Michael Schade is a Canadian operatic tenor who was born in Geneva and raised in Germany and Canada. He married mezzo-soprano Norine Burgess. Mr. Schade and his children, daughter, Sophie and twins Lisbet and Nikolaus, live in Oakville, Ontario near Toronto. Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German: (help· info) //, Italian: Ginevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland, situated where Lake Geneva (French Lac Léman) flows into the Rhône River. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Avancez (from French meaning Advance). Established: Area: 138. ...

Schade is considered to be one of the leading Mozart tenors on the stage today. He regularly performs at the Canadian Opera Company,Vienna Staatsoper, Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Washington Opera, Opéra National de Paris, San Francisco Opera, Hamburg State Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Los Angeles Opera. At the Vienna Staatsoper, Mr. Schade has appeared in Daphne, Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail,Die Zauberflöte, Arabella, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, L'elisir d'amore , Die schweigsame Frau and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was one of the most significant and influential of all composers of Western classical music. ... The Canadian Opera Company is the largest opera company in Canada and is located in Toronto, Ontario. ... Vienna State Opera (German: Wiener Staatsoper), located in Vienna, Austria, is one of the most important opera companies in Europe. ... The Salzburg Festival is a prominent music festival in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ... The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza A full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Józef Hofmann, November 28, 1937. ... The Washington National Opera is a world-class opera company in Washington, D.C., USA, Its artistic director is the Spanish tenor, Plácido Domingo. ... Opéra National de Paris is the leading opera company of France. ... San Francisco Opera (SFO) is the second largest opera company in North America. ... The Hamburg State Opera (in German: Hamburgische Staatsoper) is one of the leading opera companies in Germany. ... The Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading opera companies in the United States. ... The Los Angeles Opera is a world-class opera company in Los Angeles, California. ... Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. ... Così fan tutte is an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ... The Abduction from the Seraglio (K. 384; in German Die Entführung aus dem Serail) is a comic opera in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ... Arabella is an opera (lyric comedy in 3 acts) by Richard Strauss with libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last common work. ... The Barber of Seville is a theatre play by Beaumarchais, written in 1775, and originally entitled Le Barbier de Séville in French. ... Lelisir damore (The Elixir of Love) is a comic opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on Eugène Scribes Le Philtre. ...

Mr. Schade has an extensive discography with a recording of Die Schöne Müllerin with Malcolm Martineau (CBC Records), Mozart's Mass in C Major (BMG) conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and Daphne (Decca). His first solo recording - Of Ladies and Love -Songs of Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt, Ravel, Fauré, Strauss recorded for Hyperion received enthusiastic accolades. Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795, is a song cycle by Franz Schubert on poems by Wilhelm Müller. ... Nikolaus Harnoncourt (born December 6, 1929) is an Austrian conductor, known for his historically accurate performances of music from the classical era and earlier. ... Daphne - From the painting by Deverial. ... Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer of Classical music, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. ... For the crater on the moon, see Schubert (crater) Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828), was an Austrian composer. ... Franz Liszt (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a virtuoso pianist and composer. ... Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist, best known for his orchestral work, Boléro, and his famous 1922 orchestral arrangement of Modest Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition. ... Portrait with oils of Gabriel Fauré by John Singer Sargent, about 1889 (in the Paris Museum of Music) Gabriel Urbain Fauré (May 12, 1845 – November 4, 1924) was a French composer. ... In German-speaking cultures, Strauß (the German word for ostrich) is a common surname, and Strauss and Straus are less common ones. ...

"He sings Strauss's 'Cäcilie', and a wonderfully hushed 'Zueignung' as though he and Martineau were the first to discover their ecstacy." says BBC Music Magazine in a 5 star review.

Schade's recording of St. Matthew Passion (Teldec), conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt won the 2002 GRAMMY for Best Choral Performance. Several composers have written St. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...

Selected Discography

• The Creation (DGG)
• Die Zauberflöte (DGG Archiv)
• Leonore with John Eliot Gardiner
• St. John Passion
• St. Matthew Passion
• The Creation
• Elijah
• Paulus
• Christus by Anton Rubinstein with Helmuth Rilling (Hännsler)
• Fidelio under Sir Colin Davis (BMG)
• Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg with Wolgang Sawallisch (EMI)
• Otello with Myung-Whun Chung (DGG)
• Joseph Haydn's Theresien-messe
• Missa Sancti Nicolai with Trevor Pinnock (DGG Archiv)
• Soirée Française with baritone Russell Braun (1997,CBC Records)-a Juno Awardwinner and the Gabriel Fauré Award in France
• Serata Italiana, featuring Italian opera arias and duets with Russell Braun (CBC Records)
• Das Lied von der Erde (DGG).