Matthias Weichert (Baritone)

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Matthias Weichert (Baritone)
Born: 1957 (?) - Falkenberg, Saxony, Germany
The German baritone, Matthias Weichert, was from 1965 to 1974 a member of the Thomanerchor Leipzig. After his graduation from high school, he began in 1976 his studies at the University of Music “Carl Maria von Weber” in Dresden, majoring in singing, conducting and education. He graduated in 1981 with State Exam as an opera singer and voice teacher. In 1981 he won the Robert Schumann Award in Zwickau and in 1987 the Hugo Wolf Award in Stuttgart. He also received a scholarship in 1988 from the Bayreuth Festival. Between the years of 1981 to 1990 Matthias Weichert was offered engagements with the Sächsischen Landesbühnen Dresden-Radebeul as well as with the Staatsoper Berlin, Oper Leipzig and the Komische Oper Berlin. He sang as a guest at the State Opera of Dresden, at the Royal Opera Copenhagen and at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels (1991 as Papageno). He has performed roles as the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro, Ezio and Poro in the Georg Frideric Handel's operas of the same name, Silvio in Bajazzo and the Papageno in Zauberflöte. Matthias Weichert performs as a freelance concert and oratorio singer since August 2000. He has appeared in concerts and oratorios with the Thomanerchor Leipzig and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Dresdner Philharmonie, the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Mainzer Singakademie, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Dresdner Kreuzchor and the Dresden Staatskapelle. He has appeared in Leipzig, Salzburg, Munich, Mainz, Erlangen and Stuttgart, with an extensive repertoire. He toured Japan in 1996 and 2000 with the Thomanerchor Leipzig and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, and performed on tour in Austria, Belgium, Denmark and France. In January of 2002 he was on tour in Israel with the Israel Northern Symphony Haifa. He also performed at the International Bach Festival in Leipzig. In 2004 he was on tour in the USA and with the Thomanerchor Leipzig in Japan. In addition to recording CD's Matthias Weichert has made various recordings for radio and television. Since 1981 Matthias Weichert has held a teaching position at the University of Music “Carl Maria von Weber” in Dresden. In June 2002 he was appointed as professor there and at the College for Church Music in Dresden.

Source: Großes Sängerlexikon (Authors: K. J. Kutsch / Leo Riemens; Expanded 3^rd edition 1999/2000; K. G. Saur Verlag, Munich), English translation by Aryeh Oron (June 2006); Matthias Weichert Website (Photos: Petera Lange) Contributed by Thomas Braatz (June 2006); Aryeh Oron (March 2009)
Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
Conductor	As	Works
Georg Christoph Biller	Bass	BWV 178, BWV 192, BWV 244b
Ute Debus	Bass	BWV 232
Gerald A. Manig	Bass	BWV 244
Erik Matz	Bass	BWV 236, BWV 243
Mary Sherburne	Bass	BWV 245
Michael Schmutte	Bass	BWV 248
Links to other Sites
Matthias Weichert (Rondeau Production)			Matthias Weichert (Official Website) [mostly German]

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