Matthias Goerne

Who is Matthias Goerne?

Matthias Goerne is a German baritone.

Born in Weimar, he studied with Hans-Joachim Beyerin Leipzig, and with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

Since his opera début at the Salzburg Festival in 1997, Matthias Goerne has appeared on opera stages worldwide, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro Real, Madrid; Paris National Opera; Vienna State Opera; and the Metropolitan Opera, New York.

His carefully chosen roles range from Wolfram, Amfortas, Kurwenal and Orest right up to the title roles in Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Paul Hindemithʼs Mathis der Maler and Aribert Reimann’s Lear.

Several of his recordings have received prestigious awards. He is currently recording a series of selected Schubert songs, The Goerne/Schubert Edition on 11 CDs, for Harmonia Mundi.

From 2001 through 2005, Matthias Goerne taught as an honorary professor of song interpretation at the Robert Schumann Academy of Music in Düsseldorf. In 2001, he was appointed an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London. Highlights of the 2011/12 season included a tour with the Vienna Philharmonic, appearances at the Vienna State Opera and the Saito Kinen Festival and song recitals with Christoph Eschenbach, and Leif Ove Andsnes in Paris, Vienna and New York.