Anthony Robin Schneider

The Austrian-New Zealand bass Anthony Robin Schneider has made a name for himself in opera houses and concert halls in a diverse repertory. He has an especial affinity for the works of Mozart, Wagner and Verdi.

From 2019 to 2024 he was an ensemble member of the Frankfurt Opera, where his appearances included the title role of Handel’s Hercules in Barrie Kosky’s production, along with King Heinrich (Lohengrin), Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro), the Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlo) and Sparafucile (Rigoletto). Between 2021 and 2024 Anthony Robin Schneider performed the roles of Fafner and Hunding in Brigitte Fassbaender’s much-praised production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Tyrolean Festival Erl, under the musical direction of Erik Nielsen. In summer 2023 he also appeared in Erl in Bruckner’s Te Deum and Rossini’s Stabat Mater. Other recent engagements away from Frankfurt have included Fafner (Das Rheingold) at the Braunschweig State Theatre, Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) at the Semperoper Dresden and the Houston Grand Opera, King Heinrich in Christof Loy’s new production of Lohengrin under the musical direction of Lorenzo Viotti at the Dutch National Opera and Orest’s Tutor (Elektra) with the Berlin Philharmonic under Kirill Petrenko in Baden-Baden and Berlin. He also sang Hector’s Ghost (Les Troyens) in David McVicar’s production at the Vienna State Opera and Truffaldino (Ariadne auf Naxos) at the Santa Fe Opera and with the Cleveland Orchestra.

His acclaimed performances as a concert singer include Mozart’s Requiem with the Cleveland Orchestra, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Haydn’s Creation with the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra.

In the 2024/25 season Anthony Robin Schneider appeared in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem under Lorenzo Viotti at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, as Sarastro at the Komische Oper Berlin and as Doctor (Wozzeck) at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto. His performances as Solyony in Eötvös’s Three Sisters mark his Salzburg Festival debut.