Torsten Kerl - Tenor
The German singer Torsten Kerl is one of the most sought-after Heldentenors in the world. In the 2018/2019 season opera projects lead him to the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse as Paul in “Die tote Stadt”, as Tannhäuser to the New National Theatre Tokyo and as Rienzi to the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In concert he sang Siegmund with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Edo de Waart.
In the season 2017/18 he performed as Max in “Der Freischütz” at the New National Theatre in Tokyo and at the Semperoper Dresden. Furthermore he sang the leading role in Wagners Siegfried and Götterdämmerung in Odense as well as at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe. At the Enescu Festival he sang Albrecht von Brandenburg in Hindemith’s “Mathis der Maler” under the baton of Lawrence Foster. As a concert singer he sang Mahler’s “Lied von der Erde” in Berlin and Breslau, Waldemar in Schönberg’s “Gurrelieder” in Aarhus and Berlin and in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in several renowned European concert halls.
Torsten Kerl has a wide repertoire. Therefore he is one of the few tenors who are regularly interpreting all the big Wagner parts like Erik, Parsifal, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Loge, Siegmund, Tristan, Rienzi and both Siegfrieds. Furthermore he was repeatedly seen as Max (Der Freischütz), Paul (Die tote Stadt), Florestan (Fidelio), Pedro (Tiefland), Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Kaiser (Die Frau ohne Schatten). Other important roles are Don José (Carmen), Samson (Samson et Dalila), Äneas (Les Troyens), Grigori (Boris Godunow), Egyptian Pharaoh (Moses), Herrmann (Pique Dame), Otello (Otello) and Dick Johnson (La Fanciulla del West).
He has also been seen on the most important stages in the world, including, among others, the Wiener Staatsoper, Metropolitan Opera New York, Deutsche Oper Berlin, San Francisco Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Semperoper Dresden, Scala di Milano, New National Theatre Tokyo, Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Gran Teatro del Liceo Barcelona, Palau de les Arts Valencia, Opéra National de Paris (Bastille), Châtelet Paris, Opéra du Lyon, Staatsoper Hamburg, Teatro Carlo Felice Genova, Den Norske Opera Oslo, Opera de Munt Brussels and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Torsten Kerl is a permanent guest at international Opera Festivals like the Bayreuther Festspiele (Der fliegende Holländer, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), the Salzburger Festspiele (Mozart-Requiem, Die Liebe der Danae and Die tote Stadt), the Edinburgh Festival, the Glyndebourne Festival and the Opera Festival in Savonlinna in Finland. In 2000 he won the Grammy Award for the best international recording of the year.
Beyond that Kerl is regularly working with the most important orchestras in the world: the Wiener Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Amsterdam Cocertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestre de Radio France, Dresdner Staatskapelle and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma.