Daniel Schmutzhard

Daniel Schmutzhard (born 1982) is an Austrian operatic baritone.
Life.
Born in Aldrans, Schmutzhard was a boy soloist with the Wilten Boys' Choir under Johannes Stecher and studied while still at school at the . He continued his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Ralf Döring.
From 2005 to 2011 he was a member of the ensemble at the Volksoper Wien and from 2011 to 2018 at the Oper Frankfurt. At the same time he was a guest at the Bregenzer Festspiele, the Theater an der Wien, the Berlin State Opera, the Paris Opera and the Komische Oper Berlin.
Since the 2018/19 season, he has been working freelance.
He has been married to the opera singer Annette Dasch since 2011 and has two children.