{"id":6237,"date":"2025-10-01T11:49:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/?page_id=6237"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T13:06:58","slug":"artistic-director-ks-clemens-unterreiner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/en\/artistic-director-ks-clemens-unterreiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic Director KS Clemens Unterreiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow av-small-hide av-mini-hide  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_slideshow_full  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-c0991p-b588017e95c7bb059d2984998957373e avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-small-hide av-mini-hide av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 28.666666666667%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-c0991p-b588017e95c7bb059d2984998957373e__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-5934 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-5934\"  src=\"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UeHeader-HP.png\" width=\"1500\" height=\"430\" title='\u00a9 Alexander Ch. 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.av-special-heading.av-mfuweg1k-2c17a26cabcf9caa463cc7196fc6de80 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mfuweg1k-2c17a26cabcf9caa463cc7196fc6de80 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mfuweg1k-2c17a26cabcf9caa463cc7196fc6de80 av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock  av-inherit-size'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >KS Clemens Unterreiner<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mfuw0xxw-9d0de53071cff3c3c63ea2fbca8ec297 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-173 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\/>Clemens Unterreiner\u2019s inspiring life \u2013 from losing his sight as a child to becoming a celebrated \u201cKammers\u00e4nger,\u201d soloist at the Vienna State Opera, author, teacher, and artistic director \u2013 is a truly remarkable Austrian story.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Clemens Unterreiner grew up in his hometown Vienna, as well as in Graz and Budapest and received private vocal training from various renowned teachers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since 2005 he has been a soloist at the Vienna State Opera, captivating audiences in more than 900 performances, 25 premieres and over 90 different roles. As an internationally sought-after guest soloist and concert singer, he has performed in London, Paris, New York, Tokyo, Baden-Baden, Dresden, Budapest, Nice, Muscat, Copenhagen, Helsinki and many other countries. In doing so, he regularly collaborates with all the major colleagues, directors, and conductors in the classical music world.  <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since September 2023, Clemens Unterreiner has served as Artistic Director of the prestigious Opera BURG GARS festival, set at the historic Babenberg Castle in Gars am Kamp. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Following a multi-stage, intensive selection process, Clemens Unterreiner was unanimously appointed as artistic director for the 2024\u20132026 seasons. After director Karel Drgac (1990\u20132013) and conductor Johannes Wildner (2013\u20132023), this marks the first time that one of Austria\u2019s most distinguished opera singers has taken on the role of artistic director at the Opera BURG GARS.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">His extensive stage experience and deep knowledge of the international music theater business, his many years of experience in press work and fundraising, as well as his charitable and socio-political engagement, support of young emerging artists, jury work at singing competitions as well as teaching at international masterclasses, all complement the artistic profile of the new director.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>In his third year at the Opera BURG GARS, Clemens Unterreiner will present Giacomo Puccini\u2019s <em data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"177\">MADAMA BUTTERFLY<\/em> in the summer of 2026, one of the most significant works in opera history.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6237"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8797,"href":"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6237\/revisions\/8797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}