Michael Volle
Baritone Michael Volle is an unusually versatile singer with a repertoire running from Bach to Hans Werner Henze. He is also in demand for lieder singing and concert appearances.
Volle was born in Freudenthal in Germany's Black Forest in 1960. One of his brothers, Hartmut, is an actor; another, Dietrich, is also an opera singer. Volle studied with Josef Metternich and Rudolf Piernay and began his professional career at the Nationaltheater Mannheim. He has remained closely associated with that house, as well as with the Zurich Opera House in Switzerland, where he was a cast member from 1999 to 2007. There, Volle gained a reputation for his mastery of a great variety of roles ranging from the titular character in Mozart's Don Giovanni to Marcello in Puccini's La bohème. He has also sung Wagner in various houses, making his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in 2007 as Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, returning in 2017 to sing Hans Sache in a new production of the opera. In 2007, Volle moved from Zurich to join the company of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. He has also sung roles as a guest at other major European houses, including La Scala in Milan, the Staatsoper in Berlin, and Covent Garden in London. In concert, Volle has sung under such top conductors as Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, and Riccardo Muti, with such orchestras as the Staatskapelle Dresden, and the Israel Philharmonic. Volle lives in Berlin and is married to opera singer Gabriela Scherer.
Volle has recorded for Oehms, Orfeo, and Harmonia Mundi, among other labels. In 2019, he moved to the Brilliant Classics label for Michael Volle Sings Brahms. Germany's Opernwelt magazine named Volle its "Singer of the Year" in 2008, and he has won several other significant European prizes.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Bach: Solo Cantatas for Bass
Raphael Alpermann, Michael Volle, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Unknown Artist
Classical - Released by Accentus Music on 1 Sep 2017
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Portrait
Michael Volle, Munich Radio Orchestra
Opera Extracts - Released by BR-Klassik on 2 Jul 2013
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Wagner Arias
Michael Volle, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Georg Fritzsch
Opera - Released by Orfeo on 8 Sep 2017
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Bach : Dialogkantaten, BWV 32, 49 & 57
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Raphael Alpermann, Michael Volle, Sophie Karthäuser, Members of RIAS Kammerchor
Cantatas (sacred) - Released by harmonia mundi on 25 May 2018
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Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36
Maria Cristina Kiehr, Werner Güra, Michael Volle, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 May 2007
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Des Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend (Intégrale)
Christian Gerhaher, Ulf Schirmer, Munich Radio Orchestra, Camilla Nylund, Will Hartmann, Michael Volle
Opera - Released by BR-Klassik on 17 Nov 2009
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Edition des Lieder (Intégrale, volume 2)
Michael Volle, Ulrich Eisenlohr , Sjon Scott
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Naxos on 4 Oct 1999
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Braunfels: Orchestral Songs, Vol. 1
Valentina Farcas, Michael Volle, Klaus Florian Vogt, Weimar Staatskapelle, Hansjorg Albrecht
Classical - Released by Oehms Classics on 1 Jul 2016
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Michael Volle Sings Brahms
Classical - Released by Brilliant Classics on 28 Dec 2018
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Bruch: Moses, Op. 67
Claus Peter Flor, Elizabeth Whitehouse, Michael Volle, Chor Der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker, Robert Gambill
Classical - Released by Orfeo on 5 May 1999
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Mahler: Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Christiane Oelze, Michael Volle, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Oehms Classics on 24 Aug 2010
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Ein Liederabend
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Oehms Classics on 2 Jun 2011
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Bulow, H. Von: 5 Lieder / Walter, B.: 3 Lieder Nach Josef Von Eichendorff / Kraus, C.: 8 Gesange (Songs by Great Conductors)
Michael Volle, Petra Lang, Adrian Baianu
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Oehms Classics on 1 Jan 2007
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Winterreise
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Animato on 2 Feb 2006
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