Aljaž Vesel

Slovenian tenor Aljaž Vesel is a permanent ensemble member of Landesbühnen Sachsen, where he has performed leading roles such as Max in Der Freischütz, Florestan in Fidelio, the title role in Werther and Erik in Der fliegende Holländer. Since joining the company in 2019, he has combined this repertoire with operetta and less frequently performed works. His engagements in 2026 include Tamino in Die Zauberflöte and Albert von Cleeburg in Weber’s Silvana, alongside further appearances as Max and Alfred in Die Fledermaus.

Mr. Vesel’s guest work has taken him to Theater Regensburg, Theater Heidelberg and Junges Musiktheater Zürich. In 2026, his engagements also include Ivo in Kozina’s Equinox at the Slovenian National Opera in Ljubljana and the First Armoured Man in Die Zauberflöte at the Immling Festival. Titorelli in Gottfried von Einem’s Der Prozess, which he has sung at Theater Regensburg, is among the roles he also performed with Landesbühnen Sachsen. His work with the company and at its Felsenbühne Rathen venue encompasses German Romantic opera alongside roles such as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, Jim Mahoney in Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny and Roberto in Le Villi.

As a concert soloist, Mr. Vesel has appeared across Germany, France, Italy, Croatia, Switzerland, Slovenia and Austria. His oratorio repertoire includes more than thirty works by composers such as Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, Rossini, Poulenc, Puccini, Ramírez and Herzogenberg. His concert work with Landesbühnen Sachsen includes Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in 2025.

Earlier stage appearances include Lensky in Eugene Onegin at the Theater der ZHdK in Zurich and Don Ottavio in a concert performance of Don Giovanni in Slovenia. His Swiss engagements also encompassed Ferrando in Così fan tutte, Conte Alberto in L’occasione fa il ladro and the title role in Grétry’s Guillaume Tell. He made his operatic debut in 2013 at the Zurich Festival as Wolfram in Heinrich Treibhäuser und die Keilerey auf der Wartburg, a contemporary opera based on Wagnerian motifs.

Mr. Vesel studied voice at the Zurich University of the Arts, earning a Master of Performance Voice in 2017 and a Master of Music Pedagogy in 2019. He began his vocal training as a baritone before moving to the tenor repertoire in 2011. His distinctions include first prizes at the Bruna Špiler Competition in Montenegro in 2009 and 2010 and the Nikola Cvejić Competition in Serbia in 2009. He was also a finalist at Opera Castle Hallwyl in 2017 and Munot Openair Schaffhausen in 2015.