Mauro Peter
Swiss tenor Mauro Peter was born in Lucerne and completed his studies at the University of Music and the Performing Arts in Munich. In 2012 he won both first prize and the audience prize at the International Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau and made his highly acclaimed recital debut at the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg with Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin. He has since appeared as a regular guest at the festival and in leading concert halls and opera houses internationally such as the Canadian Opera Company, Bavarian State Opera, Opéra de Lyon, Opéra national de Paris, the Royal Opera House in London, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro Real in Madrid, Theater an der Wien, Zurich Opera House and the Salzburg Festival.
Among the highlights in recent seasons were a new production of Mozart’s Magic Flute (Tamino) at the Opéra de Paris and his Boston and Carnegie Hall debuts in spring 2022 with a concert performance of Berg’s Wozzeck (Andres) conducted by Andris Nelsons. Alongside numerous recital performances in the 2022/23 season, Mauro Peter could be heard in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 under Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Mozart’s C minor Mass under Manfred Honeck in Rome, as well as in Bach’s St. John Passion under Stefan Gottfried and Concentus Musicus at the Vienna Musikverein. In summer 2023, the tenor celebrated two important role debuts, first at the Graz Musikverein as Eisenstein in a concert performance of Strauss’ Fledermaus, and with Concerto Köln, singing his first Loge in Wagner’s Rheingold under the baton of Kent Nagano as part of the Musikfest Dresden, at the Kölner Philharmonie, and the Ravello and Lucerne festivals.
The 2023/24 season began with Mendelssohn’s “Lobgesangs-Symphonie” with the Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra under Trevor Pinnock in Tokyo, and with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Marie Jacquot at the Vienna Musikverein. This was followed by an appearance at the ZDF Advent concert in Dresden’s Frauenkirche under Christian Thielemann, as well as Haydn’s The Seasons under Jan Willem de Vriend, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony under Antonello Manacorda, Bach’s St John Passion with the Concertgebouw Orkest under Trevor Pinnock and then with the Montréal Symphony Orchestra under Masaki Suzuk. Mauro Peter additionally made his debut with Verdi’s Requiem in Lucerne. Most recently, he appeared on-stage as Ferrando in Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Zurich Opera House and as Tamino in Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Semperoper Dresden.
Upcoming highlights include Haydn’s The Seasons in Copenhagen and at the Haydn Days at the Musikverein Graz under Adam Fischer, as well as Bach’s St Matthew Passion at the Concertgebouw and the Gewandhaus Leipzig. He will also make his role debuts as Max in Weber’s Der Freischütz at the Bregenz Festival and as the Prince in Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges at the Semperoper Dresden. At his home theatre in Zurich, he will be performing the tenor part in a staged production of Mendelssohn’s Elijah.
Mauro Peter is particularly devoted to the Lied repertoire, having appeared in varied recital programmes at the Vienna Musikverein and Konzerthaus, the Pierre Boulez Hall in Berlin, the Cologne Philharmonie, the Prinzregententheater in Munich, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Verbier Festival, Lucerne Festival, London’s Wigmore Hall and the Salzburg Festival. In the 2024-2025 season, he will perform Hugo Wolf’s Italian Songbook alongside Louise Alder and Joseph Middleton at London’s Wigmore Hall, the Vienna Musikverein, the Frankfurt Opera and in Barcelona.
Following a recording of Die schöne Müllerin live from Wigmore Hall, he went on to release a debut album for Sony Classical in 2015, featuring some of Schubert’s Goethe settings, and a recording of Dichterliebe and a selection of other Schumann lieder in 2016.