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The Austrian counter-tenor (and former boy soprano), Alois Mühlbacher, completed acting studies in Linz and studied solo singing at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien with Professor Uta Schwabe. He is currently continuing his master's studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Chance (since January 2023). At the age of 15 he made his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper and celebrated great successes on the podiums of international concert halls. Coming from the forge of the renowned as well as traditional St. Florianer Sängerknaben, the young counter-tenor can now be heard all over the world.
Alois Mühlbacher has performed at the opening gala of the new opera house in Vladivostok and at the New Year's Eve concert of the Mozarteum Orchestra in the Großes Festspielhaus under Ivor Bolton, among others. At the Great Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, he appeared on stage as Daniel in George Frideric Handel's oratorio Susanna, as alto soloist in J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232, Johannes-Passion BWV 245, Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 and in Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 under Martin Haselböck. Guest appearances with the Wiener Akademie have taken him to Munich, Los Angeles and Mexico.
As Amyntas in Georg Philipp Telemann's Pastorelle en musique under the musical direction of the renowned recorder player and conductor Dorothee Oberlinger and alongside the Vocalconsort Berlin and Ensemble 1700, the acclaimed production made guest appearances at the Telemann Festival in Magdeburg, the Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival, the Innsbruck Early Music Festival and Musica Bayreuth. Under the direction of Alfredo Bernardini, he appeared as the title character Assalonne in Antonio Caldara's oratorio of the same name in Salzburg in November 2022. With the Ensemble Ars Antiqua Austria and Gunar Letzbor he has been connected for many years by an intensive collaboration in concerts (Festival for Early Music Utrecht, Resonanzen in the Vienna Konzerthaus, ... ) and numerous CD recordings.
Recently Alois Mühlbacher made his debut at the Landestheater Linz in the world premiere of Gisle Kverndokk's Fanny and Alexander based on the film of the same name by Ingmar Bergman. He is currently singing Eustazio in G.F. Handel's Rinaldo at the Musiktheater Linz.
Together with his piano partner Franz Farnberger, Alois Mühlbacher has already given numerous recitals. His distinctive, smooth, and versatile voice timbre enables him to perform a wide-ranging repertoire from Schubert to Richard Strauss, which is unusual for counter-tenors. His most recent CD recording Urlicht with works by Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss was celebrated by the specialist press.
Highlights in 2023 include a tour of G.F. Handel's n Alcina tour with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre (Paris, Bordeaux, Hamburg, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia). Debut at the Gasteig in Munich, a Farinelli aria concert with the baroque ensemble Real Camara at the Festival de Sintra in Portugal and J.S. Bach Cantatas with Martin Haselböck and the Wiener Akademiey at the Vienna Musikverein.
Alois Mühlbacher lives in Vienna and London. |
