Mörbisch Lake Festival

Singer now “rocks” the musical and opera stage

The Lower Austrian Michael Wachelhofer is now devoting himself to his acting career.(Bild: Reinhard Müller)

Michael Wachelhofer from Mödling (Lower Austria) actually rocked international stages for years with his band "Cornerstone". But the singer has now moved into a different genre ...

Since this year, Michael Wachelhofer has devoted himself increasingly to acting and even took part in the series "The Regime" with Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant. Another highlight of his still young acting career: a small role at the Vienna Festival. In the opera "La Clemenza di Tito", he played the emperor's bodyguard. "The engagement was a miracle. I had no experience on the opera stage. One of my best friends died unexpectedly in December. He was a big opera fan himself, so I dedicated this engagement to him," says Wachelhofer.

Engagement at the Mörbisch Lake Festival
He can currently be seen in the musical "My Fair Lady" at the Mörbisch Lake Festival, where he shares the stage with acting great Dolores Schmidinger, among others. "Although I'm no stranger to performing in front of such a large backdrop due to my stage experience, it was the first time in my life that I had stood on stage as an actor in front of so many people," he admits. The play will be performed on the lake stage until August 17.

Seefestspiele Mörbisch: from left to right: Dolores Schmidinger, Anna Rosa Döller, Ramin Dustdar, Marika Lichter, Mark Seibert, Michael Wachelhofer (kneeling on the far right)(Bild: kurtpinter.com)

Michael Wachelhofer with Dolores Schmidinger(Bild: zVg)

Afterwards, Wachelhofer's next engagement awaits him, namely as part of the Rodauner Theatersommer in Vienna. There he will take part in the play "Der Schwierige" by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.