BALMER & DIXON MANAGEMENT AG Kreuzstrasse 82, CH 8032 Zürich, Tel: 0041 43 244 86 44, Fax: 0041 43 244 86 49, [email protected] Torben Jürgens, Bass Torben Jürgens was born in Hagen, Germany and studied at the Music Academy in Cologne and at the Folkwang University Essen with Reinhard Leisenheimer and JanHendrik Rootering. His first long-time engagement took him from 2009 to 2012 to Theater Bielefeld, where he has been engaged for roles like Leporello (DON GIOVANNI), Basilio (THE BARBER OF SEVILLE) and Publio (LA CLEMENZA DI TITO). Since 2012 he has been a member of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, where is singing the great Mozart bass-baritone roles like Figaro (THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO), Leporello (DON GIOVANNI) and Sprecher (THE MAGIC FLUTE). Other roles have been Mattis in the premiere of Jörn Arnecke`s opera RONJA RÄUBERTOCHTER, Ariodates in Stefan Herheim`s staging of XERXES, Ratcliffe (BILLY BUDD), Pistola (FALSTAFF) and many others. He also made guest appearances at numerous prestigious opera houses and festivals, including the Glyndebourne Festival, the Handel Festival Göttingen, the Bavarian State Opera and at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. In addition, Torben is also in demand as a fine concert singer and was among other things, at the Rheingau Music Festival, the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart, the Beethoven Festival in Bonn, and at Tonhalle Dusseldorf. He collaborated with such conductors as Vladimir Jurowski, Sir Neville Marriner, Adam Fischer, Helmuth Rilling, Asher Fisch and Ralf Weikert and with orchestras such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the WDR Radio Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Basel Symphony Orchestra. Future projects include, among others, his debut as Un Frate (DON CARLO) and again Mozart's Figaro and Sprecher at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Haydn's THE SEASONS with the Bergisch Symphony Orchestra and his debut at the Teatro Real Madrid as Death in Ullmann's DER KAISER VON ATLANTIS in June 2016. Contact: Florian Krumm [email protected] 2015/2016
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