Berlin – Germany
Simon Wallfisch made debuts in 2023 for the ROYAL OPERA COVENT GARDEN in the role of Deputato Fiammingi in DON CARLO and as the Fünfte Richter in Kongold’s DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE at the DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN. At the KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN he appeared as Kuusi in Elena Kats-Chernin’s NILS HOLGERSSONS WUNDERSAME ABENTEUER in 2023 and as Barbavano in Offenbach’s DIE BANDITEN and Fogg/1st Man in SWEENEY TODD in 2024/2025.
Wallfisch was initially engaged as a member of the INTERNATIONAL OPERA STUDIO at OPERNHAUS ZURICH from 2009 to 2011 and subsequently has appeared in such roles as Fieramosca in BENVENUTO CELLINI for STAATSOPER NÜRNBERG, Marcello in LA BOHEME for TEATRO VERDI CASCIANA TERME in Pisa, and as Escamillo in Peter Brook’s LA TRAGÉDIE DE CARMEN for NEDERLANDSE REISOPERA.
For ENGLISH TOURING OPERA he has appeared as both Pelléas in PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE and Albert in WERTHER and in 2024 performed the title role in the company’s season of Judith Weir’s BLOND ECKBERT at the ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL, THE TELEGRAPH saying The dream-like narrative is anchored by strong vocal performances, as Eckbert Wallfisch’s bright baritone fills Snape Maltings Concert Hall., while THE TIMES wrote … subtly nuanced acting and expressive singing., and GRAMAPHONE UK said, Eckbert was masterfully acted by Wallfisch… vocal prowess with musicality and intonation.
He made his WIGMORE HALL debut in 2017, performing with the NASH ENSEMBLE live on BBC RADIO 3, he has appeared several times at the OXFORD LIEDER FESTIVAL, LONDON SONG FESTIVAL and in the program of the LITOMYSL SMETENA FESTIVAL and the PRAŽSKÉ MÚZY festival in the Czech Republic while his most recent concert appearances include being engaged as soloist with the ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS in its CONNECT – LOVE, LIES & JUSTICE series of streamed performances in 2021, Vivaldi’s GLORIA, the Puccini MESSA DI GLORIA and Reger’s DER EINSEIDLER with the JUNGES ENSEMBLE BERLIN and KAMMERSYMPHONIE BERLIN, conducted by Vinzenz Weissenburger, at the Berlin KONZERTHAUS, Brahms’ EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM with conductor, Norbert Ochmann. CARMINA BURANA, for CHORALSPACE, conducted by Sergi Gili Solé, at the BERLIN PHILHARMONIE. .
2023/2024 included Jonathan Dove’s IN EXILE with the FILHARMONIA POZNAŃSKA and which he also recorded and broadcast on RADIO3 with the BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA in 2025 and recitals in the Chamber Series of the SLOVAK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA and concerts with the NEUE KONZERTORCHESTER BERLIN. His VOICES OF THERESEINSTADT concert programme, developed after being engaged to both curate the programme and appear as baritone soloist with the BBC SINGERS in works from the Terezin Concentration Camp 1942-1944 in the BBC‘s TOTAL IMMERSION series at BARBICAN CENTRE was then presented by LEEDS LIEDER in 2024 and will see him return to WIGMORE HALL for a further performance in 2026
He is amassing a steady output of recordings, including Songs by Geoffrey Bush (Lyrita 2015), Songs by Caplet, Honegger, Milhaud and Ravel (Nimbus 2017), Gesänge des Orients (Nimbus 2018), Songs by Thea Musgrave (Lyrita 2019), Songs by Robin Holloway (Delphian 2019) Schumann Lieder (Resonus 2019), Brahms Lieder (Resonus 2020) and Kowalski Lieder (Nimbus 2023).
Wallfisch is a graduate of the ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC and of the HANNS EISLER HOCHSCHULE FÜR MUSIK in Berlin and the HOCHSCHULE FÜR MUSIK UND THEATER FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY in Liepzig. He originally studied cello at the ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, London and played with several orchestras including the ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, the LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
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Recordings
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