Thorsten Grümbel
Soloist

© Andreas Endermann
Bassist Thorsten Grümbel studied singing in Lübeck and Detmold. As prize-winner in several competitions, he moved from the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein to the Frankfurt Opera in 2009 and returned to the ensemble here in 2012. Engagements have taken him to opera houses and concert halls in London, Vienna, Paris, Aix-en Provence, Antwerp, Luxembourg, Kiel, Berlin, Geneva, Leipzig, Hamburg, Cologne, New York, Rouen, Belgrade, Basel, Frankfurt, Dresden, Munich, Barcelona, Prague, Stockholm, Taipei, Wiesbaden, Zurich and to the festivals in Mézières, Montreux, Strasbourg, Savonlinna, Ludwigsburg, Nantes, Schwerin, St. Margarethen and others. Extensive radio, CD and DVD recordings document his versatile work as an opera and concert singer. His extensive repertoire includes the Mozart roles Osmin ("Die Entführung aus dem Serail"), Figaro and Bartolo ("Le nozze di Figaro"), Commendatore ("Don Giovanni") and Sarastro ("Die Zauberflöte"), the Verdi roles Banquo ("Macbeth"), Zaccaria ("Nabucco"), Count Walter ("Luisa Miller"), Fiesco ("Simon Boccanegra"), Sparafucile ("Rigoletto"), Philipp II. ("Don Carlos"), as well as the Wagner roles Landgrave ("Tannhäuser"), Hunding, Fasolt and Fafner ("Der Ring des Nibelungen"), King Heinrich ("Lohengrin"), Gurnemanz ("Parsifal"), Daland ("Der fliegende Holländer"), King Marke ("Tristan und Isolde"), R. Strauss' Count Waldner ("Arabella") and Ochs ("Der Rosenkavalier"), as well as Don Basilio (Rossini's "Il barbiere di Siviglia"), Falstaff (Nicolai's "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor"), Frank (J. Strauss (Son)'s "Die Fledermaus"), the title role in "Don Pasquale" (Donizetti) and a host of other works from Monteverdi to Hindemith. In the 2022/23 season at Deutsche Oper am Rhein Thorsten Grümbel will once again be seen as the Loudspeaker in Ullmann's "Der Kaiser von Atlantis", as Sarastro, Frank, Fanfner, Daland, Bartolo, as well as the Cardinal in Tchaikovsky's "Die Jungfrau von Orléans", as the Adversary/Wild Man in Eggert's "Iwein Löwenritter" and in song matinees. He is also making a guest appearance as Frank at the Hamburg State Opera.
Fri 05.05.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Revival, Family card Opera
Sun 14.05.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Pay what you want! Opera
Der Kaiser von Atlantis
or the Refusal of Death
Wed 08.03.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 20:30
Revival Opera
Fri 07.04.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 19:30
Opera
Thu 20.04.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 20:30
Opera
Fri 28.04.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
20:00 - 21:00
Opera
Sat 06.05.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 20:30
Opera
Wed 17.05.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
20:00 - 21:00
Opera
Wed 01.03.2023
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:15
Revival Opera
Sun 05.02.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
17:00 - 22:00
Revival Opera
Sun 19.03.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
17:00 - 22:00
Opera
Sun 09.04.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
17:00 - 22:00
Opera
Fri 10.02.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 23:00
Opera
Thu 02.03.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 23:00
Opera
Sat 11.03.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:00 - 22:30
Family card Opera
Thu 16.03.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:00 - 22:30
Opera
Wed 22.03.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:00 - 22:30
Opera
Sat 01.04.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:00 - 22:30
Opera
Rendezvous um halb 8
A musical blind date
Fri 17.02.2023
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 21:00
Concert
Sat 18.02.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:00
Family card Concert
Thu 15.06.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:00
Concert