Manuel Winckhler has been a part of the International Opera Studio at Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden since the 2024/2025 season. He won the 1st prize in the opera/operetta category at the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang 2024.

The young bass, born and raised in Munich, received most of his vocal training at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München from Lars Woldt. Previously he studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum with Andreas Macco and Fenna Kügel-Seifried. He received important artistic impulses from Christian Gerhaher, Malcolm Martineau, Elena Pankratova, Hedwig Fassbender, Fritz Schwinghammer, Christiane Iven, James Cheung, Michelle Wegwart and Ian Bostridge. During his studies he developed an extensive stage repertoire, participated in numerous opera productions and performed at the Munich Gärtnerplatztheater. In 2023 he was a scholarship holder of the Richard Wagner Verband München.

In 2023/2024 season Winckhler sang the Mother (K. Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins) at Opera Vlaanderen in Antwerp and Ghent as well as Reinmar von Zweter (R. Wagner: Tannhäuser) and Sarastro (W. A. Mozart: The Magic Flute) at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. In the summer of 2024 he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival as part of the Young Singers Project, performing as the 3rd Tramp (C. Orff: Die Kluge) at the Salzburg Schauspielhaus as well as with the Mozarteum Orchestra at the Haus für Mozart.

At Berlin State Opera, he has already appeared as the Jailer (G. Puccini: Tosca), High Priest (G. Verdi: Nabucco), One-Armed Man (R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten), Le Duc de Verone (C. Gounod: Roméo et Juliette), 2nd Armored Man (W. A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte), 2nd Knight of the Grale (R. Wagner: Parsifal) and Vanuzzi (R. Strauss: Die schweigsame Frau). In February 2025 he returned to Opera Vlaanderen as the Hermit (C. M. von Weber: Der Freischütz).

On the concert stage Manuel Winckhler has achieved great success with works such as the German Requiem by Johannes Brahms, Joseph Haydn's Creation, Bruckner's Te Deum, and Mozart's Requiem. He has collaborated with prestigious ensembles such as the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and the Styriarte Festival Orchestra.

He has performed under the baton of Zubin Mehta, Christian Thielemann, Georg Fritzsch, Bertrand de Billy, Eva Ollikainen, Constantin Trinks, Philippe Herreweghe, Pietari Inkinen, Jordi Savall, Johanna Soller and many others.

Last updated: July 2025

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