Praised by the press for his “bright, powerful voice” with “a brilliant high range” and his “captivating stage-presence”, German tenor MICHAEL GNIFFKE, only since a few seasons being a professional singer, has established himself within a very short time to one of the most sought after singer for character-tenor-parts.
After first taking up a business career in the accountancy sector and working successfully in a leading position of an international renowned company in Zürich, Michael Gniffke switched the desk for the stage. and guested since then as HAUPTMANN in Alban Berg’s WOZZECK at the Opéra de Dijon, to which he will return for a world-premiere in 2020; as ALWA in LULU at Theater Ulm; as HERMANN in Caikovsky's PIKOVA DAMA at the Festival Bad Aibling; as FERI BACSI in Kálmán’s Die CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN at the Murten Classics Festival.as; as TENOR I. in Alexander Raskatov’s world-premiere GERMANIA at the National Opera de Lyon and as AEGIST in Richard Strauss ELEKTRA at the Theater Magdeburg and the Theater Kassel, where he also will perform MONOSTATOS in Mozart's ZAUBERFLÖTE and HEXE in Humperdinck's HÄNSEL & GRETEL, a part, he embodies with huge success since 2013 at the Theater Lübeck.
After first taking up a business career in the accountancy sector and working successfully in a leading position of an international renowned company in Zürich, Michael Gniffke switched the desk for the stage. and guested since then as HAUPTMANN in Alban Berg’s WOZZECK at the Opéra de Dijon, to which he will return for a world-premiere in 2020; as ALWA in LULU at Theater Ulm; as HERMANN in Caikovsky's PIKOVA DAMA at the Festival Bad Aibling; as FERI BACSI in Kálmán’s Die CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN at the Murten Classics Festival.as; as TENOR I. in Alexander Raskatov’s world-premiere GERMANIA at the National Opera de Lyon and as AEGIST in Richard Strauss ELEKTRA at the Theater Magdeburg and the Theater Kassel, where he also will perform MONOSTATOS in Mozart's ZAUBERFLÖTE and HEXE in Humperdinck's HÄNSEL & GRETEL, a part, he embodies with huge success since 2013 at the Theater Lübeck.
In addition,
he sang concerts with the SWR
Symphonieorchester Baden-Baden.
In summer 2018, a dream became true for Michael
Gniffke: with an engagement at the Bayreuther Festspiele, as 1. ELDER in LOHENGRIN, he followed the footsteps of his famous father, Rudolf A. Hartmann to the “Green
Hill”.
Mr. Gniffke has studied with his father, and in addition with Alfredo Muff and
Robert Schunk.
He gave his debut as GRAF ZEDLAU in J.
Strauß's WIENER BLUT at the Theater
Arth. In addition to numerous parts in operettas, such as MR. X in Kálmán’s DIE ZIRKUSPRINZESSIN, FREDERIC in Gilbert & Sullivan's PIRATES OF PENZANCE, SOU-CHONG in Lehár's LAND DES LÄCHELNS or LE BRASILIEN in Offenbach's LA VIE PARISIENNE, he sang ALFREDO in Verdi's LA TRAVIATA, HOFFMANN in Offenbach's LES CONES d'HOFMANN, MAX in Weber's DER FREISCHÜTZ, CHEVALIER in Lortzing's ZAR & ZIMMERMANN, DON JOSÉ in Bizet's "Carmen", 1.
GEHARNISCHTER in Mozart's DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, HANS in Smetana's PRODANA NEVESTA, ELIS in Schrecker's DER SCHATZGRÄBER, DER MANN MIT DEM ESEL in Orff's DIE KLUGE, and the
title part in Gounod's FAUST.
Further roles, partly sang or in concert, include LOGE and MIME in Wagner's DAS RHEINGOLD PAUL in
Korngold's DIE TOTE STADT, HERODES in R. Strauss' SALOME, THE COURTIER / CAVALIER in Hindemith's CADILLAC and TENOR in DREI WASSERSPIELE by
Detlev Glanert.
An extensive concert activity completes Michael
Gniffke’s musical commitment, among others including Giuseppe Verdi's and Andrew Lloyd Webber's REQUIEM, Dvorak’s RQUIEM and his STABAT MATER, Rossini’s PTITE MESSE SOLENELLE, Mendelssohn’s ELIAS and PAULUS, Beethoven’s IX.
SYMPHONY, Mahler’s LIED VON DER ERDE, Liszt’s FAUST SYMPHONY, Franck’s PANIS ANGELICUS; as well as rarities such as Ryba’s MISSA PASTORALIS BOHEMICA and LE LAUDI by H. Suter.
Jan 2019
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