11 Facts About Horst Laubenthal

Horst Laubenthal is known internationally, both as an opera singer especially in Mozart roles such as Belmonte, Don Ottavio and Tamino, and as a concert and recital singer, with a focus on works by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Horst Laubenthal has appeared at major opera houses and festivals, including the Glyndebourne Festival and the Salzburg Festival, and made many recordings, including rarely performed works such as Korngold's Violanta.

Horst Laubenthal studied voice at the Musikhochschule Munchen from 1960 to 1965.

Horst Laubenthal's teacher was Kammersanger Rudolf Laubenthal, who adopted him.

Horst Laubenthal appeared at the Bayreuth Festival in 1970, as the steersman in Der fliegende Hollander and as Kunz Vogelgesang in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg.

Horst Laubenthal performed as a guest internationally, in 1972 as Belmonte in Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail at the Glyndebourne Festival, in 1977 at the Paris Opera as Tamino in his Die Zauberflote, in 1987 at the Teatro Regio in Turin as Ottavio, at the Hamburg State Opera, Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.

Horst Laubenthal's roles include the Prince in Rusalka and Wilhelm in Henze's Der junge Lord.

Horst Laubenthal recorded Bach's Mass in B minor, and the tenor arias in his St John Passion and St Matthew Passion with Karl Richter.

Horst Laubenthal appeared at the Salzburg Festival in church concerts from 1973 to 1978, such as Mozart's Great Mass in C minor.

Horst Laubenthal recorded rarely played operas, such as Der Barbier von Bagdad by Peter Cornelius, singing Nurredin alongside Helen Donath and Hans Sotin, conducted by Ferdinand Leitner in 1974.

Recordings with Horst Laubenthal are held by the German National Library, including:.