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In the season 2025/26 Franz Xaver Schlecht makes his debut as KRUSCHINA at the Vienna State Opera in the new production “The Bartered Bride” under the musical direction of Tomás Hanus.
Recently, he achieved great success at the Rhine Opera Düsseldorf-Duisburg in the new production of Pierangelo Valtinoni’s family opera “Die Reise zu Planet 9” as OROPAX.
In 2022 the German baritone could be seen for the first time at the Dresden Semper Opera in Zimmermann’s “Die weisse Rose”.
Since the season 2018/19 Franz Xaver Schlecht has a permanent engagement at the Opera House Leipzig. Here he succeeds as PAPAGENO, BELCORE, SHAUNARD, PETER BESENBINDER, MORALES, KRUSCHINA, OTTOKAR, GIORGIO GERMONT, ENRICO (Lucia), POLIZEICHEF (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk).
First engagements brought him as HERMANN in” Les Contes d’Hoffmann” and as CAPPADOCIER in “Salome” to the German Opera Berlin, as COUNT in “Figaros Hochzeit”, DANDINI in “La Cenerentola” and HEGER in “Rusalka” or GEPPETTO in Pierangelo Valtinoni’s “Pinocchio” to the Coburg Theatre, as DON ALFONSO in “Cosi fan tutte” to the Nordhausen Theatre or in the Opera for Children “Prinz Hugo” and as KILIAN in “Der Freischütz” to the Erfurt Theatre. Moreover, he was FIGARO in a version for children of “Le nozze di Figaro” and the MARCHESE D’OBIGNY in “La Traviata“ at the Opera House Leipzig, SILVANO in “Un ballo in maschera” at the Mainfranken Theatre Würzburg, the VERSHININ in P. Eötvös’ “Tri Sestri” at the Bavarian Theatre Academy and the Berlin State Opera or BILL in “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” at the Halle Opera.
Franz Xaver studied at the Music Academy Nuremberg / Augsburg. He completed his studies in 2007-2008 at the Leipzig University and in 2008-2009 at the Music Academy Würzburg. He took master classes with Franz Grundheber and Simon Estes.
Already in 2006 he had his first performance at the Augsburg Theatre as HALY in “L’Italiana in Algeri”.
Franz Xaver Schlecht has a vast concert repertoire ranging from Bach’s Passions and Masses, to Rossini, Schubert, Mozart, Verdi, Puccini and Mahler’s Lieder and Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” Some of his most important concert engagements include PILATUS in the Passion of Saint John at the Herrenchiemsee Festival and the Passion of Saint Matthew in the St. Michel Church in Hamburg.
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