Gernot Heinrich

The Austrian tenor Gernot Heinrich began his musical training as a member of the Vienna Boys’ Choir. He studied singing teaching under Adelheid Hornig and Eva Klietmann-Bartfai. Gernot Heinrich performs regularly in opera productions; he has sung in Handel’s “Acis and Galatea” and Rodriguez’s “Frida Kahlo”, in Weill’s “Mahagonny” and Schedlberger’s “Nero’s Comeback”. In 2004 he performed in Peri’s “Eurydice” and in Cavalli’s “The Love of Apollo” and “Daphne” at the Vienna Kammeroper, as well as in “Dafne in Lauro” (Fux), and played the role of Don Ottavio in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with great success. Most recently he has sung in “Le Balcon” by Peter E. Eötvös and in “Requiem für Piccoletto” by Dieter Kaufmann. A further focus of his work lies in oratorios, performing most recently at festivals in Thoronet (France) and Crotone (Italy). Radio and CD recordings document his career. Gernot Heinrich also sings with the “Vienna Harmonists”, an ensemble in the style of the Comedian Harmonists, which has toured throughout Europe with great success for a number of years, as well as with the Vienna Voice Artists, a singing formation comprising of a small number of singers which focuses on early music.