Daniel Behle, Orchester der Kammeroper München & Christophe Goerdes
Biography Daniel Behle, Orchester der Kammeroper München & Christophe Goerdes
Daniel Behle
Tenor and composer Daniel Behle has enjoyed equal success in the concert, art song, and opera realms. He performs with orchestras including the Staatskapelle Dresden, Berlin and Vienna philharmonics, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Orchestre de Paris, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
As a Lied singer, Daniel Behle captivates his audiences at the Schwetzingen Festival, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg · Hohenems, Prinzregententheater Munich, Kölner Philharmonie, Beethoven House Bonn, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, London’s Wigmore Hall, and Richard Strauss Festival Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Operatic engagements have taken him to the Oper Frankfurt, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Wiener Staatsoper, Staatsoper Berlin, Hamburg State Opera, Opernhaus Zürich, Milan’s La Scala, Opéra National de Paris, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Royal Swedish Opera Stockholm, Opéra National de Lyon, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and Bayreuth Festival.
His compositions and arrangements have attracted wide attention and have been featured on the CDs WinterreiseN, Mein Hamburg, and Meine schönsten Weihnachtslieder. As of 2018 he has also released twelve solo albums that have earned high praise from critics, including Die Schöne Müllerin and Strauss Lieder as well as Gluck Opera Arias and Schubert Arias.
Christophe Gördes
born in Munich in 1965, received his first piano lessons when he was six years old and began playing the clarinet at the age of thirteen. After studying music in Munich, Vienna, and Hanover, he first worked for Microsoft Network, where he was responsible for the areas of music and film.
Concert tours with the Bavarian State Opera and a number of ensembles later took him throughout Europe. He has collaborated with such conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, and Zubin Mehta.
In 2004 he co-founded the Kammeroper München, which he has directed ever since. In addition to Germany, the Chamber Opera performs in Austria, Switzerland, and Italy.
Kammeroper München
Since its founding in 2004, the Munich Chamber Opera has stood for high-quality music theater with a unique touch. With its versions of well-known works and rarities from the operatic literature, it has earned a solid place in the cultural life of Munich in recent years. Its performances are characterized by imaginative productions that speak directly to the audience, original staging ideas, and unusual musical arrangements. The Munich opera ensemble showcases the exceptional vocal and acting abilities of its young singers, thanks to which it has become a forum for the promotion of young talent.
Along with large-scale stage works, the Chamber Opera regularly presents concerts and composer portraits featuring such well-known artist personalities as Michael Mendl, Michaela May, Christine Ostermayer, Brigitte Hobmeier, Sophie von Kessel, Sabine Sauer, Thomas Loibl, Lisa Wagner, August Zirner, Friedrich von Thun, and Gerd Anthoff. Musical highlights also include concert projects with such singers as Juliane Banse, Waltraud Meier, Robert Gambill, Günther Groissböck, Okka von der Damerau, and Daniel Behle.
