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{{short description|Austrian operatic tenor (born 1985)}}
'''Paul Schweinester''' (born 1985) is an Austrian operatic [[tenor]].<ref>[https://www.operamusica.com/artist/paul-schweinester/ Paul Schweinsester]</ref><ref>[https://www.obrassoconcerts.ch/kuenstler/schweinester-paul Paul Schweinester] on Obrasso Concerts</ref>

== Career ==
Born in [[Innsbruck]], early on Schweinester was able to gain professional experience as a [[soprano]] soloist with the [[Wilten Boys' Choir]] trained by Johannes Stecher, at the {{Ill|Tiroler Festspiele Erl|de}}, as Prince Yamadori in ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' in Mumbai, at the [[Wiener Kammeroper]] and at the [[Vienna Festival]] as Romeo in an opera by [[Georg Anton Benda]] with new compositions by Ulrich Krah.<ref>[http://www.musica-divina.com/index.php/musiker/joerg-ulrich-krah Ulrich Krah] on Musica Divina</ref> From 2009 to 2013, Schweinester was a member of the ensemble [[Wiener Volksoper]] and performed there in musicals, revues, operettas and operas. Among others he was Freddy in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', the little boy in [[Hans Werner Henze]]'s ''Wundertheater'', Wenzel in ''[[The Bartered Bride]]'' and Pedrillo in ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]''. He completed his studies at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna]] in 2012 with the [[Magister artium|Magister]] title.<ref>[http://arsis-artists.com/paul-schweinester/ Paul Schweinester] on Arsis</ref>

In summer 2012, he belonged to the {{Ill|Young Singers Project|de}} of the [[Salzburg Festival]] and sang Monostatos in a production of ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' for children, as well as smaller roles in the big festival productions, ''[[Die Soldaten]]'' and ''[[La Bohème]]''. In 2013 he played the bicycle messenger Josef Powolny in the world premiere of [[Friedrich Cerha]]'s ''{{Ill|Onkel Präsident|de}}'' at the [[Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz]]<ref>[https://www.gaertnerplatztheater.de/de/personen/paul-schweinester.html?ID_Taetigkeit=45 Paul Schweinester]</ref> in Munich, whereupon he was im invited to sing in the opera ''Der Flaschengeist'' by [[Wilfried Hiller]] in the Philharmonie [[Gasteig]] in Munich.<ref>[https://www.oper.koeln/de/kuenstler/paul-schweinester/2886 Paul Schweinester] on Opera Köln</ref>

In 2014 he started his international career as Brighella in ''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]'' at the Royal Opera House [[Covent Garden]] in London,<ref>[http://www.roh.org.uk/people/paul-schweinester Paul Schweinester] on Royal Opera House</ref> and twice as Pedrillo - in a concert performance in the [[Festspielhaus Baden-Baden]] and immediately afterwards in the new production of the [[Opéra Garnier]] in Paris. The German production included [[Diana Damrau]] and [[Rolando Villazón]] and was immediately published as a recording, the French one was staged by [[Zabou Breitman]] and conducted by [[Philippe Jordan]]. His debut at Milan's [[la Scala|Scala]] and Don Basilio in a new production of ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'' at the [[Salzburg Festival]] followed in 2015. In 2016 he played Laertes at the [[Bregenz Festival]] in Franco Faccio's ''[[Amleto]]''.<ref>[http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Schweinester-Paul.htm Paul Schweinester] on Bach Cantatas Website</ref>

In the concert hall, Schweinester sings lieder by [[Franz Schubert]], [[Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy]], [[Johannes Brahms]] and [[Benjamin Britten]] as well as numerous sacred works by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], [[Joseph Haydn|Joseph]] and [[Michael Haydn]]. He sang Bach's ''[[Magnificat (Bach)|Magnificat]]'' in Meran and Wörgl, Bach cantatas in [[Wiener Musikverein]] and the ''[[ Christmas Oratorio]]'' in Wilden, Michael Haydn's ''[[Requiem (Michael Haydn)|Requiem]]'' in [[St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna]], Rossini's ''[[Stabat Mater (Rossini)|Stabat mater]]'' in the Bregenzer {{Ill|Kornmarktkirche|de}}. With the song cycle ''[[Die schöne Müllerin]]'', he also gave guest performances in the United States, with Haydn's ''[[The Seasons (Haydn)|The Seasons]]'' in [[Schloss Esterházy]], with Mozart's ''[[Great Mass in C minor, K. 427]]'' in Le Mans, Angers and Nantes. In Hamburg he gave a Schubert/Britten Lieder evening with Lech Napierala<ref>[https://www.lechnapierala.com/biography Lech Napierala]</ref> as pianist.

== Some recordings ==
* Bach: ''[[Christmas Oratorio]]''. With [[Daniel Schmutzhard]] (bass), Paul Schweinester (tenor), Choir and soloists of the Wilten Boys Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer. Conductor: Johannes Stecher. (Gramola, CD und DVD)
* Mozart: ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]''. With [[Diana Damrau]] (Konstanze), [[Rolando Villazón]] (Belmonte), [[Thomas Quasthoff]] (Bassa Selim), [[Anna Prohaska]] (Blonde), Paul Schweinester (Pedrillo) and [[Franz-Josef Selig]] (Osmin). Conductor: [[Yannick Nézet-Séguin]]. A recording from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. ([[Deutsche Grammophon]])

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.paulschweinester.com Paul Schweinester]'s official website, with a video excerpt and audio documents
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* {{IMDb name|3113264}}

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[[Category:1985 births]]
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[[Category:Musicians from Innsbruck]]
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[[Category:University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century Austrian opera singers]]
[[Category:21st-century male singers]]