Harald Kurt Tauber

was born on 30 August 1971 in Eisenstadt (Burgenland) but grew up in Upper Austria. After finishing primary school, he attended the music class of the BORG (secondary school) Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria). There, he first played the trumpet. At the age of 16, however, he already took singing lessons and, after getting his A-levels, he soon received a scholarship in order to start his studies of singing pedagogics at the Josef Matthias Hauer Conservatory in Wiener Neustadt. Meanwhile, he sucessfully participated as a singer in a double quartet in several singing competitions in Lower Austria and Vienna.

After graduating, he moved to the state capital Vienna and completed a further study in the field of "musical, operetta and chanson" under the direction of Lilo Mrazek and Robert Opratko with honour at the local conservatory. During his education, he already played some leading roles in Goethe's DIE MITSCHULDIGEN, Mozart's BASTIEN and BASTIENNE, ARIAN - DAS KELTENMUSICAL, INTO THE WOODS, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Later, he occupied additional courses with Geraldine Armstrong, Dennis Callahan (dance) and Michael Pinkerton (interpretation).
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Right after graduating, he was hired for the world premiere of TANZ DER VAMPIRE by the Vereinigte Bühnen Vienna, where he also could be seen in MOZART! and JEKYLL & HYDE later on. Further engagements in Austria and abroad followed, including the German premiere of DRACULA in Tecklenburg and FALCO MEETS AMADEUS at the Wörtherseefestspiele in Klagenfurt. Since the German premiere of WE WILL ROCK YOU, where he got the chance to work with the founders of the rockband Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor, Cologne has become his permanent residence.

At the world premiere of TUTANCHAMUN in Gutenstein, Harald created the role of Ofir and is also featured on the Original Cast record. This collaboration has been continued in the following season when he played the role of Koloman Moser in GUSTAV KLIMT. Two years in a row, he toured Germany as Soloist and Resident Director for MUSICAL FIEBER. During the Freilichtspiele Tecklenburg 2010, he appeared as Duke of Buckingham in 3 MUSKETEERS and as Diesel in WEST SIDE STORY. Most recently, he could be seen as bandleader Alex in WHAT A FEELING at the Frankfurt Komödie and as Dentist/Plant in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at the Theater im Centrum in Kassel.

Apart from his job as a musical actor, he teaches music and singing, organized several galas in favour of the Austrian Cancer Aid and produced the CDs "Freiheit" and "Traumwelt". Since September 2011, he operates a theatre agency in Cologne and is currently working on a solo project with own songs under the stage name Hazza. Despite his musical talent, Harald is not related to the famous tenor Richard Tauber (1891-1948).

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