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 Zurich Opera House, dem Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma, the Teatro Regio Torino, the Polish National Opera (Teatr Wielki) Warsaw, the Theater an der Wien, 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 Kirill Petrenko, Simone Young, Daniele Gatti, Kent Nagano, Alessandro De Marchi, Raphael Pichon, Maxime Pascal 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, the tenor will make his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in Wagner’s Parsifal (Dritter Knappe).
In the 2026/27 season, Manuel Günther also will make his debut at La Scala in Milano with Bach’s St John Passion (Tenor Soloist) under the baton of Riccardo Chailly. He will also appear for the first time at Brussels’ opera house La Monnaie / De Munt with Ariadne auf Naxos (Ein Tanzmeister), and at the Tirol Festival Erl with Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium (Evangelist and Tenor Soloist).
Further highlights include concerts at the Gewandhaus Leipzig with Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri (Narrator), at the Herkulessaal Munich with Mozart’s Requiem (Tenor Soloist), and at the Musikverein Vienna and Brucknerhaus Linz with Handel’s Messiah (Tenor Soloist).