Guntramsdorfer Straße 12/2 2340 Mödling/Wien, Österreich T +43 2236 41004 Wolfgang Resch, baritone M +43 676 5454654 F +43 2236 410044 [email protected] www.estherschollum.at

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At the beginning of the 20/21 season, the Austrian world premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie's baritone Wolfgang Resch appears on stage as "" directed by Luc Bondy and Orsanes in Reinhard Keiser's opera "Croesus" in as Dandini in "La Cenerentola for Children". . Future plans include the role of Cindor in Wolfgang Resch made his opera debut as Rameau's "Zaïs" at the Theater Biel-Solothurn Papageno (Mozart: "The Magic Flute") in the and the part of Moralès in Bizet's "Carmen" at the Daegu City Hall in Korea. In addition to opera Burg Gars in summer 2021, as well as engagements at the opera festival numerous concert projects (including Fauré- operklosterneuburg and the Festival Retz, he Requiem and various recitals). In the past season appeared as Conte Perruchetto (Haydn: "La Wolfgang Resch convinced vocally and fedeltà premiata") and as Conte Almaviva (Mozart: dramatically as an interpreter of contemporary "Le nozze di Figaro") at the Schlosstheater works, among others as Joe Pitt in Peter Eötvös' Schönbrunn during his studies. opera "Angels in America" with the Neue Oper Wien in Vienna and Budapest, in the title role in Wolfgang Resch was a 1st prize winner of the "The Story of Valemon, the Polar Bear King" at the Song Competition of the Petyrek Lang Philharmonie Luxembourg and as Hans Scholl Foundation, finalist and prize winner of the 8th (Udo Zimmermann: "White Rose") in Krakow. Hilde Zadek International Singing Competition in 2013, as well as prize winner of the Mikuláš Recent highlights include Hans Scholl's "White Schneider-Trnavský International Singing Rose" at the Theater Biel-Solothurn, in London, Competition in Trnava/Slovakia and the 2011 Budapest and Oslo, Papageno in "The Magic Gradus ad Parnassum Music Competition. In Flute" at the Burg Gars Opera and at the Murten 2014 he was awarded the Prize of the Professor Classics Festival, Victor in J.M. Staud's "Die Armin Weltner Foundation, which is awarded Antilope" at the Neue Oper Wien, Falke in "The annually to promote young highly talented singers Bat" in Darmstadt, Dandini in "La Cenerentola" at of Austrian and Swiss nationality. the Theater Biel-Solothurn or the role of Piet in the world premiere of Leonard Evers' opera Concerts and recitals have taken the young artist "Humanoid" in a co-production between the to London, Liverpool and Reykjavík with the Theater Winterthur and the Konzert Theater Bern. European Union Youth Orchestra under the direction of Laurent Pillot, among others, as well From 2013-2016, Wolfgang Resch was a member as to the Lied Festival in Zeist, to Grafenegg and of the ensemble of Konzert Theater Bern, where to the Vienna Musikverein. Together with the he was sang roles like Harlequin (Strauss: pianist Sascha El Mouissi, Wolfgang Resch "Ariadne auf Naxos"), Papageno (Mozart: "The devotes himself intensively to Lied singing. Lieder Magic Flute"), Dandini (Rossini: "La Cenerentola") recitals led the two to Istanbul with "Die schöne and Eddy (Turnage: "Greek"), Silvano (Verdi: "Un Müllerin" by Franz Schubert. ballo in maschera") and Don Parmenione (Rossini: "L'occasione fa il ladro"). In 2016/17 he Wolfgang Resch received his first vocal training as sang the role of Leopold Kupelwieser in Heinrich a boy soloist with the Wiltener Boys Choir in Berté's operetta "Das Dreimäderlhaus" at the Innsbruck. Later he studied at the Tyrolean State Theatre of Baden and, as a prizewinner of the Conservatory with Karlheinz Hanser and at the Armel Festival Opera Competition in the season, University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna appeared as Hans Scholl in Udo Zimmermann's with Ralf Döring and Charles Spencer. He "White Rose" at the Theater Biel Solothurn. attended master classes with Brigitte Fassbaender, Christa Ludwig, In the summer of 2014 Wolfgang Resch made his and Helmut Deutsch, among others. debut at the , where he was successful as a member of the Young Singers www.wolfgangresch.com (09/2020) Project, among others as the Third Nazi in the