Patrick Vogel

After school Vogel trained to become a bicycle mechanic.[1] In his hometown Berlin he subsequently studied singing at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler", with kammersänger Roman Trekel, Julia Varady and Snezana Brzakovic. In 2005 he made his debut at Berlin State Opera in Parsifal, directed by renowned film producer Bernd Eichinger (The Neverending Story, The Name of the Rose, Downfall), and with Daniel Barenboim as musical director.[2]

2009 Patrick Vogel joined the International Opera Studio Zürich (director Alexander Pereira), participating in more than 35 opera productions. Two years later he started as a lyrical tenor at Stadttheater Klagenfurt in Austria.

Since 2015 Patrick Vogel is a regular member of the ensemble at Leipzig Opera.[3] Guest performances at Dresden's Semperoper, Genoa's Teatro Carlo Felice with Fabio Luisi and 2016 at the prestigious Salzburg Festival[4] alongside Anna Netrebko. 2019 he made his debut at Salzburg Easter Festival as Eisslinger in (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) with Christian Thielemann.

He attended master classes by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau[5] and kammersängerin Brigitte Fassbaender.[6] Patrick Vogel lives in Berlin and Leipzig. He is married and has two children.

Patrick Vogel is not only a performer on the opera stage, but also frequently seen as concert soloist. He sang the Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion by Helmuth Rilling on tour in South America.[31] 2018 he made his debut at Konzerthaus Berlin with the Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi.[32]

He sang at prestigious festivals and venues around the world, among others at the Montenegro Arts Festival in 2007 and in 2008, the Verbier Festival in Switzerland in 2009 and in 2010, the Taiwan National Theater in Taipei in 2012, the Tokyo Spring Festival in 2017, Hong Kong Arts Festival in 2019. He performed at the Mannheim National Theatre with Dan Ettinger and in Winterthur with Douglas Boyd. In 2016 he made his debut at Hamburg State Opera performing Song of the Earth by John Neumeier.[33] 2017 he was an oratorio soloist with Sing-Akademie zu Berlin (Kai-Uwe Jirka) with songs by Niels Wilhelm Gade and Rued Langgaard.[34]

• CD Frohlocke nun! Berliner Weihnachtsmusiken zwischen Barock und Romantik (2009): Music for Christmas from Berlin, between baroque and romanticism, Lautten Compagney with renonwned boys' choir Staats- und Domchor Berlin[35]
• DVD Le comte Ory by Gioachino Rossini (2012): a recording of a Zurich Opera performance, published by Decca Records. Musical director Tang Muhai, with Javier Camarena and Cecilia Bartoli, Patrick Vogel as Mainfroy.[36]
• CD La scuola de' gelosi by Salieri (2015): Werner Ehrhardt with his ensemble L’arte del mondo, published by Sony Music / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.[37]
• CD The World of Dido (2018): English renaissance and baroque music, chamber choir Univocale Berlin with Christoph Ostendorf, including Henry Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas[38]

• Official website
• Patrick Vogel on Operabase
• Making-of-Video of Salieris’ La scuola de’ gelosi with L’arte del mondo directed by Werner Ehrhardt