Markus Eiche
MARKUS EICHE was born in St. Georgen im Schwarzwald, he studied in Karlsruhe and Stuttgart and is a prizewinner of several nationaland international competitions. He started his career at the National theater Mannheim, and there played the roles of Marcello (La Bohème), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Papageno (Zauberflöte), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) as well as the leading roles in Wozzeck and Don Giovanni. In the season 2007/2008, he became an ensemble member of the Wiener Staatsoper and sang among others, Marcello, Jeletzki, Belcore (L’elisir d’amore), Albert (Werther), Lescaut (Manon), Fritz/Frank, Valentin (Faust), Donner (Das Rheingold), Gunther (Götterdämmerung), Eugen Onegin, Don Juan (Aus einem Totenhaus), and Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus). In addition, he has appeared as a guest at the Salzburger Festspielen, the Milan Scala, the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, the Semperoper Dresden, the Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, the Finnish National Opera, the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, the Münchner Staatsoper and at the Bayreuther Festspielen. Since autumn 2012, Markus Eiche teaches at the Zurich Hochschhule der Künste.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1969-06-24 · St.Georgen, Germany
Known for
- The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold (2016) — Donner
- Tannhäuser (2019) — Wolfram von Eschenbach
- Tannhäuser (2014) — Wolfram von Eschenbach
- The Ring of the Nibelung: Twilight of the Gods (2016) — Gunther
- Götterdämmerung - Wiener Staatsoper (2017) — Gunther
- Capriccio - Wiener Staatsoper (2018) — Der Graf
- Manon Lescaut - Bayerische Staatsoper (2015) — Lescaut
- Manon Lescaut - Royal Opera House (2015) — Lescaut
- Pique Dame (2015) — Prince Yeletsky
- Die tote Stadt (2010) — Frank/Fritz
- Capriccio - Wiener Staatsoper (2013) — Olivier
- Wagner: Tannhäuser (2012) — Wolfram von Eschenbach
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (2008) — Fritz Kothner
- Solemn Mass of Saint Cecilia Teatro alla Scala in Milan (2025)
- Concerto di Natale dal Teatro alla Scala 2025 (2025)