Biography
Born in Heidelberg, the German baritone Dominik Köninger studied at the Opera School in Karlsruhe with Prof. Roland Hermann, participating in numerous productions, i. a. as Dandini in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola”; as Teodoro in the first German performance of Paisiello/Henze’s “Il re Teodoro in Venezia” at Schwetzinger Festspiele and at Badisches Staatstheater; and as Guglielmo in “Così fan tutte”.
He has been awarded a number of scholarships and prizes, among them scholarships of Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg and Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, first prize at Mozart Festival Competition Würzburg 2006, prizes at Wagner Association and at Anneliese-Rothenberger Competition. Furthermore he has attended master classes, among others with Brigitte Fassbaender, Ann Murray und Kurt Moll, completing his education.
In 2004 he made his debut at Ludwigsburger Schloßfestspiele under Wolfgang Gönnenwein; upon which he performed the following seasons as Moralès in Bizet’s “Carmen” at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.
His wide opera and concert repertory which draws from baroque to contemporary compositions allowed him to work with such great conductors as Kent Nagano, Herbert Blomstedt and Rolf Beck and led him to prestigious places as Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Stuttgarter Liederhalle, Philharmonie Berlin, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Rudolfinum Prague, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Opera of Vilnius and to Israel.
During the season of 2006/07 he was a constant member of Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, performing the roles of Ottokar (Der Freischütz), Dr.Falke (Die Fledermaus) and Guglielmo (Cosi fan tutte) with such directors as Peer Boysen and Brigitte Fassbaender.
At the beginning of the season of 2007/08 Dominik Köninger became a member of the International Opernstudio at Staatsoper Hamburg, singing i. a. Papageno, Schaunard (La Bohème) und Marullo (Rigoletto). At Schleswig Holstein Festival 2009 he took part in the Johannes-Passion as Jesus, directed by Robert Wilson.
2010 he mad his Theater an der Wien debut as Mercurio in the Robert Carsen production of “L ‘Incoronazione di Poppea” as well as Kilian under Bertrand de Billy in “Der Freischütz”.
Future engagements will lead him back to Theater an der Wien, to the Hamburg State Opera as Papageno, as well as Dr. Falke in a new production of Staatstheater Stuttgart and to the Volksoper in Vienna, both there as Falke and Dandini.In concert he will do e.g. Peer Gynt in Hamburg under the baton of Sir Jeffrey Tate, as well as “Ode to St.Caecilia” under Christopher Hogwood
From the season 2012/13 he will be an ensemble member of the Komische Oper Berlin and he will make his debut as Guglielmo at New National Theatre in Tokyo in 2013.
