Giacomo Schmidt

NAME
Giacomo Schmidt

HOMELAND
Flensburg

STUDY
Singing at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Cologne
Singing at Universität der Künste Berlin
Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhage

MASTER CLASSES WITH
Thomas Hampson
Susan Manoff
Rudolf Piernay
Elly Ameling
Robert Holl

COMPETITIONS / AWARDS
2024: First Place at the Internationale Wettbewerb für Liedkunst der Hugo-Wolf-Akademie
2023: Second Place and Audience Award at the Internationale Schubert-Wettbewerb Dortmund
2023: Audience Award at the International Vocal competition ’s-Hertogenbosch

IMPORTANT CONDUCTORS
Carlo Goldstein
Yi-Chen Lin
Axel Kober

IMPORTANT DIRECTORS
Rodula Gaitanou
Jacopo Spirei
Amy Lane

IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT
Former member of the Opera Academy at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen
Co-founder and former ensemble member of the music theater collective operationderkuenste
Since 2026: Member of the Opera studio at the Komische Oper Berlin

IMPORTANT PARTS ELSEWHERE
Marullo (Rigoletto, Royal Danish Opera)
José Castro (La fanciulla del West, Opera Hedeland)
Papageno (Die Zauberflöte, operationderkuenste)
Graf von Almaviva (Il nozze di Figaro, operationderkuenste)
Guglielmo (Così fan tutte, Operaakademiet)
Ramiro (L’heure espagnole)

EXCURSIONS
Royal Danish Opera Copenhagen
Wiener Staatsoper
Lucerne Festival (Peter, Hänsel und Gretel)
Rheingau Musik Festival

As of September 2026