The tenor Johannes Bamberger was born in St Pölten and studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. While still a student he made guest appearances at the Linz Landestheater and the Theater an der Wien. His repertory includes Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) and Ferrando (Così fan tutte).
He has appeared as a recitalist and oratorio singer at venues and festivals including the Festspielhaus in St Pölten, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Philharmonie Luxembourg and the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid, as well as the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, the Schwarzenberg Schubertiade and the Carinthian Summer Festival. He has also made several appearances at the Nikolaus Harnoncourt Days in Attergau.
From 2018 to 2020 he was a member of the Junges Ensemble (Young Ensemble) of the Theater an der Wien, where he has regularly returned as a guest artist, most recently in 2025 as Dilan in the world premiere of Gordon Kampe’s Ich bin Vincent! und ich habe keine Angst.
He makes his debut at the Salzburg Festival performing in Henze’s Der Prinz von Homburg. His engagements in the 2026/27 season will include Handel’s Messiah at the Vienna Musikverein.
