Corby Welch
American dramatic tenor Corby Welch has established himself as one of the leading Heldentenors of his generation. Renowned for the power of his voice and his commanding stage presence, he has appeared at major international opera houses including the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Oper Frankfurt, Teatro alla Scala, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Hamburg State Opera, Aalto Theater Essen, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Latvian National Opera, Shanghai Opera House and the Bayreuth Festival.
Recent engagements include Paul in Korngold’s Die tote Stadt, Siegmund in Wagner’s Die Walküre, Siegfried in Wagner’s Siegfried and Götterdämmerung at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Tristan in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde in Regensburg, Budapest and Shanghai, Tannhäuser in Wagner’s Tannhäuser at Oper Frankfurt, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe and the Latvian National Opera, Parsifal in Wagner’s Parsifal at Theater Hagen, Loge in Wagner’s Das Rheingold at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 at Bozar Brussels under Alain Altinoglu. He also covered Siegmund and Siegfried in David McVicar’s new Ring cycle at Teatro alla Scala.
In the 2026/27 season, he returns to the Bayreuth Festival as Siegmund / Siegfried in the family production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, reprises Siegfried in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and appears as Tambourmajor in Berg’s Wozzeck in Düsseldorf.
From 2003 until 2018, Corby Welch was a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, where he first established himself in the lyric repertoire with roles such as Belmonte in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore, Tito in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito and Froh in Wagner’s Das Rheingold. He subsequently moved into the dramatic repertoire, adding Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, The Prince in Dvořák’s Rusalka, The Emperor in Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten, Peter Grimes in Britten’s eponymous opera, Bacchus in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, Erik in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Alwa in Berg’s Lulu and Tambourmajor in Berg’s Wozzeck to his repertoire.
Corby Welch studied at the University of Minnesota and the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim. He has collaborated with conductors including Alain Altinoglu, Adam Fischer, Axel Kober, Marek Janowski, Dennis Russell Davies, Michael Sanderling, Helmuth Rilling and Robert Treviño, and with stage directors such as Stefan Herheim, Christoph Loy, Dietrich Hilsdorf, Tatjana Gürbaca and David McVicar. His extensive discography includes Wagner’s Siegfried and Götterdämmerung under Axel Kober, Haydn’s Theresienmesse, Gubaidulina’s St John Passion and Resurrection, Reicha’s Leonore and Hindemith’s Das lange Weihnachtsmahl.
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