieczny, Michael Schade, Rachel Frenkel
Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Teatr Wielki Choir
Conductor: Martin Fischer-Dieskau
Label: Orfeo | 2022
Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Columbus
Andrè Schuen, Michael Schade, Markus Butter
Grazer Philharmoniker | Chor der Oper Graz
Conductor: Dirk Kaftan
Label: CPO | 2018
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem (Fragment)
Mojca Erdmann, Okka von der Damerau, Michael Schade, Christof Fischesser
Münchner Philharmoniker | Philharmonischer Chor München
Conductor: Zubin Metha
Label: Münchner Philharmoniker | 2018
CALENDAR
Dmitri Schostakowitsch: Four poems by the captain Lebjadkin op. 146
Dmitri Schostakowitsch: Quintet for piano and string quartet g-minor op. 57
Dmitri Schostakowitsch: Trio for piano, violin and violoncello Nr. 2 e-minor op. 67
Dmitri Schostakowitsch: «From the Jewish folk poetry» op. 79
Das Schostakowitsch Projekt 2025 - Initiated by Evgeny Kissin Part I
Chen Reiss, Soprano
Rachel Frenkel, Mezzosoprano
Michael Schade, Tenor
Alexander Roslavets, Bass
Evgeny Kissin, Piano
Gidon Kremer, Violin
Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, Violoncello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony Nr. 26 in Eb-Major KV 184 (166a)
Georg Friedrich Händel / Mozart: From Händel's Oratorio The Messiah HWV 56 in a version by Mozart KV 572: Ouvertur, Recits & Arias
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: March D-Major KV 335/1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade Nr. 9 D-Dur KV 320 "Posthorn-Serenade"
Concentus Musicus Wien
Stefan Gottfried, Conductor
Michael Schade, Tenor
With members of the opera studio of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETSLudwig van Beethoven: Ouvertüre zu „Coriolan“ op. 62
Franz Schubert: Ein schlafend Kind. Rezitativ und Arie des Adrast aus der gleichnamigen Oper, D 137
Franz Schubert: Wenn ich ihm nachgerungen habe. Arie des Nathanael aus „Lazarus oder: Die Feier der Auferstehung“, D 689
Franz Schubert: Was quälst du mich, o Missgeschick. Arie des Fierrabras aus der gleichnamigen Oper, D 796
Franz Schubert: Schon, wenn es beginnt zu tagen. Arie des Alfonso aus der Oper „Alfonso und Estrella”, D 732
Franz Schubert: Es erhebt sich eine Stimme. Arie des Pedro aus dem Singspiel „Claudine von Villa Bella”, D 239
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 5 c-Moll op. 67
Michael Schade, Tenor
Concentus Musicus Wien
Stefan Gottfried, Conductor
Michael Schade, Tenor
Serge Falck, Actor
Maximilian Kromer, Piano
Works from Beethoven to Schubert and up to Fauré - from Molnar to Ernst Heimeran and Jacques Brel - from Dvořák to Schuhmann and Liszt.
And once you're among friends like this, this setting promptly opens up many possibilities where the serious side of life is not always at the top of the agenda. So it can happen that a tenor, an actor and a pianist suddenly swap roles and Mr Schade picks up the flute amidst all the joy of playing...
Is that the way it should be?
In any case, you can expect a high-quality but humorous evening of an unexpectedly different kind!
CONTACT
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
