Thomas Scharr (Baritone)

Born: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

he German baritone, Thomas Scharr, gained his first musical experience in Stuttgart with the Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben. He studied at the University for Music and the School for Opera in Mannheim with Professor Dr. Alejandro Ramirez and Professor Jutta Gleue and perfected his vocal skills in master-classes given by Rudolf Piernay, Jakob Stämpfli, James Wagner and Sebastian Vittucci in Vienna.

From 1998 to 2003 Thomas Scharr was a member of the permanent ensemble at the Landestheater of Linz/Austria where he gave his international debut. During these years he performed various roles in a broad repertoire of operas and was seen in productions like Peter Grimes, I Pagliacci, The Bat and The Merry Widow. As an acknowledgement of his success he has been invited to guest performances in Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Nuernberg and Chemnitz. Under the direction of Dennis Russel Davis he sang at the Opera Festival in Athens and at the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele.

Following these years of gaining comprehensive experience in the world of opera Thomas Scharr is now strongly demanded as a concert singer and participates regularly in radio and CD productions. Most recently he was engaged by the SWR Stuttgart for a recording directed by Kay Johannsen.

The moving timbre of his voice and the fantastic musical instincts allow him to cover a wide range of oratorios. Especially his performances of Matthäus-Passion (BWV 244) and Mass in B minor (BWV 232) by J.S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn’s Paulus as well as Messiah by George Frideric Handel received excellent comments in the press. He celebrated successes at many famous concert halls in Europe, e.g. in the Phiharmonie of Cologne, the Bremer Glocke, the Liederhalle in Stuttgart and the Viennese Musikverein. As a guest singer he was also invited to countless festivals like the Schwetzingen Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Vienna Festival Weeks, the Bodensee Festival, the European Music Festival of Stuttgart and the traditional Salzburg Festival.

Sources:
Thomas Scharr Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (November 2013)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Kay Johannsen

Bass

Video: BWV 21, BWV 32, BWV 38, BWV 75, BWV 92, BWV 123, BWV 138, BWV 156
[C13-3] (Bach:vokal 2013, Video): BWV 42
[C16-2] (Bach:vokal 2016, Video): BWV 249
[C17-1] (Bach:vokal 2017, Video): BWV 13
[C17-5] (Bach:vokal 2017, Video): BWV 186a, BWV 140
[C18-2] (Bach:vokal 2018, Video): BWV 59, BWV 74
[C20-1] (Bach:vokal 2020, Video): BWV 173
[C20-4] (Bach:vokal 2020, Video): BWV 131

Kay Johannsen

Bass

Member of Solistenensemble Stimmkunst:
Bach:vokal 2013/I Video: BWV 156, BWV 81, BWV 14; BWV 144, BWV 92
[C13-3] (Bach:vokal 2013, Video): BWV 67, BWV 42
[C13-4] (Bach:vokal 2013, Video): BWV 242, BWV 85, BWV 104
[C13-9] (Bach:vokal 2013, Video): BWV 38, BWV 109
[C13-10] (Bach:vokal 2013, Video): BWV 98, BWV 226, BWV 188
Bach:vokal 2014/1 Video: BWV 153, BWV 123
Bach:vokal 2014/2 Video: BWV 233, BWV 65
Bach:vokal 2014/4 Video: BWV 22, BWV 23
Bach:vokal 2014/5 Video: BWV 159, BWV 127
Bach:vokal 2015/1 Video: BWV 3, BWV 32, BWV 230, BWV 124
Bach:vokal 2015/5 Video: BWV 21, BWV 75
[C15-6] (Bach:vokal 2015, Video): BWV 161, BWV 95, BWV 27, BWV 8
[C16-1] (Bach:vokal 2016, Video): BWV 71, BWV 18, BWV 126, BWV 181
[C16-2] (Bach:vokal 2016, Video): BWV 4, BWV 249
[C17-1] (Bach:vokal 2017, Video): BWV 13, BWV 73, BWV 111, BWV 72
[C17-5] (Bach:vokal 2017, Video): BWV 70, BWV 186a, BWV 140
[C18-2] (Bach:vokal 2018, Video): BWV 172, BWV 59, BWV 74, BWV 175
[C20-1] (Bach:vokal 2020, Video): BWV 173, BWV 68, BWV 174, BWV 129
[C20-4] (Bach:vokal 2020, Video): BWV 150, BWV 131, BWV 182

Links to other Sites

Thomas Scharr - Bariton (Official Website) [mostly German]
Thomas Scharr - Bass (Bach:vokal) [German]