Last updated: 06 April 2009
Jury member: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Cardiff Singer of the World 2009/Song Prize
Kurt Moll, bass, was born in Cologne and studied at the Cologne Conservatory. In 1970 he joined the Staatsoper Hamburg and in the same year made his debut at the Salzburger Festspiele as Sarastro Die Zauberflöte under Wolfgang Sawallisch.
He has sung at all the major opera houses across the world, including La Scala, Milan, Metropolitan Opera, New York, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera, Bayreuth Festival, San Francisco Opera, Staatsoper MΓΌnchen, Chicago Opera, L'Opera de la Bastille and Tokyo Opera.
Roles include Osmin Die Entführung aus dem Serail, King Marke Tristan und Isolde, Gurnemanz Parsifal, Seneca L'incoronazione di Poppea, Commendatore Don Giovanni, Gremin Eugene Onegin, Baron Ochs Der Rosenkavalier, Rocco Fidelio, Kaspar Der Freischütz, Sparafucile Rigoletto and Daland Der fliegende Holländer.
He has also performed and recorded much of the Lieder repertoire, including the works of Schubert, Richard Strauss and Carl Loewe.
Kurt Moll has made more than 100 recordings of opera and oratorio with conductors including Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti, Carlos Kleiber, Leonard Bernstein, Rafael Kubelik, Bernard Haitink, James Levine and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
He has been awarded many honours, including the prestigious title of Kammersänger (court singer) from three opera houses.
