The bass-baritone Philipp Schöllhorn received his initial musical training as a member of the Freiburg Cathedral Boys’ Choir and the Vienna Boys’ Choir. He went on to study singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, graduating in 2024 from his Master’s degree, during which he studied with Karlheinz Hanser.
In 2020 he won the Musica Juventutis competition and in 2021 he was a winner in Elīna Garanča’s singing competition ZukunftsStimmen. He subsequently appeared alongside Garanča in the concerts ‘Klassik unter Sternen’ at Göttweig Abbey and ‘Klassik in den Alpen’ in Kitzbühel.
In 2022 he made his debut as Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) at the Salzburg Landestheater, going on to spend two seasons as a member of the ensemble. Further appearances have included Marquis d’Obigny (La traviata) at the Oper Burg Gars Festival and Examining Magistrate / Uncle Albert in Stefan Herheim’s production of Gottfried von Einem’s Der Prozess.
Philipp Schöllhorn’s wide-ranging concert repertory includes the title roles of Mendelssohn’s Elijah and St Paul, and the bass solos in Haydn’s The Creation, The Seasons and Stabat mater, Bach’s St John Passion and Christmas Oratorio, Handel’s Messiah and the Requiems by Brahms, Mozart, Verdi and Dvořák. He has performed in concert at venues including the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the Vienna Konzerthaus.
He most recently appeared at the Salzburg Festival in 2024 in a concert performance of Capriccio conducted by Christian Thielemann.
