Günter Haumer

The Austrian baritone Günter Haumer is internationally acclaimed for his performance versatility. He has sung under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, Christian Thielemann, Ivor Bolton, Jesús López-Cobos, Fabio Luisi, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Philippe Herreweghe, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and Dan Ettinger, among others.
Günter Haumer has appeared at the most important concert halls and festivals such as the Wiener Musikverein, Wiener Konzerthaus, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Dresdner Philharmonie, Bayreuther Festspiele, Semperoper Dresden, Cité de la musique Paris, Tel Aviv Opera, Osterfestspiele Salzburg, Theater an der Wien, Wiener Festwochen, the Jones Hall for the Performing Arts Texas, Utrecht Alte Musik Festival, Warschauer Philharmonie, Teatro Mayor de Bogotá, Styriarte Graz and the Fundación Juan March.
He has performed several roles such as Don Giovanni, Il Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Giorgio Germont in La Traviata, Zar in Zar und Zimmermann, Ping in Turandot, Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Danilo in Die Lustige Witwe, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus and Zebul in Jephtha. Günter Haumer is also demanded within the contemporary music scene due to his excellent musical comprehension. For instance, he performed the main part at premieres such as Immer noch Loge by Gordon Kampe at the Bayreuther Festspiele, or in Christoph Ehrenfellner’s Judas and the role of Amfortas in Mea culpa by Christoph Schlingensief, apart from works by Friedrich Cerha, Luciano Berio, José-María Sánchez-Verdú, Detlev Glanert and Jonathan Harvey, among others.
He has worked under the direction of Rolando Villazón, Deborah Warner, Nikolaus Habjan, Christiane Lutz and Philipp Harnoncourt, among others. Günter Haumer has been a member of the Ensemble of the Volksoper Vienna from 2012 to 2022.