Repeat engagements are among the greatest compliments a singer can receive. Since his 2016–17 debut at Theater Biel-Solothurn as Hans Scholl in Udo Zimmermann’s Die weiße Rose, Austrian baritone Wolfgang Resch has been regularly invited back for a wide variety of roles. This time he returns in one of his favorites, which he has sung to great acclaim at other opera houses as well—with charm, vivid characterization, and vocal presence: Papageno in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Directed by Anna Drescher and conducted by Meret Lüthi, the production will be performed fourteen times in Biel and Solothurn and will then “travel” to many guest venues.
Theater und Orchester Biel Solothurn
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Resch: Papageno
Biel: Sep 11, 2025 (premiere); Sep 14, 16, 19; Nov 12, 13, 15, 16, 2025
Solothurn: Sep 25, 2025 (premiere); Sep 27; Oct 1; Nov 5, 7, 9, 2025
Guest performances:
Oct 17, 2025 Stadttheater Langenthal, Oct 25, 2025 Kurtheater Baden, Nov 1, 2025 Podium Düdingen, Nov 20, 2025 Theater Casino Zug, Nov 22, 2025 Tonhalle Wil, Dec 4, 2025 Stadttheater Olten, Dec 9, 2025 Stadttheater Schaffhausen, Dec 11, 2025 Casino Theater Burgdorf, Dec 13, 2025 KKThun, Dec 20, 2025 LA POSTE Kultur- und Kongresszentrum, Jan 14, 2026 Graf-Zeppelin-Haus Friedrichshafen.
