Paul Armin Edelmann
Paul Armin Edelmann is an Austrian operatic baritone. He received first musical training as a member of the Vienna Boys' Choir. After five years as an ensemble member at the Theater Koblenz, he has worked as a free-lance singer based in Vienna since 1997, appearing at major opera houses and festivals internationally, often together with his brother Peter Edelmann, also a baritone. Focused on Mozart roles such as Don Giovanni and Papageno, he also appeared at the Schwetzingen Festival in the world premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino's Luci mie traditrici.
Life and career
Family and education
Born in Vienna, Edelmann is the younger son of the Austrian opera singer Otto Edelmann, and the brother of Peter Edelmann, also a baritone. He was a member of the Vienna Boys' Choir from 1978 to 1982, and studied voice from 1987 to 1992 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with his father.Opera
Edelmann was first an ensemble member at the Theater Koblenz from 1992 to 1997, where he performed around 30 roles. In 1996, he performed, together with his brother Peter Edelmann, at the Seefestspiele Mörbisch. He appeared as Falke in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, while his brother was Eisenstein. He returned to Vienna in 1998 and has since worked as a freelance singer. There, he performed at the Vienna State Opera as Papageno in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, and at the Vienna Volksoper as Papageno and Falke.In 1998, he performed at the Schwetzingen Festival in the world premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino's Luci mie traditrici. In 2002, he sang the role of Octave in Franz Lehár's at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt. In 2009, he appeared in the title role of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Dublin Opera House, while his brother appeared as Leporello.
He has made guest appearances at the Teatro Real in Madrid, at the Komische Oper Berlin and at La Monnaie in Brussels. He has also made guest appearances at the Oper Frankfurt, at the Theater St. Gallen,, at the Stadttheater Bern and at the Staatsoper Stuttgart. In the 2011/12 season, he sang the role of Eisenstein there again. Vita In 2012, he appeared at the Opéra national du Rhin as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte; in 2013 and 2014, he also sang this role at the Bregenz Festival. In January 2017, he gave a guest performance in Beijing at the National Centre for the Performing Arts as Count Danilo Danilovich in The Merry Widow.