After his successful debut at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin as Michael in G. F. Haas’ opera Thomas in June 2023, the 2023/24 season brought some more important role and house debuts for countertenor Elmar Hauser. The Swiss native could be heard at the Zurich Opera House in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for children and as Hanno Buddenbrook in the world premiere of Ludger Vollmer’s Buddenbrooks at the opera house in Kiel.
In addition to concert performances with the Accademia di Monaco and La Fontaine, he participated in the production Der Teufel im Lift at the Neukölln Opera. Furthermore, he worked on his own artistic projects, such as an interdisciplinary music theater project on ecological issues with the collective OTTER OTTER OTTER, his song programs Nacht und Träume and Histoires naturelles.
Winner of the 2024 Concorso Lirico di Portofino
In the current season, Elmar Hauser is making further role and house debuts: He can be heard at the Frankfurt Opera as Ruggiero in Handel´s Alcina in a new staging by Johannes Erath. In Bern, he sings the roles of Sorceress and Spirit in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. At Munich’s Prinzregententheater, he takes on the role of 1st Angel/Boy in George Benjamin’s Written on Skin. He can also be heard in numerous song recitals with his solo program Pilgrimage and concerts at the Hidalgo Festival or at Munich´s Cuvilliés Theatre.
In 2021, Elmar Hauser completed his Bachelor’s degree at the Zurich University of the Arts, in 2023, he completed his Master’s degree at the Theater Academy August Everding in the vocal classes of Christiane Iven and Sabine Lahm. He was a scholarship holder of the Friedl-Wald Foundation, the Johann-Adolph-Hasse-Gesellschaft Munich, and Yehudi Menuhin “Live Music Now” Munich e.V.
In August 2024, Elmar Hauser won the first prize in the Concorso Lirico Internazionale di Portofino (CLIP competition) in Portofino.
