MARKUS EICHE was born in St. Georgen im Schwarzwald,

he studied in Karlsruhe and Stuttgart and is a prizewinner of several national

and international competitions. He started his career at the National theater

Mannheim, and there played the roles of Marcello (La Bohème), Wolfram (Tannhäuser),

Papageno (Zauberflöte), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) as well as the

leading roles in Wozzeck and Don Giovanni. In the season 2007/2008, he became an

ensemble member of the Wiener Staatsoper and sang among others, Marcello,

Jeletzki, Belcore (L’elisir d’amore), Albert (Werther), Lescaut (Manon),

Fritz/Frank, Valentin (Faust), Donner (Das Rhein­gold), Gunther (Götterdämmerung),

Eugen Onegin, Don Juan (Aus einem Totenhaus), and Dr. Fal­ke (Die

Fledermaus). In addition, he has appeared as a guest at the Salzburger

Festspie­len, the Milan Scala, the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, the Semperoper

Dresden, the Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, the Finnish National Opera, the Gran

Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, the Münchner Staatsoper and at the Bayreuther

Festspielen. Since autumn 2012, Markus Eiche

teaches at the Zurich Hochschhule der Künste.    http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/kuenstler/saengerinnen/Eiche.en.php