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Daniel Behle

Daniel Behle

Born: 1974, Hamburg, Germany

Nationality: German

Artist's website: https://www.danielbehle.de/en.html

Born in Hamburg in 1974, Daniel Behle studied at the Hochschule fur Musik in his native city, and privately with his mother Renate (a celebrated dramatic soprano who was described by *Die Welt* as ‘a Wagner singer to rejoice over’). He made his name in light lyric and bel canto roles including Mozart’s Ferrando, Belmonte and Tamino (which he sings on René Jacobs’s multi-award-winning recording from 2010 on Harmonia Mundi), and Strauss’s Matteo (Arabella), Henry Morusus (Die schweigsame Frau) and Flamand (Capriccio). He has worked mainly in Germany, and first appeared at Covent Garden in 2016 in Così fan tutte (‘it is Daniel Behle’s Ferrando who scores most strongly with his introspective “Un’aura amorosa’ – The Telegraph).

From his early forties, Behle began to move into more dramatic repertoire, making his Bayreuth debut as David in Die Meistersinger in 2017, followed by Froh in Das Rheingold later on in the Festival. His repertoire also includes Erik in Der fliegende Holländer, Max in Der Freischütz and Loge in Das Rheingold.

Behle’s discography includes Dichterliebe, Die schone Müllerin, Brahms’s Die schöne Magelone and a recital of Strauss lieder with his regular recital-partner Oliver Schnyder (‘this thrilling Strauss album makes me want to hear this young German tenor in everything he sings.’ – The Sunday Times). He is also a gifted composer and arranger, and has recorded Winterreise in his own arrangement of the cycle for voice and jazz trio; his tribute to his home city, Mein Hamburg (2016), features several of his own compositions.

Find out more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Behle

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  • Strauss Lieder from Sandrine Piau and Daniel Behle

    19th Mar 2021by Katherine Cooper

    The French soprano brings an uncommon freshness and flexibility to the Four Last Songs with the Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté, whilst Behle and his regular recital-partner Oliver Schnyder revel in the composer's coruscating attack on publishers in the rarely-recorded Der Krämerspiegel.

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  • Daniel Behle on Zero to Hero

    24th Sep 2019by Katherine Cooper

    The German tenor talks to Katherine about his new album of Mozart arias (released last Friday on Sony), and his own ongoing transition into more heroic repertoire.

    Classical Interview
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