Bass Anthony Robin Schneider returns to Oper Frankfurt for the 21/22 season where he will be seen in Iolanta (Ibn-Hakia), Salome (Erster Soldat), Christmas Eve (Panas), Fedora (Cirillo), and Lohengrin (Heinrich der Vogler). Other engagements this season include a return to Houston Grand Opera for Die Zauberflöte (Sarastro) and Tirol Festspiel Erl for Die Walküre (Hunding). Last season at Oper Frankfurt he was seen in Le nozze di Figaro (Dr. Bartolo), Le vin herbé (Le Duc Hoël), and Siegfried (Fafner). In the summer of 2021, he made his debut at Tirol Festspiel Erl in Lohengrin (Heinrich).  In his first season at Oper Frankfurt he was seen in Don Carlo (Grand Inquisitor), Rigoletto (Sparafucile), Don Giovanni (Commendatore), and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Administrator/Sergeant). Additional engagements included a return to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 conducted by Edo de Waart.  Mr. Schneider made his Wiener Staatsoper debut in David McVicar’s production of Les Troyens (Ghost of Hector) conducted by Alain Altinoglu. Additional season highlights included debuts with The Cleveland Orchestra in Ariadne auf Naxos (Truffaldino) conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, Oper Frankfurt in a new Damiano Michieletto production of Der ferne Klang (Der Wirt) conducted Sebastian Weigle, and a return to Wolf Trap Opera for Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Der Tod) and Le vin herbé (Duc de Hoël) in their collaboration with Washington Concert Opera. In concert he performed Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart. Anthony made his debut with The Santa Fe Opera in Ariadne auf Naxos (Truffaldino) conducted by James Gaffigan and Candide (Baron/Grand Inquisitor) in a new Laurent Pelly production conducted by Harry Bicket. He is a graduate of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, where he was seen in Julius Caesar (Curio), Elektra (Tutor/Old Servant), and Il barbiere di Siviglia (Don Basilio). He was a Filene Young Artist at Wolf Trap Opera, performing in Tosca (Sacristan) and Rossini's La pietra del paragone (Fabrizio). Additionally, he sang Handel's Messiah in his Canadian debut with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. He is a graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, where he sang in Die Zauberflöte (Sarastro), in Rigoletto (Sparafucile), L’amore dei tre re (Archibaldo), Don Giovanni (Il Commendatore), Faust (Méphistophélès), La bohème (Colline), and Manon (Conte des Grieux). Anthony was a national semifinalist in The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Additional awards include a Career Development Grant from the Sullivan Foundation, a Catherine Filene Shouse Career Grant and 2nd Prize in The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Mid-Atlantic Region. He is also the proud recipient of a Kiri te Kanawa Foundation Scholarship.  A trilingual speaker (German, French and English), Anthony is a citizen of Austria and New Zealand.