{"id":11979,"date":"2026-10-04T21:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T20:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/?p=11979"},"modified":"2026-10-04T21:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T20:40:19","slug":"wolfgang-stefan-schwaiger-in-cologne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/news\/wolfgang-stefan-schwaiger-in-cologne\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger in Cologne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oper.koeln\/produktion\/fest-der-operette\"><em>Fest der Operette<\/em><\/a> at its reopened home theatre, Oper K\u00f6ln celebrates the \u201cOperettenfrosch\u201d award for its production of Michael Krasznay-Krausz\u2019s <em>Eine Frau von Format<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/artists\/wolfgang-stefan-schwaiger\/\"><strong>Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger<\/strong><\/a> appeared alongside Annette Dasch in the male lead role of G\u00e9za, Count of T\u00f6k\u00f6li. As nmz wrote, he impressed \u201cas the Hungarian ambassador and antagonist of Annette Dasch\u2019s character (Dschilli Bey), above all through his charismatic vocal power and a portrayal that deliberately avoided the usual bon vivant clich\u00e9s\u201d. At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oper.koeln\/produktion\/fest-der-operette\"><em>Fest der Operette<\/em><\/a>, he once again appears alongside Annette Dasch, under the musical direction of Adam Benzwi.<\/p>\n<p>He then plays King G\u00fcnther from the East in the new children\u2019s opera <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oper.koeln\/produktion\/der-koenig-verschenkt-was\">Der K\u00f6nig verschenkt was<\/a><\/em>. Commissioned by Oper K\u00f6ln for audiences aged six and above, the work draws on the parable of the rings. Philipp Matthias Kaufmann composed the music to a libretto by Martin Baltscheit.<\/p>\n<h2>Oper K\u00f6ln<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oper.koeln\/produktion\/fest-der-operette\"><em>Fest der Operette<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/artists\/wolfgang-stefan-schwaiger\/\">Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger<\/a>, baritone<br \/>\n<strong>Oct 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oper.koeln\/produktion\/der-koenig-verschenkt-was\">Philipp Matthias Kaufmann: <em>Der K\u00f6nig verschenkt was<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/artists\/wolfgang-stefan-schwaiger\/\">Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger<\/a>: King G\u00fcnther from the East<br \/>\n<strong>Oct 10 (world premiere), 17, 18, 25; Nov 4, 6, 9, 12, 19; Dec 9, 14, 27, 30<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With its Fest der Operette at its reopened home theatre, Oper K\u00f6ln celebrates the \u201cOperettenfrosch\u201d award for its production of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[236],"class_list":["post-11979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-october-2026"],"acf":{"linked_artists":[3030],"premiere_date":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12003,"href":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11979\/revisions\/12003"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/3030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}