Alongside an extensive concert schedule, he focuses on selected operatic productions. In early 2022 he performed the title role of Jan van Leyden in the world premiere of the opera J. S. Bach – The Apocalypse in Den Haag. The production was realized by Opera2Day in cooperation with the Nederlandse Bachvereniging to celebrate their 100th jubilee and was highly acclaimed by critics. After the cancellation of most of the shows due to the global pandemic, a revival in the Netherlands and Germany is scheduled for 2024.
During 2022/23, Florian Sievers will be a guest at several major houses and festivals, showing a broad repertoire including the evangelist part in the Weihnachtshistorie by H. Schütz at Amsterdam Concertgebouw, various parts in King Arthur and The Fairy Queen (H. Purcell) in the Palau de la Música Catalana Barcelona and Teatro Real Madrid, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in the Alsion Sønderborg and at the Victoria International Arts Festival (Malta), Bach’s St. Matthew Passion both in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Berliner Philharmonie, Paulus by Mendelssohn in the Gewandhaus Leipzig, Handel’s opera Ariodante at Händelfestspiele Halle, cantatas at the Bachfest Leipzig and Schubert songs at the Origen Festival Cultural (Switzerland).
He regularly collaborates with artists like Frieder Bernius (Musikpodium Stuttgart), Lionel Meunier (Vox Luminis), Shunske Sato (Nederlandse Bachvereniging) and Wolfgang Katschner (Lautten Compagney). Furthermore, he has sung with Hans-Christoph Rademann, Jos van Veldhoven, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Concerto Köln, L’Orfeo Barockorchester, Dresdner Philharmonie, Hamburger Symphoniker, Elbipolis Barockorchester and Sønderjyllands Symfonieorkester.
Since 2019, he has worked as a guest artist in residence at Chemnitz Opera, where he sang in Mozart‘s Entführung aus dem Serail(Pedrillo), Zimmermann‘s Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin (Schuhuloge et al.), Bizet‘s Carmen (Le Dancaire), Beethoven‘s Fidelio (Erster Gefangener) and Wagner‘s Lohengrin (Erster brabantischer Edler).
Recordings for labels like Rondeau, cpo, Coviello, Carus and various German radio stations bear witness to Florian Sievers’ active artistic work. The all soloistic recording of Bach’s St. John Passion 1725 with Ælbgut and Wunderkammer in which he performed all solo and choral parts for tenor was awarded the prestigious OPUS KLASSIK Award in 2020.
Further recordings to be released in 2022/23 include works of Haydn and Schubert (Frieder Bernius), cantatas from Leipzig 1723 (Bach et al., Ælbgut), two albums with cantatas from the early Baroque by Thomas Selle (Monika Mandelartz) and the contemporary opera Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin by Udo Zimmermann (Diego Martin-Etxebarria/Chemnitz Opera).
Florian Sievers gained his first singing experience as a soprano in Uetersen Boys’ Choir. He first studied music education in Lübeck. Between 2006-2019, he was a founding member of the vocal ensemble Quartonal, giving concerts around Europe and Asia and releasing two albums for Sony Classical.
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