Johannes von Duisburg

Bass-Baritone Johannes von Duisburg, born in Dresden , started his vocal training at school. Aged 20, he made his debut as a soloist at . the “Stadttheater Brandenburg”. After moving to former West-Berlin, he studied and made his degree at the “Universität der Künste” there. Throughout these studies, he joined the master class of Kammersänger Prof. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. His regulare voice theacher was Kammersänger Peter Gougaloff. 1989 he got the first price at the “Young Artists Competition” sponsored by the Philip Morris Company, 1992 the second price in the “Opera Singers Competition” of “Staatsoper Hannover”, 1995 than the “O.E.Hasse Award” for outstanding stage-performers. In 1991, he accepted a contract at the “Mecklenburgische Staatstheater” Schwerin and made his role-debuts as