The Bundeswettbewerb Gesang has announced the 2024 winners. Manuel Winckhler won the first prize in the opera/operetta category. The bass-baritone is in the midst of performances of “Die Zauberflöte” at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. He will also headline Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Berlin Philharmonic under Howard Griffiths at the end of the month. Meanhile Gaja Napast won the second {…}