Andreas Jaeggi

Tenor

Biography

Andreas Jaeggi was born in Basel, Switzerland. After studying with Maria Stader and graduating from the International Opera Studio in Zurich, he went on to perform as an artist-in-residence in the German opera houses of Osnabrück, Kiel and Dortmund (where he learned and interpreted all the roles in his register, from the Tanzmeister to David, from Ferrando to Freddy in My Fair Lady). He was then invited to perform at numerous international opera houses such as the Grand Theatre of Geneva (The Seven Deadly Sins, Mahagonny, Fiery Angel ), the DNO in Amsterdam (Fiery Angel, The Brigands, der Fledermaus), the Cologne Opera House (The Bartered Bride and the world creation of Gauklermärchen by Konzelmann/Ende), the Deutsche Oper am Rhein of Düsseldorf and Duisburg (Flying Dutchman, The Bartered Bride), the Opéra du Rhin of Strasbourg and Mulhouse (Narraboth in Salomé, The Makropoulos Affair, The Voyages of Mr. Broucek), the Lisbon Opera House, Opera Ireland in Dublin (Monostatos in Magic Flute), the Basel Theatre (Bardolfo in Falstaff ), the Nantes/Angers Opera (Lenny in Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck/Floyd, Powder Her Face by Adès, also in Metz and Antwerp).

Since 1976, Andreas Jaeggi has been a member of the Compagnie Alain Germain and has participated in most of the creations of this Paris-based contemporary musical theatre company. He has been a regular guest with the English Bach Festival (title roles in Mozart’s Mitridate and in Gluck’s Orphée, Pylade in Iphigenia in Tauris, Pygmalion and the lead role in Rameau’s Naïs), with performances at the ROH at Covent Garden in London, at the palace of Charles V at the Alhambra in Granada and at the Herodes Atticus theatre at the Acropolis in Athens.

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Reviews

“Andreas Jaeggi fait du rôle du fantasque de Hauk-Sendorf un petit bijou de caractérisation et d’humour.
[In his role as the unpredictable Hauk-Sendorf, Andreas Jaeggi creates a little gem of characterisation and humour.]

Jean-Claude Hurstel

Transversalles

“Andreas Jaeggi, nei panni di Hauk-Šendorf, ha ben interpretato la macchieta dell’attempato spasimante con qualche tratto espressionistico sopratutto, nell’atto terzo, delirante d’amore per la protagonista.
[In the role of Hauk-Šendorf, Andreas Jaeggi has excellently interpreted the ancient languishing laughingstock figure, especially in the third act where he sinks into a love delirium for the protagonist.]

Roberto Campanella

GB Opera

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“Andreas Jaeggi fait du rôle du fantasque de Hauk-Sendorf un petit bijou de caractérisation et d’humour.
[In his role as the unpredictable Hauk-Sendorf, Andreas Jaeggi creates a little gem of characterisation and humour.]

Jean-Claude Hurstel, Transversalles 

“Andreas Jaeggi, nei panni di Hauk-Šendorf, ha ben interpretato la macchieta dell’attempato spasimante con qualche tratto espressionistico sopratutto, nell’atto terzo, delirante d’amore per la protagonista.
[In the role of Hauk-Šendorf, Andreas Jaeggi has excellently interpreted the ancient languishing laughingstock figure, especially in the third act where he sinks into a love delirium for the protagonist.]

Roberto Campanella, GBOpera 

“In this opera without any main roles, where the prisonners’ stories succeed each other on a practically equal level, one will take note of the beautiful clearness of enunciation as well as of the highly individualized voice timbres, especially in Andreas Jaeggi’s Skuratov. ”

Yannick Million, altamusica.com 

“Andreas Jaeggi offered up for the role of Mime his forceful steel like tenor voice in a playful but precise characterization, both actingwise and vocally.”

Marcello Paolino, Der neue Merker 

“Andreas Jaeggi propose un impayable Comte, aussi vieillard dans sa réjouissante caricature que juvénile dans sa claire vocalité.
[Andreas Jaeggi offers us a priceless interpretation of the Count, being as agedly ripe in his delightful caricature as he is juvenile in his vocal clarity.]

Maximilien Hondermarck, Forum Opéra 

“In particular, Swiss tenor Andreas Jaeggi played his roles of Inspector and Dream Clerk to the utmost.”

Simon Thomas, MusicOMH 

“Le ténor Andreas Jaeggi assure de sa voix puissante le difficile rôle de Goro.
[Tenor Andreas Jaeggi confidently assumes the difficult role of Goro with his powerful voice.]

Helene Kuttner, Pariscope 

“Alberich’s brother Mime was humourously portrayed by Andreas Jaeggi in a cunning, underhanded and slimy way, covering his part perfectly actingwise as well as having impeccable transitions between full singing voice and Sprechgesang (speech-song).”

G. Schunk, Das Opernglas