Andrè Schuen

Andrè Schuen (born 1984 in La Val, South Tyrol) is an Italian baritone in opera, concert and lied. After education at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, he has been an ensemble member of the Graz Opera.

Life Education Andrè Schuen comes from a musical family of Ladin origins. His sisters Elisabeth and Marlene Schuen are members of the pop trio Ganes, which is closely linked to their local culture. He studied solo singing with and lied and oratorio with Wolfgang Holzmair at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. He also attended a number of master classes, including with Sir Thomas Allen, Brigitte Fassbaender, Marjana Lipovsek and Olaf Bär. In 2009, Schuen was a prize winner at the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum Salzburg and won first prize in the Walter and Charlotte Hamel Foundation singing competition. In 2010 he graduated with distinction and was awarded the Hanna Ludwig Prize and the Lilli Lehmann Medal.

Opera Schuen appeared for the first time at the Salzburg Festival in 2006, he performed the role of the footman in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Haus für Mozart in January 2008 and finally appeared in the title role of Le nozze di Figaro at the Mozarteum. In 2009 he appeared at the Salzburg Festival in Al gran sole carico d'amore by Luigi Nono, At the Salzburg Easter Festival he took on smaller roles in Salome (2011) and Carmen (2012), both conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, at the Summer Festival 2011 he appeared in Macbeth, staged by Peter Stein and conducted by Riccardo Muti, performed and sang in concert in Stravinsky's Rossignol under Ivor Bolton.

From September 2010 to June 2014, Schuen was an ensemble member of the Graz Opera, where he was successful in the opera roles of Jeletzky, Masetto, Belcore, Ford, Heerrufer, and as Papageno.

In the 2011/12 season he appeared as Don Alvaro in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims at the Flemish Opera in Antwerp and Ghent. Schuen sang the title role in Don Giovanni at the Opéra National de Montpellier in June 2013 and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte in December of the same year.

From the 2015/16 to 2017/18 season, Schuen was an artist in the "Junge Wilde" series at the Konzerthaus Dortmund.

In 2023, Schuen appeared as Wolfram in Wagner's Tannhäuser at Berlin State Opera and as Count Almaviva in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at Salzburg Festival.

Concerto In the season 2022/2023, he performed in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 under Andris Nelsons at Gewandhaus, Leipzig and in Mahler's Symphony No. 8 under Riccardo Chailly at La Scala, Milan. and Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. In 2009 he premiered 's song cycle ... Bald ist mir nimmer kalt for voice and drums. In 2014 he made his debut with recitals at London's Wigmore Hall.

Recordings Schuen has been the exclusive recording artist for Deutsche Grammophon since 2021.

, Opus Klassik 2023

Awards 2014: , ORF III Publikumspreis 2026 Opus Klassik, Male singer of the year