{"id":9,"date":"2018-06-10T15:49:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T13:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.bjoernbuerger.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-09-23T08:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T06:42:28","slug":"biografie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bjoernbuerger.com\/en\/biografie\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"During the 2026\u201327 season, Bj\u00f6rn B\u00fcrger will appear at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in Benjamin Britten\u2019s\u00a0 <em>War Requiem<\/em>, as well as once again as Beckmesser in Wagner\u2019s <em>Die Meistersinger von N\u00fcrnberg<\/em>, as Marcello in Puccini\u2019s <em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em>, and as Enrico in a new production of <em>Donizetti\u2019s Lucia di Lammermoor<\/em> at the Staatsoper Stuttgart.<\/p>\n<p>In recent seasons, Bj\u00f6rn B\u00fcrger has appeared as \u201cConte Almaviva,\u201d \u201cThe Barber\u201d in R. Strauss\u2019s\u00a0 <em>Die schweigsame Frau<\/em>, and \u201cDr. Falke\u201d at the Bavarian State Opera; as \u201cFritz\/Frank\u201d and \u201cFr\u00e9d\u00e9ric\u201d in Delibes\u2019s <em>Lakm\u00e9<\/em>, and \u201cGaveston\/Stranger\u201d in Benjamin\u2019s opera <em>Lessons in Love and Violence<\/em> at the Zurich Opera House; \u201cLescaut\u201d in Massenet\u2019s <em>Manon Lescaut<\/em> and \u201cDr. Falke\u201d at the Hamburg State Opera; \u201cPrince Andrei Bolkonsky\u201d in Prokofiev\u2019s <em>War and Peace<\/em> and \u201cPell\u00e9as\u201d in <em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em> at the Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Gen\u00e8ve; \u201cGuglielmo\u201d at the Op\u00e9ra national du Rhin;\u00a0 \u201cDon Giovanni\u201d and \u201cConte Almaviva\u201d in the Da Ponte Trilogy at La Monnaie\/De Munt in Brussels; \u201cPapageno\u201d at the Op\u00e9ra national de Paris; \u201cDon Giovanni\u201d at the Norwegian Opera in Oslo; \u201cIl Barbiere di Siviglia,\u201d \u201cHarlequin,\u201d and \u201cPapageno\u201d at the Glyndebourne Festival; \u201cIl barbiere di Siviglia\u201d at the Staatsoper unter den Linden; \u201cDr. Falke\u201d at the Volksoper Wien; \u201cPapageno\u201d and \u201cDr. Falke\u201d at the Op\u00e9ra de Lausanne; \u201cWolfram von Eschenbach,\u201d \u201cthe King\u2019s Herald,\u201d \u201cGabriel von Eisenstein,\u201d and \u201cConte Almaviva\u201d in Mozart\u2019s <em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em> at De Nationale Opera Amsterdam, as well as \u201cIl barbiere di Siviglia\u201d at the Semperoper Dresden.<\/p>\n<p>At his home theater\u2014the Stuttgart State Opera, where he has been a member of the ensemble since 2019\u2014he has already performed roles such as \u201cIl barbiere di Siviglia\u201d, \u201cConte Almaviva\u201d, \u201cPapageno\u201d, \u201cDr. Falke\u201d, \u201cDon Giovanni,\u201d \u201cMarquis von Posa,\u201d \u201cBelcore\u201d and \u201cBill\u201d in Weill&#8217;s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.<\/p>\n<p>After studying at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in Prof. Hedwig Fassbender&#8217;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&#8217;s Der Mieter, Harlequin, Papageno, \u201cDandini,\u201d \u201cOwen Wingrave,\u201d \u201cConte Almaviva,\u201d \u201cFrank\/Fritz,\u201d and \u201cPell\u00e9as\u201d in Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande.<\/p>\n<p>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.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the 2026\u201327 season, Bj\u00f6rn B\u00fcrger will appear at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in Benjamin Britten\u2019s\u00a0 War Requiem, as well as once again as Beckmesser in Wagner\u2019s Die Meistersinger von N\u00fcrnberg, as Marcello in Puccini\u2019s La Boh\u00e8me, and as Enrico in a new production of Donizetti\u2019s Lucia di Lammermoor at the Staatsoper Stuttgart. 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