In the 2025/26 season, baritone Björn Bürger will return to the Grand Théâtre de Genève, where he will perform as Pelléas in Pelléas et Mélisande. At De Nationale Opera Amsterdam, he will sing the role of “Conte Almaviva” in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and will also make his debut as Beckmesser in Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Stuttgart State Opera, where he will also reprise his roles as ‘Papageno’ and “Barbier von Siviglia.”

In recent seasons, Björn Bürger has appeared as “Conte Almaviva,” “The Barber” in R. Strauss’ Die schweigsame Frau, and “Dr. Falke” at the Bavarian State Opera; “Fritz/Frank,” ‘Frédéric’ in Delibes’ Lakmé, “Gaveston/Stranger” in Benjamin’s opera Lessons in Love and Violence at the Zurich Opera House; “Lescaut” in Massenet’s opera Manon Lescaut and “Dr. Falke” at the Hamburg State Opera; “Prince Andreï Bolkonski” in Prokofiev’s War and Peace at the Grand Théâtre de Genève; “Guglielmo” at the Opéra national du Rhin; “Don Giovanni” and “Conte Almaviva” in Da Ponte’s trilogy at La Monnaie/De Munt opera house in Brussels; ‘Papageno’ at the Opéra national de Paris; “Don Giovanni” at the Norwegian Opera in Oslo; “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” “Harlequin” and “Papageno” at the Glyndebourne Festival; “Il barbiere di Siviglia” at the Staatsoper unter den Linden; “Dr. Falke” at the Volksoper Wien; “Papageno” and “Dr. Falke” at the Opéra de Lausanne; Wolfram von Eschenbach, Heerrufer des Königs, and Gabriel von Eisenstein at De Nationale Opera Amsterdam, and Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Semperoper Dresden.

At his home theater—the Stuttgart State Opera, where he has been a member of the ensemble since 2019—he has already performed roles such as “Il barbiere di Siviglia”, “Conte Almaviva”, “Papageno”, “Dr. Falke”, “Don Giovanni,” “Marquis von Posa,” “Belcore” and “Bill” in Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.

After studying at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in Prof. Hedwig Fassbender’s class, which he completed with distinction, he was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Frankfurt Opera from 2013 to 2018, where he performed roles such as Billy Budd, Georg in Arnulf Herrmann’s Der Mieter, Harlequin, Papageno, “Dandini,” “Owen Wingrave,” “Conte Almaviva,” “Frank/Fritz,” and “Pelléas” in Pelléas et Mélisande.

He won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, is the first prize winner of the Emmerich Smola Competition, and first prize winner of the Anneliese Rothenberger Competition.