GÜNTER HAUMER: Exceptional Vocalist The up-and-coming Austrian baritone Günter Haumer has sung under the baton of Christian Thielemann, Fabio Luisi, Gustavo Dudamel, Jesús López Cobos, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Ivor Bolton, Sylvain Cambreling and Philippe Herreweghe among others, at venues such as the Musikverein and Konzerthaus (Vienna), Salzburg Festival, Cité de la Musique (Paris), Dresden Philharmonic, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Jones Hall in Houston and the Warsaw Philharmonic. Günter Haumer has been a member of the Ensemble of the Volksoper in Vienna since 2012. He has performed the title role in Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, Giorgio Germont in La Traviata, Ping in Turandot, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus and the title roles in Zar und Zimmermann and Gasparone in Europe and South America. He is most well-known for his performances of contemporary repertoire. Günter Haumer has worked with stage directors such as Rolando Villazón, Deborah Warner, Otto Schenk, Christiane Lutz and Christoph Schlingensief. As a Lieder singer, Günter Haumer is recognised as one of the best performers of the genre, often accompanied by Roger Vignoles, Julius Drake and James Baillieu, with many CDs, DVDs, and broadcasts to his name. In addition to his busy performing schedule, Günter Haumer teaches singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
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