Born in Oberpullendorf, Austria, Schneider studied at the
University of Auckland and from 2013 at the
Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. He was a member of the opera studio of the
Houston Grand Opera in the 2017/18 season, and of the
Santa Fe Opera. He appeared first at the
Oper Frankfurt as the Innkeeper in Schreker's
Der ferne Klang on 31 March 2019, directed by
Damiano Michieletto who also made his house debut. The opera had been premiered in Frankfurt in 1912, and not been performed after World War II. A reviewer noted Schneider's convincing portrayal of the aggressive-lustful character. The production, with
Sebastian Weigle conducting, was recorded in 2021. Schneider became a member of the ensemble in Frankfurt with the 2019/20 season. Roles at the house have included Bartolo in Mozart's
Le nozze di Figaro, Heinrich in Wagner's
Lohengrin, Ibn-Hakia in Tchaikovsky's
Iolanta, Panas in Rimsky-Korsakov's
Christmas Eve, Cirillo in Giordano's
Fedora, and the title role in Handel‘s
Hercules. Schneider appeared as the Ghost of Hector in
Les Troyens by Berlioz at the
Vienna State Opera, Truffaldino in
Ariadne auf Naxos by Richards Strauss at the Santa Fe Opera, and as Grenvil in Verdi's
La Traviata and Sarastro in Mozart's
Die Zauberflöte at the Houston Grand Opera. He has performed in Wagner's
Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Tiroler Festspiele in
Erl, as Fafner in
Das Rheingold and
Siegfried, and Hunding in
Die Walküre. Schneider recorded Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony in 2019 with
Sabina Cvilak, Kristin Darragh, Oliver Johnston, the Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir and the
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Edo de Waart. On 10 March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, that recording was broadcast again by
Radio New Zealand. The same day, he was the bass soloist in the symphony's final in a charity concert for Ukraine at the
Alte Oper in Frankfurt, performed with
Monika Buczkowska,
Judita Nagyová and
AJ Glueckert, members of Frankfurt choirs, and the
hr-Sinfonieorchester conducted by
Juraj Valčuha. It was broadcast by
Hessischer Rundfunk. == References ==