tenor
O artyście
Stefan Sbonnik is a versatile German tenor who is equally successful in concert, baroque repertoire and opera. In the 2021/22 season he made his debut as Tamino in a new production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Landestheater Niederbayern and in the tenor role in a staged production of Bach’s St John Passion at the Theater Münster. He will continue to sing both core roles in the future and is preparing his role debuts as Don Ottavio (Mozart’s Don Giovanni) and Ferrando (Mozart’s Così fan tutte).
Stefan Sbonnik has sung a dozen roles on stage, including the title role in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, Kalil in Christian Jost’s Die arabische Nacht, Remendado in Bizet’s Carmen and Bill in Jonathan Dove’s Flight at the Prinzregententheater in Munich and in Ingolstadt. In concert he sang tenor solos in Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang at the Oetkerhalle in Bielefeld, Saint-Saëns’s Christmas Oratorio in Salzburg, Britten’s War Requiem in Exeter and Mozart’s version of Handel’s Messiah at the Kassler Musiktage, among others. Recent engagements include the role of Asprando in Porpora’s Carlo il Calvo for his La Scala di Milano debut, the title role in Mozart’s Mitridate, re di Ponto at the opera houses in Brussels, Namur and Moms and St John Passion in Münster, the Milano cathedrale and Cologne.
Stefan Sbonnik intensively cultivates the concert and oratorio repertoire with Handel’s Messiah (October 2022 in Melle), Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (December 2022 in Erwitte), B Minor Mass (April 2023 in Aachen), Haydn’s Stabat Mater (March 2023 in Dillenburg), The Seasons (September 2023 in Langnau) and The Creation (September 2023 in Georgsmarienhütte).