Biography
Baritone in the ensemble of the Oper Leipzig 2013-15 and from 2022/23
2022/23 - Kühleborn in "Undine", Giorgio Germont in "La Traviata", Balstrode in "Peter Grimes", Sharpless in "Madama Butterfly", Sixtus Beckmesser in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg".
HOMETOWN - Graz, Austria
EDUCATION- with Karl Ernst Hoffmann in Graz, Walter Berry in Vienna, at the Royal College of Music and National Opera Studio in London
PRIOR STATIONS - 2004-2009 ensemble member of the Vienna Volksoper
IMPORTANT DIRECTORS - Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Chailly, Sir Colin Davies, Gustavo Dudamel, Adam Fischer, Christopher Hogwood, Manfred Honeck, Ton Koopman, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Helmuth Rilling, Jordi Savall and Sebastian Weigle
IMPORTANT DIRECTORS - Peter Konwitschny, Katie Mitchell and others
IMPORTANT ROLES AT THE OPER LEIPZIG - e.g. Albert in the world premiere of "Paradiese", Amfortas in "Parsifal", Beckmesser in "Meistersinger".
GUEST ROLES - Scala Milan; Teatro Colón Buenos Aires; Teatro Teresa Careño Caracas; Hollywood Bowl; Kennedy Center Washington; Bunka Kaikan Hall Tokyo; Royal Opera Copenhagen; Teatre des Champs-Elysées; Teatro San Carlo Naples; New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv; Prinzregententheater and Herkulessaal Munich; Wigmore Hall London; Leipzig Gewandhaus; Musikverein and Konzerthaus Vienna; invitations to the festivals of Salzburg, Edinburgh, London, Chicago, Eisenstadt, the Wiener Festwochen and the Seefestspiele Mörbisch; philharmonies of Cologne, Munich, Essen, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Luxembourg; recitals in Marseille, Milan, Kiev, at the Kennedy Center Washington and in New York.
IMPORTANT ROLES OTHERWISE - among others Danilo in "The Merry Widow", Count Almaviva in "The Barber of Seville", Marcello in "La Bohème", Morales in "Carmen
LINK Homepage - https://www.mathiashausmann.net/
Which opera character could you imagine sharing a flat with and why?
The Merry Widow... it probably never gets boring...
Favourite quote from a work, opera, book, Netflix series ...?
"Beyond right and wrong is a place. That is where we meet." (Rumi)
Favourite moment on the night of a performance?
The absolute silence of the audience at a particularly emotional moment.