KS Heinz Zednik

KS HEINZ ZEDNIK was born in Vienna, studied at the Konservatorium der Stadt Wien and was engaged at the Grazer Oper in 1964. At the Bayreuther Festspielen he sang Steuermann (Der fliegende Holländer), David (Meistersinger von Nürnberg) as well as Loge and Mime. At the Salzburg Festival he performed as Valzacchi (Rosenkavalier), Pedrillo (Entführung aus dem Serail), Monsieur Taupe (Capriccio), Bardolfo (Falstaff), Monostatos (Zauberflöte) as well as in Un re in ascolto and Die Schwarze Maske. Guest appearances have led him to the world´s most renowned stages, for example the Met and La Scala. He made his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in 1964 as Augustin Moser (Meistersinger von Nürnberg) and has since then sung roles such Hahn (Das schlaue Füchslein), Schuiski and Gottesnarr (Boris Godunow), Andrès/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio/Frantz (Contes d’Hoffmann), Jaquino (Fidelio), Herodes (Salome), Wenzel (Verkaufte Braut), Hauptmann (Wozzeck), Rabbi/Wilhelm II. (Riese vom Steinfeld), Loge, Mime, Traumfresserchen, Regisseur der Bühne (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny), Altoum (Turandot). He is an Austrian Kammersanger as well as honorary member of the Wiener Staatsoper.