ARTIST

ARTIST

Andreas Bauer Kanabas(Bass)

Andreas Bauer Kanabas sings major roles in the serious-bass Fach in eight different languages.

His repertoire includes Verdi roles such as Philippe II (in Italian and French), Zaccaria, Fiesco, De Silva and Padre Guardiano, as well as lyrical Wagner roles such as König Marke, König Heinrich, Landgrave Hermann, Veit Pogner and Daland.

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He sings Mephisto in Gounod's Faust, the title role in Bluebeard's Castle, Vodnik / Rusalka, Gremin / Eugen Onegin, King René / Iolanta, Claggart / Billy Budd, Escamillo / Carmen, as well as Mozart roles such as Sarastro, Osmin and Commendatore.

Andreas Bauer Kanabas sings on international stages such as the Vienna State Opera, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden London, Opéra Bastille de Paris, The Bolshoi in Moscow, Teatro Real Madrid, Seattle Opera, New National Theater in Tokyo, Teatro Municipal Santiago de Chile, Opéra de Lyon , Théatre de Capitole de Toulouse, The Latvian National Opera Riga, Semperoper Dresden, The Munich State Opera as well as at the Berlin State Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Komische Oper Berlin.

He has been an ensemble member of the Frankfurt Opera since 2013.

In 2020, during the worldwide Covid19 shutdown, Andreas Bauer Kanabas was very fortunate to be able to perform as Vodnik/Rusalka at the Teatro Real Madrid.

Future engagements will bring him back to the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Zaccaria in Verdi's Nabucco and back to Antwerp and Ghent as De Silva in Verdi's Ernani. There are also debuts at the Hamburg State Opera as Caspar / Freischütz and Pogner / Die Meistersinger in Tokyo 2023. Concerts as Rocco / Fidelio with Jonas Kaufmann are planned for 2022.

In the year before Covid19 there were very successful debuts, including Philippe II / Don Carlo in Antwerp and Gent, Escamillio / Carmen at the Bolshoi in Moscow, Alfonso D'Este / Lucrezia Borgia in Toulouse, and Sarastro / Die Zauberflöte at The Royal Opera Covent Garden London. Andreas Bauer Kanabas had an outstanding success with his Canadian debut in the summer of 2019 as Daland / The Flying Dutchman at the Festival d’Opera de Québec. A role that previously took him to the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, where he sang alongside Sir Bryn Terfel. He also sang König Heinrich / Lohengrin at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, a role with which Andreas Bauer Kanabas made his debut at the Vienna State Opera and at the New National Theater in Tokyo.
He sang the Eremit / Freischütz in a new production under the direction of Christian Thielemann in 2015 at the Semperoper Dresden. This production is available on DVD from Unitel Classics. He can be heard as solo bass in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on a complete recording by the WDR Symphony Orchestra under Marek Janowski. His first solo CD „Love and Despair“ was recently released.

As Mephisto in Gounod's Faust, one of his favorite roles, he thrilled the audience in 2017 in an award-winning production by the Latvian National Opera in Riga, which was shown on Arte.
Andreas Bauer Kanabas studied with Prof. Eugen Rabine in Weimar, later with Paolo Barbacini in Reggio Emilia, Robert Lloyd in London and Robert Gonnella in Toulouse. As a song interpreter, he works closely with the pianist Daniel Heide.
PARTICIPATING PERFORMANCES

20230406

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Main Hall

Tokyo-HARUSAI Wagner Series vol.14
"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"(Concert Style/With Subtitles)

20230409

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Main Hall

Tokyo-HARUSAI Wagner Series vol.14
"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"(Concert Style/With Subtitles)

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