Born in Augsburg, Johannes Martin Kränzle studied at the Frankfurt Academy of Music. In 1998, he joined the ensemble of Oper Frankfurt, where he performed a wide-ranging repertoire. He has appeared on the world’s leading opera stages and at the Salzburg, Bayreuth, and Bregenz Festivals.In recent seasons, his roles have included Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte) in London and Munich; Beckmesser (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) at the Bayreuth Festival; the title role in Don Pasquale at Opernhaus Zürich; Don Pizarro (Fidelio) in Toronto; Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) in Wiesbaden; Alberich (Der Ring des Nibelungen) in Berlin; the Mad King (Eight Songs for a Mad King) at the Aix-en-Provence Festival; Leporello (Don Giovanni) in Augsburg; Peter (Hänsel und Gretel) in Darmstadt; the title role in Wozzeck in Vienna; and Bartolo (Il barbiere di Siviglia) in Hamburg. He will perform Don Alfonso at the Salzburg Festival in 2026. During the 2026–2027 season, he will appear as Allazim (Zaide) at the Opéra Comique, Don Pizarro in Baden-Baden, and the title role in Don Pasquale in Zurich.At the Paris Opera: Wozzeck (title role, 2017); Iolanta (Ibn Hakia, 2019); Götterdämmerung (Gunther, 2020).

Johannes Martin KränzleBaritone