The artist
In focus.
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- Metropolitan Opera; Wiener Staatsoper; Bayreuth Festival; Teatro alla Scala; Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Opéra national de Paris; Staatsoper Unter den Linden; Deutsche Oper Berlin; Bayerische Staatsoper; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Semperoper Dresden; Arena di Verona.
Austrian bass Günther Groissböck appears regularly at the Wiener Staatsoper, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra national de Paris, Teatro alla Scala and Bayreuth Festival. He also sings at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Bayerische Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Arena di Verona. Frequent collaborators include Zubin Mehta, Christian Thielemann, Kirill Petrenko, Andris Nelsons, Sir Antonio Pappano and Philippe Jordan.
Wagner and Strauss are central to Mr. Groissböck’s repertoire. He has sung Hermann in Tannhäuser in Vienna and Bayreuth, King Marke in Tristan und Isolde at Bayreuth and Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Gurnemanz in Parsifal in Vienna and Berlin. Recent roles include Hagen in Götterdämmerung in Vienna and Milan, and Hunding in Die Walküre in Vienna, Milan and Paris. As Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier, he has appeared in New York, Vienna, Milan, Berlin and Zurich; as Heinrich in Lohengrin, in Vienna, Berlin, Barcelona and New York.
In Vienna, he also sings Pogner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Orest in Elektra and Pope Pius IV in Pfitzner’s Palestrina. His 2026 engagements include Filippo II in Don Carlo in Vienna and Kecal in The Bartered Bride at Teatro Real Madrid. Announced for 2027 are King Dodon in The Golden Cockerel at Theater an der Wien, Daland in Der fliegende Holländer at the Wiener Staatsoper and Baron Ochs at the Metropolitan Opera.
In concert, Mr. Groissböck has sung Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 with the Gewandhausorchester under Nelsons, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Vienna Philharmonic under Riccardo Muti, and Boris in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Nelsons in Boston and at Carnegie Hall. His 2026 programme includes Oedipus rex at the Gulbenkian Foundation and Die schöne Müllerin in Linz.
Recital partnerships with Julius Drake and Malcolm Martineau have brought him to the Wiener Musikverein, Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. His recordings include Nicht Wiedersehen! with Martineau, awarded a Choc de Classica; Winterreise/Schwanengesang and Herz-Tod with Gerold Huber; Wiener Lieder with the Philharmonia Schrammeln; and Männerliebe und -leben with Martineau, featuring Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms (Gramola / Naxos International, 2024).
Mr. Groissböck studied with Robert Holl and José van Dam at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. His directing projects include the Tristan Experiment at Theater an der Wien in 2021 and Don Carlo for Oper Klosterneuburg in 2023.
On stage
Artistry, in motion.
Günther Groissböck, Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau
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Beyond the profile.
Recent Kanttila Management posts featuring Günther Groissböck.
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🎉 The biggest TOI TOI to bass Günther Groissböck for tonight’s performance of Elektra at the Edinburgh International Festival, where he appears as Orest! Wishing you a wonderful performance and a fantastic evening! 🍾🍾🍾 More info about this production can be found here: https://www.eif.co.uk/events/strausss-elektra
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🎉 The biggest TOI TOI to bass Günther Groissböck for tonight's performance of "Der fliegende Holländer" at the Birgit Nilsson Festival, where he appears as Daland! 🍾🍾🍾
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🎉 In bocca al lupo to bass Günther Groissböck who will be singing the role of Hagen in tonight's premiere of "Götterdämmerung" at Teatro alla Scala! 🍾🍾🍾 More info about this production can be found here: https://www.teatroallascala.org/it/stagione/2025-2026/opera/gotterdammerung-febbraio.html
"𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦-𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺...
𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘣𝘰̈𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦." - James Jorden, New York Times Our Kanttila Management Artist Highlight falls today on bass Günther Groissböck, who has graced the largest of stages around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, where he sang Baron Ochs in a production of 𝘋𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 in 2017, and more recently in the 2022-2023 season (video highlight)! His Ochs is accompanied by Katharine Goeldner's Annina in this fantastic scene of “Ohne mich, ohne mich jeder Tag dir so bang ...” BOTH the 2017 and 2023 productions with Groissböck are available via MET on Demand to stream whenever you please! 😍
Austrian bass Günther Groissböck, one of the most sought-after singers of his generation, regularly appears in leading roles at the Wiener Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Opéra National de Paris, Teatro alla Scala, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Bayerische Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Berlin, Arena di Verona, and the Bayreuther Festspiele.
Upcoming engagements include Hagen in Götterdämmerung at the Wiener Staatsoper and Teatro alla Scala, König Marke in Tristan und Isolde at the Bayreuther Festspiele, Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier at Opernhaus Zürich, as well as concerts at Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Musikverein Wien. #GüntherGroissböck #austrianbass #operastar #operasinger #wagnerbass #metropolitanopera #bayreutherfestspiele @guntherfriedrichgroissbock @kanttilamanagement @kallekanttila