Daniel Jenz has been a member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble since 2020. Recent highlights here were his role as the Steersman (»The Flying Dutchman«) under the baton of Bertrand de Billy and his role debuts as the Kavalier (»Cardillac«) under Cornelius Meister and as Leukippos (»Daphne«) under Sebastian Weigle. He could also be seen at the Haus am Ring in the new productions of »Salome« (Narraboth/Director: Cyril Teste), »Tristan und Isolde« (A shepherd/Director: Calixto Bieito) and »Parsifal« (3rd Squire/Director: Kirill Serebrennikow). He interpreted Froh (»Das Rheingold«) under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst, Jaquino (»Fidelio«) under Axel Kober and Andres (»Wozzeck«) under Philippe Jordan. He made particular vocal highlights as Nutrice/Primo Famigliare in »L’incoronazione di Poppea” and in the 2023/24 season as the White Minister in György Ligeti’s »Le Grand Macabre” – both premieres at the Vienna State Opera under Pablo Heras-Casado. In 2024 he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in the new production of “Tristan and Isolde” and will also take part in the new production “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” in 2025.
The german tenor Daniel Jenz was born in Esslingen am Neckar. He studied at the Universities of Graz and Mainz and was part of the Young Ensemble of the Staatstheater Mainz. He has won the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang in 2006 and in 2009 was awarded the Franz-Völker-Preis for young tenors.
He had guest performances at the Staatsoper Berlin, the Teatro Massimo di Palermo, the opera Frankfurt and Bonn, the Hamburg State Opera, at the National Theatre Mannheim, at the State Theatre Linz, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, in the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and worked with Philippe Jordan, Bertrand de Billy, Semyon Bychkov, Marco Armiliato, Omer Meir Wellber, René Jacobs, Sylvain Cambreling, Dennis Russell Davies, Alexander Soddy and Thomas Guggeis.
He was member of the Stadttheater Hildesheim, he belonged to the ensemble of the Theater Lübeck and the Staatstheater Kassel. Here he sang for instance Baron Kronthal (»Der Wildschütz«), Tom Rakewell (»The Rake’s Progress«), Fenton (»Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor«), Steersman (»The Flying Dutchman«) and Tamino (»Die Zauberflöte«).
At the Lehár Festival Bad Ischl 2019 he interpreted Maxime de la Vallé in the operetta »Clo-Clo« by Franz Lehár. This rediscovery was awarded the “Frosch des Monats” by the BR-Klassik Operetten-Boulevard and released as a world premiere CD recording on the 150th birthday of Franz Lehár. In 2024, the recording of “Parsifal” by the Vienna State Opera was released by Sony Classical.
Further debuts at the Vienna State Opera in the 2024/25 season include Tybalt in Gounod’s »Roméo et Juliette«, Brighella in Strauss’ »Ariadne auf Naxos« and Walther von der Vogelweide (»Tannhäuser«) by Richard Wagner. He also celebrates his Italian debut with Ligetis’ “Le Grand Macabre” at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.
PORTRAIT published in the issue of the monthly magazine OPERNRING ZWEI.