Soloist

Ludwig Mittelhammer

The baritone Ludwig Mittelhammer, trained at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with Prof. F. Lang and H. Elbert, and further shaped by masterclasses with, among others, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Brigitte Fassbaender, was a member of the Bavarian Theatre Academy August Everding and is the recipient of major awards, including First Prize at the International Art Song Competition of the Hugo Wolf Academy (2014) and the Bavarian Arts Promotion Prize (2015).

His operatic career has taken him, among other places, to the opera houses of Frankfurt and Nuremberg, as well as to Cleveland and Tokyo.

In 2025, he made his debut at the Vienna State Opera as Papageno in a new production.

Since the 2019/2020 season, he has been a member of the company at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, where he most recently appeared as Eisenstein, as well as Dr Falke (»Die Fledermaus), Belcore (»Der Liebestrank«), Broommaker Peter (»Hänsel und Gretel«), Graf Almaviva (»Figaros Hochzeit«),in the title role of »Don Giovanni«, Tymoleon Gerius (»Waldmeister«) und Alfred Ill (»Der Besuch der alten Dame«).

As a sought-after concert and Lied singer, Mittelhammer has worked with renowned orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, as well as with conductors including Franz Welser-Möst, Daniel Harding, and Jaap van Zweden.

 His recital appearances have taken him to major international venues such as Wigmore Hall in London, the Vienna Konzerthaus, and the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg. His debut album featuring songs by Schubert, Medtner, and Wolf was released in 2019 by Berlin Classics.