Norbert Ernst

© Wiener Staatsoper GmbH / Michael Pöhn

Vienna-born tenor Norbert Ernst saved in early 2023 the premiere and several other performances as Tannhäuser at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London with great success. He jumped in for concerts as Tristan in Tristan and Isolde at Slovak Philharmonie in Bratislava and earned highly acclaimed reviews. He was able to continue the series of important role debuts of 2021 with Tristan in Tristan und Isolde at the Wiener Kammeroper and Walter von Stolzing in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in Tokyo in 2022 with the title role of Tannhäuser at the opera in Wuppertal and Siegmund in Valencia and celebrated his operatic debut with Ariadne auf Naxos at the Scala in Milan. In season 2022/23 he had great success as Prince Schiskij in the much acclaimed opening premiere of Boris Godunov at  La Scala in Milan. He stepped in as a last-minute „savior" at the Vienna State Opera as Paul in Die tote Stadt highly acclaimed by both audience and press. In previous years he had significantly expanded his repertoire with Lohengrin in Marseille and Montpellier, Paul in Die tote Stadt in Kiel and Florestan in Fidelio in Sankt Gallen. He interpreted his signature role of the Rheingold-Loge at leading houses such as the Vienna State Opera, the Opéra national de Paris, the Bayerische Staatsoper and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein and made his acclaimed debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York with this role. With his successful interpretation of Loge im Rheingold he celebrated his tenth anniversary as a soloist at the Bayreuth Festival in 2014. Norbert Ernst is also a guest at major international festivals such as Savonlinna Finland Opera Festival and Salzburg Festival. Norbert Ernst is guest of most important opera houses, such as Vienna, Munich, New York, Barcelona, Geneva, Berlin, Paris, London, Hamburg, Tokyo and Amsterdam. As a Lieder and concert singer, Norbert Ernst performes at the Wiener Musikverein, Carnegie Hall New York, Philharmonie de Paris, Suntory Hall and Bunka Kaikan Tokyo, Brucknerhaus Linz, Wiener Konzerthaus, Philharmonie am Gasteig Munich, Philharmonie Berlin and  the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with works from the entire great oratorio literature from Bach's Passions to Mahler's Lied von der Erde. Norbert Ernst studied  with Gerd Fussi at the Josef Matthias Hauer Conservatory in Wiener Neustadt and with Robert Holl and Charles Spencer at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He deepened his studies in master classes with Walter Berry and Kurt Equiluz.

Performances with Norbert Ernst

Saison 2024-25
Sat
29 Mar
19:00 — 22:30
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oper Main Stage

with Leonardo Neiva, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Slávka Zámečníková, Philippe Sly, Patricia Nolz, Conductor: Philippe Jordan

Le nozze di Figaro

Cast on Saturday 29. March 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Bühne

Rufus Didwiszus

Kostüme

Victoria Behr

Licht

Franck Evin

Bühnenbildassistenz

Jan Freese
Wed
02 Apr
19:00 — 22:30
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oper Main Stage

with Leonardo Neiva, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Slávka Zámečníková, Philippe Sly, Patricia Nolz, Conductor: Philippe Jordan

Le nozze di Figaro

Cast on Wednesday 2. April 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Bühne

Rufus Didwiszus

Kostüme

Victoria Behr

Licht

Franck Evin

Bühnenbildassistenz

Jan Freese
Sun
13 Apr
19:00 — 22:00
Richard Strauss
Oper Main Stage

with Wolfgang Bankl, Camilla Nylund, Sabine Devieilhe, Michael Volle, Michael Laurenz, Conductor: Christian Thielemann

Arabella

Cast on Sunday 13. April 2025

Graf Waldner

Graf Elemer

Graf Dominik

Die Fiakermilli

Eine Kartenaufschlägerin

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Sven-Eric Bechtolf

Bühne

Rolf Glittenberg

Kostüme

Marianne Glittenberg
Wed
16 Apr
19:00 — 22:00
Richard Strauss
Oper Main Stage

with Wolfgang Bankl, Camilla Nylund, Sabine Devieilhe, Michael Volle, Michael Laurenz, Conductor: Christian Thielemann

Arabella

Cast on Wednesday 16. April 2025

Graf Waldner

Graf Elemer

Graf Dominik

Die Fiakermilli

Eine Kartenaufschlägerin

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Sven-Eric Bechtolf

Bühne

Rolf Glittenberg

Kostüme

Marianne Glittenberg
Sat
19 Apr
19:00 — 22:00
Richard Strauss
Oper Main Stage

with Wolfgang Bankl, Camilla Nylund, Sabine Devieilhe, Michael Volle, Michael Laurenz, Conductor: Christian Thielemann

Arabella

Cast on Saturday 19. April 2025

Graf Waldner

Graf Elemer

Graf Dominik

Die Fiakermilli

Eine Kartenaufschlägerin

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Sven-Eric Bechtolf

Bühne

Rolf Glittenberg

Kostüme

Marianne Glittenberg
Tue
22 Apr
19:00 — 22:00
Richard Strauss
Oper Main Stage

with Wolfgang Bankl, Camilla Nylund, Sabine Devieilhe, Michael Volle, Michael Laurenz, Conductor: Christian Thielemann

Arabella

Cast on Tuesday 22. April 2025

Graf Waldner

Graf Elemer

Graf Dominik

Die Fiakermilli

Eine Kartenaufschlägerin

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Sven-Eric Bechtolf

Bühne

Rolf Glittenberg

Kostüme

Marianne Glittenberg
Fri
25 Apr
18:30 — 21:45
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oper Main Stage

with Franz-Josef Selig, Cyrille Dubois, Serena Sáenz, Maria Nazarova, Ludwig Mittelhammer, Hannah-Theres Weigl, Conductor: Adam Fischer

Die Zauber­flöte

Cast on Friday 25. April 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Bühne & Video

Falko Herold

Kostüme

Eva Butzkies

Licht

Stefan Bolliger

Textbearbeitung

Isabella Gregor

Puppenbau

Marius Kob

Eren Karakuş

Puppencoach

Christian Pfütze
Mon
28 Apr
19:00 — 22:15
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oper Main Stage

with Franz-Josef Selig, Cyrille Dubois, Serena Sáenz, Maria Nazarova, Ludwig Mittelhammer, Hannah-Theres Weigl, Conductor: Adam Fischer

Die Zauber­flöte

Cast on Monday 28. April 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Bühne & Video

Falko Herold

Kostüme

Eva Butzkies

Licht

Stefan Bolliger

Textbearbeitung

Isabella Gregor

Puppenbau

Marius Kob

Eren Karakuş

Puppencoach

Christian Pfütze