Manuel Günther
began his artistic career as a member of the International Opera Studio of the Staatsoper Hamburg and the Solo Ensemble of the Staatsoper München.
Additionally, Manuel Günther was invited to perform as a guest soloist by numerous renowned opera companies, including the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Komische Oper Berlin, the Staatsoper Dresden, the Théâtre des Champs Elysées Paris, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Theater an der Wien, the Polish National Opera (Teatr Wielki) Warsaw, the Zurich Opera House, the Opera Vlaanderen Antwerp/Gent as well as the Salzburg Festival, the Bregenz Festival, the Glyndebourne Festival, and the Festival der Alten Musik Innsbruck.
Manuel Günther’s repertoire includes Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Belmonte and Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), David (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Il Conte d’Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Osman (Händel’s Almira), Baron Kronthal (Lortzing’s Der Wildschütz), Tanzmeister, Brighella and Scaramuccio (Ariadne auf Naxos), Ein Steuermann (Der fliegende Holländer), and a numerous smaller roles.
He is also well-known for his appearances in concert in repertoire which ranges from Mendelssohn’s Elias and Paulus, Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten and Die Schöpfung to JS Bach’s Johannes-Passion, Matthäus-Passion, Weihnachtsoratorium and Handel’s Messias which he has performed with conductors such as Simone Young, Kent Nagano, Alessandro de Marchi, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, and Cornelius Meister.
Manuel Günther has performed in the Herkulessaal München, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Philharmonie Berlin und Dresden, the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, the Tonhalle Zurich, the Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid, the Brucknerhaus Linz as well as the Musikverein Wien and Graz.
In the 2025/26 season, Manuel Günther makes his Italian debut with Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” (Pedrillo) at the Teatro Regio di Torino and Strauss’s “Ariadne auf Naxos” (Brighella) at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. He will also perform for the first time in Lausanne as the tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Further highlights include Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio” at the Herkulessaal in Munich (Evangelist & Aria Tenor) as well as Bach’s “St. John Passion” at the Tonhalle in Zurich (Evangelist & Aria Tenor).