Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester
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Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester is an internationally sought-after baritone who ranks among the most distinguished of his generation.
Beginning in 1984, he studied in his native Switzerland with Prof. Niklaus Tüller, first in Bern and, starting in 1987, in Basel. During this time, he also attended a master class in Italian opera with Maria Slatinaru. While still a student, he made his debut in 1986 as Dandini in Herr Rossini, was komponieren Sie denn da? and was engaged at the Städtebund-Theater Biel-Solothurn during the 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons, where he made his debut as Marcello in La Bohème under the direction of Jun Märkl.
After completing his studies, he joined the Aalto Theater in Essen for three years in 1989 and then moved to the Theater Dortmund in 1992, before Harry Kupfer brought him to the Komische Oper Berlin in 1995, where he remained a permanent member of the ensemble until 1999 and continued to appear as a guest for many years thereafter in roles such as Falke, Marcello, Jeletzky, Escamillo, Rigoletto, and in The Tales of Hoffmann as Lindorf, Coppélius, Dapertutto, and Dr. Miracle.
His international career began in 2001 with his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg under the baton of Christian Thielemann. Until 2015, he sang the roles of Kothner, Melot, and Amfortas there, as well as Gunther in two productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Marco Buhrmester sang the role of Kothner at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, as well as Germont for several years under the baton of Daniel Barenboim and Dan Ettinger; at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, he sang both the Other Man in Schoenberg’s Moses und Aaron under Thielemann and Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde, both in productions by Götz Friedrich.
Beginning in 2005, he sang Kurwenal and Amfortas at the Opéra National de Paris; in 2007, he sang Miller in Verdi’s Luisa Miller and Germont in La Traviata at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto; he made his debut in 2008 as Kurwenal at the Teatro Real in Madrid, where he sang Saint François d’Assise in 2011 in the opera of the same name by Olivier Messiaen and Emperor Overall in 2016 in Der Kaiser von Atlantis by Viktor Ullmann. Starting in 2010, the baritone appeared at De Nationale Opera in Amsterdam as Guy de Monfort in Verdi’s Les Vêpres Siciliennes, Don Giovanni, Amfortas, and Gunther. He made his debut at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in 2013 as Peter Besenbinder in Hansel and Gretel. Guest appearances have taken him on numerous occasions to Tokyo, Rome, Genoa, Budapest, and many other cities.
In addition to his opera career, Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester is also a sought-after concert singer and has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Kirill Petrenko, Semyon Bychkov, Fabio Luisi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Stefan Soltesz, and Pierre Boulez.
Beginning in 1984, he studied in his native Switzerland with Prof. Niklaus Tüller, first in Bern and, starting in 1987, in Basel. During this time, he also attended a master class in Italian opera with Maria Slatinaru. While still a student, he made his debut in 1986 as Dandini in Herr Rossini, was komponieren Sie denn da? and was engaged at the Städtebund-Theater Biel-Solothurn during the 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons, where he made his debut as Marcello in La Bohème under the direction of Jun Märkl.
After completing his studies, he joined the Aalto Theater in Essen for three years in 1989 and then moved to the Theater Dortmund in 1992, before Harry Kupfer brought him to the Komische Oper Berlin in 1995, where he remained a permanent member of the ensemble until 1999 and continued to appear as a guest for many years thereafter in roles such as Falke, Marcello, Jeletzky, Escamillo, Rigoletto, and in The Tales of Hoffmann as Lindorf, Coppélius, Dapertutto, and Dr. Miracle.
His international career began in 2001 with his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg under the baton of Christian Thielemann. Until 2015, he sang the roles of Kothner, Melot, and Amfortas there, as well as Gunther in two productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Marco Buhrmester sang the role of Kothner at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, as well as Germont for several years under the baton of Daniel Barenboim and Dan Ettinger; at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, he sang both the Other Man in Schoenberg’s Moses und Aaron under Thielemann and Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde, both in productions by Götz Friedrich.
Beginning in 2005, he sang Kurwenal and Amfortas at the Opéra National de Paris; in 2007, he sang Miller in Verdi’s Luisa Miller and Germont in La Traviata at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto; he made his debut in 2008 as Kurwenal at the Teatro Real in Madrid, where he sang Saint François d’Assise in 2011 in the opera of the same name by Olivier Messiaen and Emperor Overall in 2016 in Der Kaiser von Atlantis by Viktor Ullmann. Starting in 2010, the baritone appeared at De Nationale Opera in Amsterdam as Guy de Monfort in Verdi’s Les Vêpres Siciliennes, Don Giovanni, Amfortas, and Gunther. He made his debut at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in 2013 as Peter Besenbinder in Hansel and Gretel. Guest appearances have taken him on numerous occasions to Tokyo, Rome, Genoa, Budapest, and many other cities.
In addition to his opera career, Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester is also a sought-after concert singer and has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Kirill Petrenko, Semyon Bychkov, Fabio Luisi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Stefan Soltesz, and Pierre Boulez.