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Described by Das Opernglas as “a strong, rich and warm-colored voice with assured style,” Mark Schnaible continues to impress audiences both in the United States and abroad with his bass-baritone voice and dramatic intensity. His wide-ranging repertoire includes the title roles of Giulio Cesare, Don Giovanni, Figaro, Gianni Schicchi, Der Fliegende Höllander, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and Sweeney Todd. In addition to these roles, he has sung to critical acclaim Friedrich (Das Liebesverbot in the North American staged première), Escamillo, The four villains (Les contes d’Hoffmann), Leporello, Count Almaviva, Orest, Jochanaan Dr Schön, and Pizarro.
Mark Schnaible has sung under prominent conductors such as Bertrand de Billy, Jean-Claude Casadesus. Christoph Eschenbach, Seiji Ozawa, Michel Plasson, Ralf Weikert and Franz Welser-MöSt He is equally at home with concert repertoire having most recently sung Haydn’s The Creation with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and David Stern. Also in his repertoire are Mendelssohn’s Elijah and St Paul; settings of the Requiem by Duruflé, Fauré, Mozart, Brahms, and Verdi; Handel’s Messiah, Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder, Bach’s Mass in B minor, St Matthew Passion, and St John Passion; Beethoven’s Symphony No 9; as well as Haydn’s The Seasons.