Kurt Moll Biography

Kurt Moll, bass

Kurt Moll studied at the Cologne Musikhochschule. He gained his first professional experience at provincial opera houses in Aachen, Mainz and Wuppertal before being engaged by the Staatsoper in Hamburg in 1970. In the same year he made his début at the Salzburg Festival as Sarastro. He now appears at all the leading opera houses, including La Scala, Milan, Covent Garden, and the Metropolitan Opera, New York. He is a frequent visitor to the Bayreuth and Salzburg festivals and is in much demand as a recitalist and concert singer. He has made over 100 recordings and won numerous prizes, including the prestigious title of Kammersänger from no less than three opera houses. In 1992 he was appointed professor at the Cologne Musikhochschule.