Mauro Peter

A native of Lucerne, the tenor Mauro Peter completed his vocal studies with Fenna Kügel-Seifried and in Helmut Deutsch’s lied class at the Musikhochschule in Munich. He won the Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau in 2012 and since then has performed in major concert halls as a lieder singer. Mauro Peter has been a member of the Zurich Opera ensemble since the 2013-14 season; he also makes regular guest appearances at the Salzburg Festival (singing such Mozart roles as Tamino in The Magic Flute and Ferrando in Così fan tutte) and has performed at La Scala in Milan, the Bavarian Staatsoper, the Royal Opera House in London, Opéra national de Paris, and the Teatro Real in Madrid. In June 2023 he undertook his first Wagner role, performing Loge in Das Rheingold; shortly thereafter, he made his role debut as Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus in Graz. Mauro Peter’s recordings include accounts of art songs by Schubert and Schumann.

Lucerne Festival debut on 18 August 2020 performing Schumann’s Liederkreis, Op. 39 and Dichterliebe, with Helmut Deutsch at the keyboard.

July 2023