Stefan Sbonnik

In 2015, Stefan Sbonnik was awarded a Richard Wagner Scholarship and performed excerpts from Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin in a live broadcast on Deutschlandradio Kultur. He later graduated from the Mozart Academy at the Festival in Aix-en-Provence, working with Susanna Eken and Joseph Alford, and joined the Opera Studio of the Opéra national du Rhin, performing roles such as Ser Toldo Berardengo in Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini and Brühlmann in Massenet’s Werther. That same year, he sang Danilo in Lehár’s The Merry Widow with the International Opera Academy Bad Orb and Christ in Mozart’s Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, conducted by Alessandro de Marchi and broadcast on Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Stefan Sbonnik has performed over two dozen roles on stage, including Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (title role), Kalil in Christian Jost’s Die Arabische Nacht, Remendado in Carmen, and Federico in Stiffelio at Theater Aachen. He starred in the premieres of rediscovered baroque operas, including Ruggiero Fedeli’s Almira in Kassel and Leonardo Vinci’s Alessandro ne’Indie at the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival. Other notable roles include Licomedes and Pheres in Die getreue Alceste conducted by Christina Pluhar, Xaïloum in Offenbach’s Barkouf, the singer in Piazzolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires, broadcast by Arte, and as Uldino in Verdi’s Attila with the Munich Radio Orchestra.

In concert, Sbonnik sang tenor solos in Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang at the Oetkerhalle (Bielefeld,) Saint-Saën’s Christmas Oratorio (Salzburg), Britten’s War Requiem (Exeter) and Mozart’s version of Handel’s Messiah at the Kassler Musiktage, Bach Concerto (Aachen), Christmas Oratorio (Erwitte), B Minor Mass (Aachen) and Haydn’s Stabat Mater (Dillenburg).

Recent highlights include Cinea in Hasse’s Cajo Fabricio with {oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna (All’Improviso Festival Gliwice & Theater an der Wien), Handel’s La Resurrezione conducted by Werner Erhardt, and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (Lausanne). He performed Gandarte in Alessandro nell’Indie at Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival, Discepolo / Consigliero in ∫^, Peneo in Il Nascimento dell’Aurora, Haydn’s The Seasons (Langnau) and The Creation (Georgsmarienhütte), Gounod’s Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile (Cäcilienmesse) at Theater Münster, St. John Passion with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano under the baton of Ruben Jais in the Duomo di Milano, and Beltsazar in Keyser’s Nebucadnezar  (Heidelberg & Magdeburg).

In the upcoming 2024/25 season, the acclaimed tenor will take on the role of Ernando in Il Venceslao, performing alongside Max Emanuel Cencic and {oh!} Orkiestra conducted by Martyna Pastuszka in Warsaw Philharmonics. Stefan will make his Oper Bonn debut as Oronte in Handel’s Alcina and showcase his talent during a concert tour of Alcina alongside Il Pomo d’oro under Francesco Corti with concerts in Theatre Champs Elysees Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid and Musiktheater an der Wien. Sbonnik will perform Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Elias in Tonhalle Zurich and Bern, as well as the role of Tempo (Il trionfo del tempo) with Festival Modica. Furthermore, Stefan is mastering the roles of Don Ottavio and Ferrando for future performances.

(2024_25. Please use this CV only.)