Performance Database

Eberhard Friedrich

Eberhard Friedrich was born in Darmstadt and studied conducting with Helmuth Rilling in Frankfurt am Main, leading to his first appointment as chorus master at the Koblenz Town Theatre in 1986. Five years later he moved to a similar post at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden. He began his long association with the Bayreuth Festival in 1991, initially as assistant, but from 2000 as chorus master of the Bayreuth Festival Chorus. Since 1998 he has also been chorus master of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. His work attracted particular attention through Daniel Barenboim’s recording of Tannhäuser, which received a Grammy Award not least as a result of Eberhard Friedrich’s work with the Staatsoper Chorus. For its work on Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron, also conducted by Barenboim, the Staatsoper Chorus was named Chorus of the Year in 2004. In addition to his operatic responsibilities, Eberhard Friedrich has also worked with numerous other choirs on various projects. For many years he worked regularly with the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart, while also rehearsing the Youth Choir of Baden-Württemberg. Other choirs with which he has worked include those in Krakow, Tallinn and Vilnius, the Prague Philharmonic Choir and the Bavarian Radio Choir. In addition to his activities in Berlin and Bayreuth he worked with the Rundfunkchor Berlin, with the RIAS Chamber Choir of the Dutch Broadcast, and recently with the Choirs of the Westminster Choir College.

After 15 years working at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Eberhard Friedrich became chorus master of the Hamburg State Opera with the season 2013/14.  Under his leadership, the Bayreuth Festival Chorus is honored with the International Opera Award in 2014 as Best Opera Chorus.

Engagements in Bayreuth

Year Opera Part
2024 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2024 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2024 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2023 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2023 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2023 Tristan und Isolde Choral Conducting
2023 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2023 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2022 Tristan und Isolde Choral Conducting
2022 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2022 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2022 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2022 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2021 Konzert Parsifal Choral Conducting
2021 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Choral Conducting
2021 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2021 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2019 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2019 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Choral Conducting
2019 Tristan und Isolde Choral Conducting
2019 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2019 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2018 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2018 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Choral Conducting
2018 Tristan und Isolde Choral Conducting
2018 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2018 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2017 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2017 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2017 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Choral Conducting
2017 Tristan und Isolde Choral Conducting
2016 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2016 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2016 Tristan und Isolde Choral Conducting
2016 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2015 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2015 Tristan und Isolde Choral Conducting
2015 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2015 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2014 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2014 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2014 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2014 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2013 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2013 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2013 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2013 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2012 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2012 Tristan und Isolde Choral Conducting
2012 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2012 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2012 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2011 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2011 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Choral Conducting
2011 Tristan und Isolde Choral Conducting
2011 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2011 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2010 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2010 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2010 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Choral Conducting
2010 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2009 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2009 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2009 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Choral Conducting
2009 Tristan und Isolde Choral Conducting
2008 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2008 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2008 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Choral Conducting
2008 Tristan und Isolde Choral Conducting
2007 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2007 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2007 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2007 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Choral Conducting
2006 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2006 Tristan und Isolde Choral Conducting
2006 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2006 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2005 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2005 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2005 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2005 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2005 Tristan und Isolde Choral Conducting
2004 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2004 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2004 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2004 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2003 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2003 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2003 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2003 Der fliegende Holländer Choral Conducting
2002 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Choral Conducting
2002 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2002 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2002 Tannhäuser Choral Conducting
2001 Parsifal Choral Conducting
2001 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2001 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2001 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Choral Conducting
2000 Lohengrin Choral Conducting
2000 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Choral Conducting
2000 Götterdämmerung Choral Conducting
2000 Parsifal Choral Conducting