Award-winning Baritone Cornelius Lewenberg started his singing as a member of the childrens choir at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. During his study at Karlsruhe conservatory he worked with Prof. Röhlig, Prof. Shirai and Prof. Höll. Other mentors have included KS. Prof. Julia Varady, Brigitte Fassbaender and Prof. Eiche. Lewenberg has appeared at the Staatstheater Darmstadt  the Nationaltheater Mannheim the Stadttheater Pforzheim. Internationally, he sang Starveling in "A Midsummernight's Dream“ by Britten in Yorke Trust Opera (UK). Beginning in the season 2016/2017 until Summer 2021, Cornelius Lewenberg has been an ensemble member at Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin. During this time his roles included Ned Keene in "Peter Grimes“, Hans Scholl in "Die weiße Rose“ by Udo Zimmermann and Marullo in "Rigoletto“.  Lewenberg was an award-winner of the Badischer Kulturfonds e.V., the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg where he sang in "Tucholskys Spiegel“ by James Reynolds. In 2019, he won at the Opernakademie Bad Orb and appeared as Il Conte in Mozarts "Le nozze di Figaro“. Apart from his demanding schedule as an Oratorio soloist, Lewenberg is a regular Lieder recitalist, having given concerts throughout Germany, Austria and England. His recent opera roles include Papageno in "Die Zauberflöte“ by Mozart at the Opernspiele Munot, Mendel in "Anatevka" at the Komische Opera Berlin and Kilian in "Der Freischütz“ at the Schlossfestpiele Zwingenberg. In 2023 he joined the Ensemble of Kammeroper Hamburg for "Orpheus in the underworld“, "La Traviata“ and „Cosi fan tutte“. In summer 2024 he sang at the Salzburg Festival the „Hohepriester“ in St. Matthew Passion by Bach under the baton of Teodor Currentzis. Upcoming concerts are Bachs christmas oratorio in Berlin and Essen, Brahms-Requiem in Berlin as well as new roles at the Kammeroper Hamburg.