Markus Butter (born 1973)Den Intellekt fordern, Artikel in Kleine Zeitung, 19 February 2011, retrieved on 4 March 2019 is an Austrian operatic baritone.Markus Butter on Opera Musica
Career Born in Bruck an der Mur, Butter was a member and soloist of the Vienna Boys' Choir from 1982 to 1986 and graduated in 1991 at the . He received his further education at the and from 1994 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.Markus Butter on Oper Graz
Also in 1994 he began to work as an oratorio and lieder singer in Austria and Germany. From 1998 to 1999 he was a member of the Junge Ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera and from 1999 he was a member of the Bavarian State Opera. Afterwards he moved to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein and in 2005 to the Semperoper Dresden.
Guest performances led him to the Aalto-Theater in Essen (2014), to the Bregenzer Festspiele (2014) and several times to the Theater an der Wien (2010, 2011, 2015).Markus Butter on neumarkter-konzertfreundeMarkus Butter on JPc
Roles (selection) 2014–2015: Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus), Semperoper 2014–2015: Der Sprecher (The Magic Flute), Semperoper 2014–2015: Rittmeister, Beichtvater (Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald by HK Gruber), Bregenzer Festspiele, Theater an der Wien Flandrischer Deputierter (Don Carlo), Bavarian State Opera Gerichtsdiener (Was ihr wollt), Bavarian State Opera Hauptmann (Simon Boccanegra), Bavarian State Opera Kuligin (Katja Kabanowa), Bavarian State Opera Moralès (Carmen), Bavarian State Opera Masetto (Don Giovanni), Theater an der Wien
Awards 1997: 2nd prize at the international competition "Das Schubertlied" in Vienna 2009: Christel-Goltz-Prize
References
External links Markus Butter on the website of the Semperoper Markus Butter on the website of the Bavarian State Opera Markus Butter on the website of the Aalto-Theater