男低音/賽巴斯汀．霍勒契克 Sebastian Holecek
奧地利男低音暨男中音賽巴斯汀．霍勒契克，於2013年在柯芬園皇家歌劇廳的首次演出，擔任《魔笛》中的寺廟的發言人，自此之後，便於該劇院演唱《弄臣》的蒙特隆伯爵。在2016/17樂季，他將重返演出《紐倫堡的名歌手》的柯特納。
霍勒契克出生在維也納，就讀於維也納音樂暨表演藝術大學，並在義大利追隨男中音吉諾．貝奇學習。他是維也納人民歌劇院的其中一員，他曾經演出過《卡門》的埃斯卡米諾、《蝙蝠》的艾森史坦男爵、《托斯卡》的斯卡皮亞男爵、《外套》的米歇爾和《莎樂美》的先知受洗者約翰。他詮釋莫札特歌劇的男中音、男低中音角色特別為人所知，並且在維也納國立歌劇院、維也納人民歌劇院、柏林國立歌劇院，也在馬德里、巴賽隆納、杜塞道夫、巴黎、蒙地卡羅和聖地亞哥演唱《魔笛》的巴巴吉諾、《費加洛的婚禮》的費加洛和《唐．喬望尼》的男主角。除此之外，他曾在巴伐利亞國立歌劇院演出《沒有影子的女人》的靈魂傳遞者、在維也納國立歌劇院飾演《納克索斯島上的阿麗雅德妮》的哈烈金、在斯特拉斯堡歌劇院飾演《漂泊的荷蘭人》的荷蘭人、在薩爾茲堡音樂節上和聖賽西莉業學院管弦樂團合作表演《費德里奧》的唐．費南多和唐．皮扎羅。
霍勒契克常現身在音樂會之中，他曾經在紐約卡內基音樂廳、維也納金色大廳和維也納音樂廳。他的專輯包括《唐．喬望尼》和《魔笛》的DVD，CD包括《魔笛》、《仙女》、施雷克爾歌劇《Irrelohe》和《Christophorus》。他曾因飾演《莎樂美》的施洗者約翰榮獲奧地利音樂劇場 - Goldenen Schikaneder獎項。
Sebastian Holecek
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Austrian bass-baritone Sebastian Holecek made his Royal Opera Covent Garden debut in 2013 as Speaker of the Temple (Die Zauberflöte) and has since sung Count Monterone (Rigoletto) for the Company. In the 2016/17 Season he returns to sing Fritz Kothner (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg).
Holecek was born in Vienna and studied at the University of Music there and in Italy with Gino Bechi. He is a member of the Vienna Volksopera, where his roles have included Escamillo (Carmen), Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), Scarpia (Tosca), Michele (Il tabarro) and Jokanaan (Salome). He is particularly well-known for his interpretation of Mozart baritone and bass-baritone roles and has sung Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) and Don Giovanni for opera houses including Vienna State Opera, Vienna Volksoper, Berlin State Opera and in Madrid, Barcelona, Düsseldorf, Paris, Monte Carlo and Santiago.
Other engagements include Spirit Messenger (Die Frau ohne Schatten) for Bavarian State Opera, Harlequin (Ariadne auf Naxos) for Vienna State Opera, the Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer) for Opéra national du Rhin, Don Fernando (Fidelio) for the Salzburg Festival and Don Pizarro (Fidelio) with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
Holecek appears widely in concert, in venues including Carnegie Hall, New York, and the Vienna Musikverein and Konzerthaus. His recordings include DVDs of Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflöte and CDs of Die Zauberflöte, Die Feen, Irrelohe and Christophoros. His awards include the Goldenen Schikaneder for his performances as Jokanaan.
