Simon Bode joined the Opera Studio here before becomming a member of the Ensemble at Oper Frankfurt at the beginning of the 2012/13 season, during which he sang new roles in Die sizilianische Vesper and Adriana Lecouvreur. His many roles for the company have included Servo in Sciarrino's Luci mie traditrici (co-production between Oper Frankfurt and the 2010 »Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte« in Montepulciano – the first ever performances of the work in Italy- available on CD and DVD), Mozart's Belmonte and Tamino, Rodrigo (Otello) and the Count of Lerma / Herald (Don Carlo). During Oper Frankfurt's 2013/14 season his roles include Arbace (Idomeneo) and Tamino (Die Zauberflöte). He appeared at Norwegian National Opera in Oslo for the first time in August 2012, and will be returning in 2014 to sing Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. Son of a Korean mother and German father he studied with Prof. Charlotte Lehmann in Hannover and soon began winning prizes, including the renowned „Hans Sikorski Gedächtnispreis“ from the Deutschen Stiftung Musikleben. He has appeared at the Schleswig Holstein Musikfestival, Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival, the Staatsoper in Hannover, Staatstheater in Braunschweig and has often been heard on radio. In 2012 he made his debut with the NDR in Hamburg and in April of the same year he took part in a tour in France of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with 'Les Talens Lyriques'. Simon Bode and his pianist Nicholas Rimmer won 2nd Prize at the 2009 International Schubert Competition in Dortmund. His debut CD, Brahms Lieder recorded with Graham Johnson, was released by Hyperion Records in 2011. He can also be heard on OehmsClassics recordings of Wagner’s Die Feen/The Fairies and Das Liebesverbot/The Ban on Love - both conducted by Sebastian Weigle.