Vita
Magnus Dietrich has swiftly established himself as one of the most exciting tenors of his generation. His repertoire spans from Mozart’s Tamino and Belmonte to Wagner’s Steuermann (The Flying Dutchman) and Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser), as well as Strauss’s Leukippos—a role that brought him significant acclaim in the new Staatsoper Berlin production of Daphne under Thomas Guggeis and Romeo Castellucci. Most recently, Magnus Dietrich made a successful debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Jaquino in Beethoven’s Fidelio.
Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a member of the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt, where this season he appears as Graf Hohenzollern in the new staging of Henze’s The Prince of Homburg, as Emilio in Handel’s Partenope, as Leander in Nielsen’s Maskarade, and in Der Rosenkavalier. In concert, he will perform Bach’s St. John Passion with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and sing Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang Symphony under Thomas Guggeis in Frankfurt.
A highlight of recent years was his portrayal of Tamino at the Staatsoper Berlin—a role in which the young tenor is set to appear at many leading opera houses in the coming seasons.
Magnus Dietrich’s repertoire covers a wide range of musical eras, from Baroque and Classical through Romanticism to contemporary works. Under Thomas Guggeis, he has performed roles such as Junker Spärlich in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Scaramuccio in Ariadne auf Naxos. Further roles include the First Fate in Hippolyte et Aricie under Sir Simon Rattle, the Innkeeper in Der Rosenkavalier under Simone Young and Alexander Soddy, as well as the Steersman (The Flying Dutchman), Lerma (Don Carlo), and the First Jew (Salome).
In concert, Magnus Dietrich has sung Mendelssohn’s Elijah under Kirill Petrenko with the Berlin Philharmonic, appeared with the Munich Bach Choir, and performed Mozart’s Requiem with the Dresden Kreuzchor. He is also an active recitalist, most recently presenting Wolf’s Italian Songbook at Oper Frankfurt.
Born in Munich, the tenor studied with Prof. Andreas Schmidt at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, and privately with Hartmut Elbert. He was a member of the Opera Studio at the Staatsoper Berlin. His training was further enriched by masterclasses with Piotr Beczała, Andrew Watts, Neil Shicoff, Bo Skovhus, and Hedwig Fassbender.
Magnus Dietrich is a laureate of the German National Singing Competition, a scholarship holder of the Liz Mohn Cultural and Music Foundation, and a recipient of the 2022 Brixen Classics Young Artists Award. In May 2022, the label MDG released a recording of Brahms duets featuring Dietrich alongside pianist Doriana Tchakarova and singers Felicitas and Judith Erb.