Biography
The German tenor Maximilian Mayer completed his vocal studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. From 2016 to 2023, he was a member of the ensemble at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich.
Guest engagements have taken him to the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, the Semperoper Dresden, Oper Leipzig, Oper Köln and Theater an der Wien. His repertoire includes roles such as Tamino, Ferrando, Don Ottavio, as well as Candide, Eisenstein, and Danilo.
Since 2023, Maximilian Mayer has pursued a freelance career and was most recently seen as Count Danilo at Bühne Baden. In the 2024/25 season, he made his debut at Theater an der Wien as Cervantes in Johann Strauss’s operetta Das Spitzentuch der Königin.
During the same season, he appeared in France as Tamino in a new production of The Magic Flute at Opéra de Rennes and Angers Nantes Opéra. He has previously performed this signature role at Oper Leipzig, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Theater Dortmund, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, and Staatstheater Kassel.
In April 2023, he made his Wagner debut at Staatstheater Kassel as Froh. In the 2023/24 season, he appeared at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing as Camille de Rosillon in The Merry Widow. He reprised this role in December 2023 at Oper Köln and in May 2024 at Vereinigte Bühnen Bozen.
Maximilian Mayer is also in demand as a concert soloist: Most recently, in December 2025, he performed in a concert version of Der Stein der Weisen by Emanuel Schikaneder at Theater an der Wien. In the summer of 2025, he performed Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust in Kassel and appeared at the renowned Grafenegg Festival, singing both Alfred and Eisenstein in a concert performance of Johann Strauss’ The Bat.
In 2022, he performed at the New Year’s Concert with the Nürnberger Symphoniker at the Meistersingerhalle. Concerts with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Kiel followed in 2023 and 2024, performing Bernstein’s Candide and Mendelssohn’s Paulus.
Guest engagements have additionally taken him to the Semperoper Dresden, Theater Heidelberg, Theater Koblenz, Lehár Festival in Bad Ischl, Operklosterneuburg Festival and Seefestspiele Mörbisch.
In September 2015 he won not only first prize in the musicals and operetta division but also the audience choice prize and the special prize for the best interpretation of a Viennese Lied at the Heinrich Strecker Cross-Over Competition.
