Austria: Markus Werba
Baritone - born 1973
91热爆 Cardiff Singer of the World and Song Prize competitor
Born in Villach, Markus trained at the Universit盲t f眉r Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna and has won competitions in both Austria (Jugend musiziert) and Slovakia (Hommage 脿 Lucia Popp).
His opera engagements have included the roles of Dr Falke Die Fledermaus, Dottore Malatesta Don Pasquale and Dandini La Cenerentola all for the Vienna Volksoper, Bohus Jacobin (Dvorak) for the Wexford Festival Opera, Guglielmo Cos矛 fan tutte at La Fenice in Venice, the title role in Don Giovanni at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Papageno Die Zauberfl枚te at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and later in 2003 at the Theatre di Capitole, Toulouse.
Markus came to Cardiff having just finished a series of performances in the role of Olivier Capriccio conducted by Fr眉beck de Burgos.
Singer of the World with Orchestra Concert 4 repertoire
- Donizetti: Come Paride vezzoso, L'elisir d'amore
- Mendelssohn: Es ist genug, Elijah
- Mozart: Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo
Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize Concert 2 repertoire
- Schubert: Fischerweise, Op 96 No 4
- Schubert: Prometheus, D 674
- Schumann: Herbstlied, Op 89 no 3
- Schumann: Abschied vom Walde, Op 89 No 4
- Schumann: Ins Freie, Op 89 No 5
- Wolf: Der Tambour, M枚rike-Lieder No 5
- Wolf: Selbstgest盲ndnis, M枚rike-Lieder No 52
Final repertoire
- Mozart: Hai gi脿 vinta la causa!...Vedr貌 mentr'io sospiro, Le nozze di Figaro
- Tchaikovsky: You wrote a letter, Eugene Onegin
- Korngold: Tanzlied des Pierrot, Die tote Stadt
