Daniel Schmutzhard

Born in 1982 in Tyrol, baritone Daniel Schmutzhard completed his vocal studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He joined the Vienna Volksoper in 2005 and Frankfurt Opera in 2011. After several years as a freelance artist, he is now once again a permanent ensemble member at the Vienna Volksoper. Schmutzhard’s guest appearances have taken him to Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Amsterdam, and Baden-Baden, to the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals, and to the Schubertiade in Vorarlberg. His repertoire includes Mozart’s major baritone roles, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Wolf­ram in Wagner’s Tannhäuser, Marquis Posa in Verdi’s Don Carlo, Marcello in Puccini’s La Bohème, and operetta roles such as Eisenstein in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus and the Chancellor in Eggert’s Die letzte Verschwörung. After appearing as Alberich in Das Rheingold as part of the “Wagner Cycles” in 2023, he returns to the role in 2026 — this time in Götterdämmerung.

August 2026