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13 Facts About Daniel Behle

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Daniel Behle was born on 1974 and is a German classical composer and operatic tenor.

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Daniel Behle has performed at international opera houses and festivals, and has recorded both operas and Lieder recitals.

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Daniel Behle took voice lessons from age 22 with his mother, the dramatic soprano Renate Behle.

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Daniel Behle completed both his composition studies with Peter Michael Hamel and the voice studies with distinction.

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Daniel Behle performed Lieder recitals with pianists Sveinung Bjelland and Oliver Schnyder at major European festivals.

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Daniel Behle made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in 2017 as David in Barrie Kosky's new production of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg.

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Daniel Behle sang at major opera houses including the Berlin State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Zurich Opera, the Grand Theatre de Geneve, the Hamburg State Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Swedish Opera, and the Paris Opera.

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Daniel Behle performed Mozart arias with the chamber orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk and Schubert's Winterreise in the orchestra version by Hans Zender.

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Daniel Behle performed his version of Schubert's Winterreise for voice and piano trio at Wigmore Hall in 2015.

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Daniel Behle worked with conductors such as Frans Bruggen, James Gaffigan, Andreas Spering, Christoph Spering, Markus Stenz, Jeffrey Tate and Sebastian Weigle.

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Daniel Behle appeared as Loge in concert performances of Wagner's Das Rheingold, at both the Elbphilharmonie and the Baden-Baden Festival.

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Daniel Behle sang the tenor solo in Mendelssohn's Lobgesang conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado at St Cecilia, Rome.

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Daniel Behle was the Evangelist in Bach's St John Passion with the Vienna Symphony, conducted by Philippe Jordan, and the tenor in Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Trevor Pinnock.