Life and career
From 1979 to 1987, Trinsinger was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor. He studied voice at the Musikhochschule Dresden and took several master classes. [1]
Trinsinger was first engaged at the studio of the Bavarian State Opera, then at the Theater Würzburg. [1] [2] He appeared there as Papageno in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte alongside Diana Damrau, who first sang Pamina and then the Queen of the Night. [3]
Trinsinger has been a member of the Aalto Theatre in Essen since 1999, where he appeared in roles such as Amonasro in Verdi's Aida . He went on to sing more roles in the Italian repertoire, but also Wagner characters such as Orsini in Rienzi , Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde , and Wolfram in Tannhäuser . [3] In 2010, he appeared as Dr. Schön in Alban Berg's Lulu , alongside Julia Bauer in the title role. [4]
He appeared as a guest at major German opera houses, such as Hamburg, the Bavarian State Opera, the Staatstheater Kassel, Bonn and the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. [3] In 2016 he appeared at the Komische Oper Berlin as Lord Ruthven in Marschner's Der Vampyr . [5] [1] [2]
Trinsinger first performed as Wolfram at the Stadttheater Minden, where he also portrayed Telramund in Wagner's Lohengrin . [3] From 2015, he appeared as Alberich in Der Ring in Minden , Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Stadttheater Minden conducted by Frank Beermann, which was completed in 2019. [2] [6] A reviewer noted his spectacular expressiveness in every situation. [7] Another reviewer mentioned his thunderous curse of the ring in Das Rheingold. [8]
On 10 July 2021, Trinsinger appeared as Pizarro in Beethoven's Fidelio in a concert performance at the Alfred Fischer Hall in Hamm as part of the KlassikSommer Hamm festival. Beermann conducted the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, choir and soloists. [9]
In concert, he appeared as the baritone soloist in Ein deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms at the St. Johannis church in Würzburg in 2012, among others.
