Markus Eiche

Biography

MARKUS EICHE was born in St. Georgen im Schwarzwald, he studied in Karlsruhe and Stuttgart and is a prizewinner of several national and international competitions. He started his career at the National theater Mannheim, and there played the roles of Marcello (La Bohème), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Papageno (Zauberflöte), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) as well as the leading roles in Wozzeck and Don Giovanni. In the season 2007/2008, he became an ensemble member of the Wiener Staatsoper and sang among others, Marcello, Jeletzki, Belcore (L’elisir d’amore), Albert (Werther), Lescaut (Manon), Fritz/Frank, Valentin (Faust), Donner (Das Rhein­gold), Gunther (Götterdämmerung), Eugen Onegin, Don Juan (Aus einem Totenhaus), and Dr. Fal­ke (Die Fledermaus). In addition, he has appeared as a guest at the Salzburger Festspie­len, the Milan Scala, the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, the Semperoper Dresden, the Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, the Finnish National Opera, the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, the Münchner Staatsoper and at the Bayreuther Festspielen. Since autumn 2012, Markus Eiche teaches at the Zurich Hochschhule der Künste.    http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/kuenstler/saengerinnen/Eiche.en.php

Known For

The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold

as Donner

Puccini Manon Lescaut

as Lescaut

Wagner: Tannhäuser

as Wolfram von Eschenbach

Pique Dame

as Prince Yeletsky

Tannhauser

as Wolfram

Die tote Stadt

as Frank/Fritz

Capriccio

as Olivier

The Ring of the Nibelung: Twilight of the Gods

as Gunther

WAGNER: TANNHÄUSER

as Wolfram von Eschenbach

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

as Fritz Kothner