Background
Widmer was born in Zürich and studied first under his father, the baritone Kurt Widmer, at the City of Basel Music Academy.
Widmer was born in Zürich and studied first under his father, the baritone Kurt Widmer, at the City of Basel Music Academy.
In 1998 he created the role of Jäger in Heinz Holliger"s opera Schneewittchen. He made his debut as a recitalist in 1985 followed by further study under Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin from 1986 to 1989. Widmer is married to the mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli.
He has been a member of the Zurich Opera from the early 1990s.
