Barış Yavuz

Turkish baritone Barış Yavuz has been a permanent ensemble member of the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau since 2023. His roles there have included Nicomedes in Zemlinsky’s Der König Kandaules, Masetto in Don Giovanni, Baron Weps in Der Vogelhändler and Sharpless in Madama Butterfly. His work with the company has since encompassed Schaunard in La bohème, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, alongside Melot in Tristan und Isolde. Guglielmo and Melot are among his engagements in 2026, with further performances as Dr. Falke scheduled for 2027.

From 2018 to 2021, Mr. Yavuz was a member of the Opera Studio at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where he gained stage experience in roles such as Masetto, Wagner in Faust and Nathanaël in Les contes d’Hoffmann. His guest work has included Marco in Gianni Schicchi at the Saarländisches Staatstheater in 2023. Earlier appearances at Salzburg’s Oper im Berg Festival brought him to the roles of Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Belcore in L’elisir d’amore. He has also performed as a concert soloist with the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra and the Wernigerode Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.

Mr. Yavuz began his vocal training at the Istanbul University State Conservatory at the age of seventeen, completing his bachelor’s degree in 2018 before earning a master’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in 2021 with distinction. During his studies, he worked closely with Julia Varady and Dorothea Röschmann.

A laureate of several competitions, Mr. Yavuz received the Special Prize at the International Singing Competition of the Sedat Gürel–Güzin Gürel Arts and Science Foundation. He won First Prize at the National Young Soloists Singing Competition in 2016 and at the Siemens Opera Contest in Istanbul in 2018.