Stefan Heidemann
Soloist
© Susanne Diesner
With the ensemble since 1990/91
Voice type: baritone
Stefan Heidemann, appointed Kammersänger in 2003, studied in Hanover with Prof. Charlotte Lehmann, won the ARD Music Competition in 1990, and received his first permanent engagement at the Nuremberg State Theater. Subsequent engagements took him to Saarbrücken, Wiesbaden, Mannheim, Graz, Linz, Vienna, Granada, Tokyo, Taipei, and the three Berlin opera houses, among others, in the course of his career. He celebrated successes in numerous roles at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. In 2007, he made his debut in the difficult baritone role of Wotan/Wanderer in Wagner's “Ring” cycle at the Theater Lübeck. This production was released on DVD and won the Echo Klassik Award in 2012. He subsequently made guest appearances as Wotan (Wagner's “Die Walküre”) in São Paulo, Kurwenal (Wagner's “Tristan und Isolde”) in Toulouse, Dr. Schön (Berg's ‘Lulu’) in Santiago de Chile, and in 2023/24 in Klagenfurt as Alberich in Wagner's “Der Ring des Nibelungen.”
At the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Stefan Heidemann will once again appear in the 2025/26 season as Prison Director Frank (J. Strauss (son) “Die Fledermaus”) and Peter in “Hansel and Gretel” (Humperdinck).
(as of 07/2025)
Voice type: baritone
Stefan Heidemann, appointed Kammersänger in 2003, studied in Hanover with Prof. Charlotte Lehmann, won the ARD Music Competition in 1990, and received his first permanent engagement at the Nuremberg State Theater. Subsequent engagements took him to Saarbrücken, Wiesbaden, Mannheim, Graz, Linz, Vienna, Granada, Tokyo, Taipei, and the three Berlin opera houses, among others, in the course of his career. He celebrated successes in numerous roles at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. In 2007, he made his debut in the difficult baritone role of Wotan/Wanderer in Wagner's “Ring” cycle at the Theater Lübeck. This production was released on DVD and won the Echo Klassik Award in 2012. He subsequently made guest appearances as Wotan (Wagner's “Die Walküre”) in São Paulo, Kurwenal (Wagner's “Tristan und Isolde”) in Toulouse, Dr. Schön (Berg's ‘Lulu’) in Santiago de Chile, and in 2023/24 in Klagenfurt as Alberich in Wagner's “Der Ring des Nibelungen.”
At the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Stefan Heidemann will once again appear in the 2025/26 season as Prison Director Frank (J. Strauss (son) “Die Fledermaus”) and Peter in “Hansel and Gretel” (Humperdinck).
(as of 07/2025)
Repertoire
- Alberich/Donner (Wagner „Siegfried“)
- Alberich (Wagner „Das Rheingold“)
- Beckmesser (Wagner „Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg“)
- Alfio (Mascagni „Cavalleria rusticana“)
- Alberich/Gunther (Wagner „Götterdämmerung“)
- Bariton Solo (Orff „Carmina Burana”)
- Conte (Mozart „Le nozze di Figaro”)
- Eisenstein/Falke/Frank (J. Strauss (Sohn) „Die Fledermaus“)
- Faninal (R. Strauss „Der Rosenkavalier“)
- Figaro (Rossini „Il barbiere di Siviglia”)
- Förster (Janáček „Das schlaue Füchslein“)
- Ford (Verdi „Falstaff”)
- Friedrich von Telramund (Wagner „Lohengrin“)
- Graf Tomski (Tschaikowsky „Pique Dame”)
- Gellner (Catalani „La Wally)
- Herr Fluth (Nicolai „Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor“)
- Marcello (Puccini „La Bohème)
- Milton (Widmann „Das Gesicht im Spiegel“)
- Musiklehrer (R. Strauss „Ariadne auf Naxos“)
- Orest (R. Strauss „Elektra“)
- Ottokar (von Weber „Der Freischütz“)
- Papageno, Sprecher (Mozart „Die Zauberflöte)
- Peter (Humperdinck „Hänsel und Gretel“)
- Peter (Lortzing „Zar und Zimmermann“)
- Sebastiano (d‘ Albert „Tiefland“)
- Sharpless (Puccini „Madama Butterfly”)
- Wolfram (Wagner „Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg“)
Parts at other theatres
- Alberich (Wagner „Der Ring des Nibelungen“) – Klagenfurt
- Dr. Schön (Berg „Lulu“) – Santiago de Chile
- Eisenstein (J. Strauss (Sohn) „Die Fledermaus“) – Köln
- Faninal (R. Strauss „Der Rosenkavalier“) – Taipeh, Mannheim, Linz, etc.
- Figaro (Mozart „Le nozze di Figaro“) – Komische Oper Berlin
- Figaro (Rossini „Il barbiere di Siviglia“) Wiesbaden
- Ford (Verdi „Falstaff“) – Komische Oper Berlin
- Ford (Verdi „Falstaff“) – Wien
- Giorgio Germont (Verdi „La traviata“) – Wuppertal
- Graf Tomski (Tschaikowsky „Pique Dame“) – Komische Oper Berlin
- Herr Fluth (Nicolai „Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor“) – Staatsoper Berlin
- Kurwenal (Wagner „Tristan und Isolde“) – Toulouse
- Lescaut (Puccini „Manon Lescaut“) – Saarbrücken
- Musiklehrer (R. Strauss „Ariadne auf Naxos“) – Enschede
- Orest (R. Strauss „Elektra“) – Taipeh
- Papageno (Mozart „Die Zauberflöte“) – Tokio
- Peter (Lortzing „Zar und Zimmermann“) – Berlin Deutsche Oper
- Renato (Verdi „Un Ballo in Maschera“ – Detmold
- Sharpless (Puccini „Madama Butterfly“) – Festspiele Eutin
- Wotan/Wanderer (Wagner „Der Ring des Nibelungen“) – Lübeck
- Wotan (Wagner „Walküre”) – São Paulo
Paul Abraham „Märchen im Grand-Hotel“:
Stefan Heidemann (Präsident Chamoix), Joachim Gabriel Maaß (Matard), Tänzerinnen
Stefan Heidemann (Präsident Chamoix), Joachim Gabriel Maaß (Matard), Tänzerinnen
© Jochen Quast
Johann Strauß (Sohn) „Die Fledermaus“:
Norbert Ernst (Gabriel von Eisenstein), Stefan Heidemann (Gefängnisdirektor Frank)
Norbert Ernst (Gabriel von Eisenstein), Stefan Heidemann (Gefängnisdirektor Frank)
© Hans Jörg Michel
Xavier Montsalvatge „Der gestiefelte Kater“:
Roman Hoza (Müller), Stefan Heidemann (König), Ekaterina Aleksandrova (Prinzessin)
Roman Hoza (Müller), Stefan Heidemann (König), Ekaterina Aleksandrova (Prinzessin)
© Jochen Quast
„Vissi d’arte“:
Stefan Heidemann
Stefan Heidemann
© Sandra Then
„Vissi d’arte“:
Stefan Heidemann
Stefan Heidemann
© Monika Rittershaus
Sat 27.12.2025
Theater Duisburg
18:00 - 20:15
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Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 17:15
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Theater Duisburg
15:00 - 17:15
Audiodescription, Family card Opera
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19:30 - 23:00
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Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 23:00
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Opernhaus Düsseldorf
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