CHRISTIAN TSCHELEBIEW

Vocal Category: Bass

Representation: General Mngmnt

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Career Highlights

Koenig Tref: Erfurt, Genova, Komische

Berlin

Sprecher: Stuttgart, Augsburg

Don Alfonso: Komische Berlin, Augsburg

Figaro: Mainz

King Phillip II: Augsburg

Pope: St.Gallen

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Die Zauberflote/Theater Augsburg

Christian Tschelebiew, Augsburgs secret

star, was a brilliant Speaker

Augsburger Zeitung

The German basso cantante Christian Tschelebiew trained at Staatliche

Hochschule fur Musik Stuttgart and pursued further studies with Rudolf

Piernay.  He is recipient of a Richard Wagner-Verband Scholarshp and a the

Lili Zinser Putbus-Scholarship.

From 1997-2001, he was a resident artist at the Staatstheater Mainz singing

Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) and Athlet/Animaltraner (Lulu), before moving to

the Theater Giessen in 2001.  In 2002 and 2003, he was a resident artist at

the Theater Erfurt, where his roles included Koenig Treff (The Love of Three

Oranges), Mephisto (La Damnation de Faust) and van Bett (Zar und

Zimmermann).  In season 2005/6, he was resident artist at the Komische

Oper Berlin, where he sang Don Alfonso, Frank (Die Fledermaus), Kaspar

(Die Freischutz) and the King (Love of Three Oranges).  In 2007, he returned

to the Komische Oper to sing Don Alfonso.

Christian Tschelebiew has been a member of the ensemble at the Theater

Augsburg since 2006.  His roles at the theatre have included: Bartolo (Il

barbiere di Siviglia), Dulcamara, Don Alfonso, Don Pizarro (Fidelio), Jupiter

(Orphee aux enfers), Momus (Platee), the Prince de Bouillon (Adrianna

Lecouvreur), Sam (un ballo in maschera), Sprecher, Teufel (Svanda Dudak).

His roles for season 2009/10 will include his debut as Filippo II (Don Carlos),

Don Pizarro, 1. Priester and Adriano (I hate Mozart).

Christian Tschelebiew’s guest appearances in Germany include Sprecher in

Stuttgart in 2006 and 2009, Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro) and Police Officer

(Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk) in Weisbaden, Dulcamara in Hagen and

Zaccharia and the Waldbuhne Berlin.

Outside Germany, he has appeared at the Carlo Felice in Genova as the King

(The Love of Three Oranges),  at the Grand Teatro Bellini in Catania in the C

minor Mass and in St Gallen as the Pope (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk).

He has also appeared at numerous festivals, including the Ludwigsburger

Festspielen, zum Schleswig- Holstein- Festival, zum Menuhin-Festival Gstaad

und zum Europäischen Musikfest Stuttgart.

Christian Tschelebiew has worked with a number of internationally renowned

directors, including: Paul Curran, Harry Kupfer, Peter Konwitschny, Willy

Decker und Andreas Homoki and the conductors Mikhail Jurowski, Kiril

Petrenko, Jonathan Nott und Wilhelm Keitel.