Markus Butter
{{short description|Austrian opera singer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
Markus Butter (born 1973)[http://www.kleinezeitung.at/s/steiermark/steirerdestages/4232314/STEIRER-DES-TAGES_Den-Intellekt-fordern Den Intellekt fordern], Artikel in Kleine Zeitung, 19 February 2011, retrieved on 4 March 2019 is an Austrian operatic baritone.[https://www.operamusica.com/artist/markus-butter/ Markus Butter] on Opera Musica
Career
Born in Bruck an der Mur, Butter was a member and soloist of the Vienna Boys' Choir from 1982 to 1986 and graduated in 1991 at the {{ill|Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster|de}}. He received his further education at the {{ill|Johann-Joseph-Fux-Konservatorium Graz|de}} and from 1994 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.[https://www.oper-graz.com/ensemble/markus-butter Markus Butter] on Oper Graz
Also in 1994 he began to work as an oratorio and lieder singer in Austria and Germany. From 1998 to 1999 he was a member of the Junge Ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera and from 1999 he was a member of the Bavarian State Opera. Afterwards he moved to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein and in 2005 to the Semperoper Dresden.
Guest performances led him to the Aalto-Theater in Essen (2014), to the Bregenzer Festspiele (2014) and several times to the Theater an der Wien (2010, 2011, 2015).[https://www.neumarkter-konzertfreunde.de/kuenstler/markus-butter Markus Butter] on neumarkter-konzertfreunde[https://www.jpc.de/s/markus+butter Markus Butter] on JPc
Roles (selection)
- 2014–2015: Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus), Semperoper
- 2014–2015: Der Sprecher (The Magic Flute), Semperoper
- 2014–2015: Rittmeister, Beichtvater (Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald by HK Gruber), Bregenzer Festspiele, Theater an der Wien
- Flandrischer Deputierter (Don Carlo), Bavarian State Opera
- Gerichtsdiener (Was ihr wollt), Bavarian State Opera
- Hauptmann (Simon Boccanegra), Bavarian State Opera
- Kuligin (Katja Kabanowa), Bavarian State Opera
- Moralès (Carmen), Bavarian State Opera
- Masetto (Don Giovanni), Theater an der Wien
Awards
- 1997: 2nd prize at the international competition "Das Schubertlied" in Vienna
- 2009: Christel-Goltz-Prize
References
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External links
- [https://www.semperoper.de/ensemble/personen/peid/markus-butter/167.html Markus Butter] on the website of the Semperoper
- [https://www.staatsoper.de/biographien/detail-seite/butter-markus.html Markus Butter] on the website of the Bavarian State Opera
- [http://www.aalto-musiktheater.de/ensemble-gaeste/butter-markus.htm Markus Butter] on the website of the Aalto-Theater
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Category:People from Bruck an der Mur