Highlights of the recent past include Rachmaninoff’s The Bells with the Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Gustavo Dudamel, Bach’s Johannes-Passion with Christoph Prégardien and the Kammerorchester Basel and RIAS Kammerchor, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Maxim Emeljanitschew and the Münchner Philharmoniker, Weill’s Die sieben Todsünden with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and Joana Mallwitz, Luigi Nono’s Il canto sospeso with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and Jonathan Stockhammer, and the world premiere of Alex Nante’s Mysterion with the Orchestre National de Lille conducted by Ben Glassberg.  He has appeared at the Salzburger Festspiele in a revival of the Lydia Steier production of Die Zauberflöte under the baton of Joana Mallwitz.

Simon Bode has given highly praised recital performances at Carnegie Hall, the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, the Rheingau Musik Festival, on numerous occasions at the Wigmore Hall.  His frequent collaborators include pianists Igor Levit, Graham Johnson, Simon Lepper, Nicholas Rimmer, Jonathan Ware, as well as accordionist Elsbeth Moser.  He was Artist in Residence at The Wigmore Hall in the 2022-23 season, performing three recitals: Winterreise with Simon Lepper; Die Schöne Müllerin accompanied by Igor Levit; and a varied program of Art Song in collaboration with Jonathan Ware.

Simon Bode and his frequent musical partner, Igor Levit, have given recitals at Kissinger Sommer, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Wigmore Hall, and at Vienna’s Musikverein, which marked the tenor’s debut in the famed Goldener Saal; recital appearances with Simon Lepper brought the artists to leading presenters throughout Germany and England.

While a member of the ensembles of Oper Frankfurt and the Staatsoper Hannover, Simon Bode received several nominations for ‘Young Singer of the Year’ from Opernwelt and recent engagements include performances at Norwegian National Opera, Opéra national de Bordeaux, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Göttingen International Handel Festival, Staatsoper Hannover, Theater Basel, and Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden.  He sings principal tenor roles by Britten, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Poulenc, R. Strauss, and Wagner.

A scholar and recipient of numerous academic and performance prizes and awards, Simon Bode worked in Hannover with Charlotte Lehmann and now studies in New York with Neil Semer.