Born in Munich, tenor Werner Güra studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, with Kurt Widmer in Basel, and with Margreet Honig in Amsterdam. In 1995 he became a member of the Dresden Opera, learning the great Mozart roles as well as those of Rossini, Strauss, and Britten. Since 1998 regular engagements have taken him to the Berliner State Opera and also to the Paris National Opera, Brussels, Baden-Baden, and the Innsbruck Festival. Güra seeks to balance stage and concert hall in his work. He has partnered with the finest European orchestras and with such conductors as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Chailly, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, René Jacobs, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Werner Güra is also well known for his lied interpretations, performing recitals at London’s Wigmore Hall, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Lincoln Center in New York, and the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg. His recordings of lieder have received numerous prizes.