Uwe Dambruch, Bass Baritone

Pacific Opera Victoria's The Magic Flute, April 2009

Uwe Dambruch makes his Pacific Opera Victoria debut as Sarastro in the April 2009 production of The Magic Flute.

German born and based in Calgary, Mr Dambruch has appeared as Papageno in The Magic Flute, the Father in Haensel und Gretel in Düsseldorf, a Friar in Don Carlos at the Baden State Opera Karlsruhe, the First Soldier in Salome for the Frankfurt Opera and as the Mandarin in the Florentine Opera production of Turandot in Milwaukee.

In the Cannes award-winning film Wahnfried, produced for German cinema theater and television, he made a cameo appearance and sang Wagnerian excerpts.

He has appeared with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan and sung arias by Mozart, Beethoven, Nicolai and Wagner.

He made his Canadian debut in the role of Jack Wallace in La Fanciulla del West for Vancouver Opera, and performed the Mandarin in Turandot and the Loudspeaker in The Emperor of Atlantis for Edmonton Opera, Melot in Tristan and Isolde for Florentine Opera, Milwaukee, the Mandarin in Turandot, the 1st Soldier in Salome and Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville for the North Carolina Opera Company, and he made his Calgary Opera debut as Monterone and Sparafucile in Rigoletto in the company's new 2007 production.

He appeared in the 2008-9 season as the Major-Domo in Ariadne auf Naxos at Calgary Opera. In 2009-10 he returns to Edmonton Opera as Monterone and Sparafucile in Rigoletto.

Artist Sponsor: Elisabeth Silvester

March, 2009