Born in Germany, Gerhard Siegel graduated from the Leopold Mozart Conservatory in Augsburg. After being a member of the ensembles in Trier and Dessau, he joined the Augsburg Opera. In 1995, he won the Hans Gabor Belvedere International Competition in Vienna.From 1999 to 2006, he was a member of the Nuremberg Opera ensemble. His roles have included Max (Der Freischütz) in Berlin, the title roles in Parsifal in Kassel and Kurt Weill’s Der Protagonist in Bregenz, Sellem (The Rake’s Progress) in Vienna, Shuisky (Boris Godunov) in Munich, Tristan (Tristan und Isolde) in Augsburg and with the Cleveland Orchestra, Herod (Salome) in Vienna, Zurich and Verbier, Midas (Die Liebe der Danae) in Salzburg, the Emperor (Die Frau ohne Schatten) in Verbier, Piet (Le Grand Macabre) in Dresden, Monostatos (Die Zauberflöte) in London, and Mime (Siegfried, Das Rheingold) in Sydney and Vienna.He composed the music for a stage adaptation of Heinrich Heine’s Deutschland – ein Wintermärchen, which premiered in Trier. During the 2026–2027 season, he will perform, among other roles, Herod at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest and the Witch (Hänsel und Gretel) at the Philharmonie de Berlin.At the Paris Opera: Wozzeck (Captain), 2008, 2022; Khovanshchina (Clerk), 2022; Elektra (Aegisth), 2022; Salome (Herod), 2024; Das Rheingold (Mime), 2025; Siegfried (Mime), 2026.

Gerhard SiegelTenor