Rainer Mesecke

Bass Rainer Mesecke originally comes from Prenzlau in Brandenburg and studied voice at the University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg. Master classes with Robert Holl, Margreet Honig and Reri Grist complement his versatile training.

While still a student, the young bass was already able to convince as a guest on the stage of the Hamburg State Opera, including as Sagriwow and Latunski in the contemporary opera "The Master and Margarita" by York Höller, directed by Jochen Biganzoli and conducted by Marcus Bosch. He also sang Dandini in a children's version of Rossini's "La Cenerentola" at the Opera stabile of the Hamburg State Opera.

He worked with well-known ensembles including the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and the Elbipolis Barockorchester. Concert tours have taken him to various European countries and to Russia

In 2015 he was a prize-winner of the International Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg Competition, and made his debut the following year as the Hermit in Weber's “Freischütz” at the Wernigerode Castle Festival (Werningeröder Schlossfestspiele).

Rainer Mesecke received his first permanent engagement at the Theater Hof from 2017 to 2019, where he attracted attention with buffo roles as well as in the serious repertoire. His roles there included Daland in "The Flying Dutchman", Sparafucile in "Rigoletto" and General Bumm in "The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein".

Since 2019 he has been a member of the ensemble at the Staatstheater Braunschweig, where his roles have included the Priest of Bel in Verdi's "Nabucco", Zeta in Lehar's "The Merry Widow" and Roy Cohn in Eötvös' "Angels in America". In 2020/21 Rainer Mesecke made his role debut in Braunschweig as Rocco in Beethoven's "Fidelio" and as the Speaker in "The Magic Flute". New roles in 2021/22 were Baculus in Lortzing's "Wildschütz" and Il Re in Verdi's "Aida". In the 2022/23 season he made his role debut as Fasolt in Wagner's "Rheingold".

In 2023/24 Rainer Mesecke can be heard at the Staatstheater Braunschweig as Basilio in Rossini's "Il barbiere di Siviglia" and as Michael in "Koma" by G. F. Haas