Rainer trost biography examples

German operatic tenor (born 1966)

Rainer Trost (born on October 30, 1966) is a German tenor whose performance repertoire encompasses operas, operettas, Lieder and oratorios.

Wiener Staatsoper: Detail

He is known for roles in Mozart operas. He is also a voice teacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Life

Trost spent his childhood and youth in Stuttgart where he was born. In his home town, he was a member of the Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben for many years.^[1] He first studied law, but turned to singing, studying in Freiburg im Breisgau, Stuttgart and from 1987 to 1991 at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich, among others with Adalbert Kraus.^[1][2] Subsequently, Trost was an ensemble member of the Staatsoper Hannover until 1995.^[1][3]

In 1992, Trost launched his international career as Ferrando in Mozart's Così fan tutte with conductor John Eliot Gardiner in Paris^[2][4] This performance wa