Steven Kronauer
Lecturer
Voice
Music Building #2236
Tenor Steven Kronauer is experienced as a voice teacher, tenor, and conductor, and is well-versed in the areas of opera, oratorio, musical theater, and vocal pedagogy. After completing two Master’s degrees at the University of Michigan, one in Voice Performance and the other in Choral Conducting, Mr. Kronauer began his professional career in the chorus of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany, as its youngest member ever. During his ten year engagement with the chorus, he had the privilege of meeting and studying with many noted singers of the highest echelon, including world famous Verdi tenor, Dennis O’Neill and Wagnerian baritone Donald MacIntyre. After extensive vocal study, Mr. Kronauer was employed as a soloist with the Bavarian State Opera for television broadcasts, CD recordings, and live radio performances, appearing with Renee Fleming, Kurt Mohl, and many others, in secondary tenor roles. Mr. Kronauer performed the role of Smy in a world premiere of the German opera Peter Pan, by Willfried Hiller, directed by the world famous stage director August Everding. This performance was recorded at the Prinz-Regenten Theatre in Munich, Germany, and distributed by Deutche Gramaphone.
Mr. Kronauer has studied oratorio with the finest of the field, including Ernst Haefliger and Peter Schreier, in Germany (while being a guest observer at the Deutche Stats Opera in Berlin, Germany). He also studied with tenor John McCollum in the United States. Since then, he established a career in Europe singing oratorio under such noted conductors as Karl Anton Richenbacher and Peter Schneider. Additionally, Mr. Kronauer has sung as a soloist at the Cologne Philharmonic, and with the Munich Philharmonic in Germany. He has sung more than 100 performances of Carmina Burana, internationally. Mr. Kronauer’s interest in opera conducting was enhanced upon becoming acquainted with Zubin Mehta and Wolfgang Sawalisch at the Munich Opera.
