Tenor Angelo Pollak began his musical training at the age of six on the cello with Heinrich Schiff. He went on to study piano at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna where he joined the class of soprano Margit Klaushofer and completed his master’s degree with piano accompanist Charles Spencer.

Following a three year ensemble engagement at Theater Regensburg he started his career as a freelancer, working with opera directors including Frederic Wake-Walker and singers including Rolando Villazón (at the Mozartwoche Music Festival in Salzburg). He has appeared with Sir András Schiff at the Vicenza Opera Festival and performed at the Salzburg Festival, Musikverein Vienna and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, among others. He is a member of the newly founded young ensemble at the Vienna State Opera and appeared in the 30 Under 30 feature in the German edition of Forbes magazine.

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