Daniel Behle has become well-known to a wider audience ever since the release of the award-winning recording of Mozart's “Die Zauberflöte” under René Jacobs in September 2010. His interpretation of Tamino earned glowing praise from music critics, who compared him to the young Fritz Wunderlich.

The tenor has also made a name for himself as a Lied singer. His debut CD with works by Schubert, Beethoven, Grieg, Britten and Trojahn was selected by the Metropolitan Opera Guild as one of the 15 best new releases of 2009. His second CD, “Die schöne Müllerin/Auf dem Strom”, released on the Capriccio label in summer 2010, also received outstanding reviews. He gave his first song recital at Radio France in autumn of 2010 and has been engaged by the Schubertiade and the Schwetzingen Festival.

Daniel Behle has appeared at the leading European opera houses, including Milan's La Scala, the Vienna Staatsoper, the Bavarian Staatsoper in Munich, the Frankfurt Opera, the Berlin Staatsoper and the Royal Opera in Stockholm. Future engagements will take him to the Vienna Volksoper, where he will sing the role of Fenton in “Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor”; the Opéra National de Lyon, the Cologne Opera and the Frankfurt Opera as Don Ottavio in “Don Giovanni”; the Grand Théâtre de Genève as Belmonte in “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” and the Opéra National de Paris as Rosillon in “Die lustige Witwe” in spring 2012. Daniel Behle's concert repertoire includes Bach's great oratorios, Handel's “Messiah”, Mozart's “Requiem”, Rossini's “Stabat mater” and “Petite messe solennelle”, Dvorák's “Requiem” and Mendelssohn's “Elijah”.

He has given concerts with the WDR Radio Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and the Capella Augustina. In spring 2011 he sings Bach's “St. John Passion” for the first time with the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, conducted by Frans Brüggen, and makes his debut with the Dresden Staatskapelle under the baton of Christian Thielemann in Bach's “Christmas Oratorio” in December 2011.

After studying trombone and composition, Daniel Behle completed his studies in voice with distinction at the University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg. He won first prize at several prestigious vocal competitions, among them the Robert Stolz Competition and the Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo. The Hamburg native currently lives in Basel.

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