Andreas Schager studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, beginning his career performing operettas and works by Mozart before turning to Wagner and Strauss. He made his debut at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl in 2009 as David (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) and gained international recognition in the role of Siegfried (Götterdämmerung) under the direction of Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, at the BBC Proms in London, and at La Scala in Milan.
He has recently performed the roles of Florestan (Fidelio) in Berlin, Tristan (Tristan und Isolde) in Monte Carlo, and the title roles in Parsifal in Berlin and Bayreuth, Tannhäuser in New York, Otello in Vienna, and Siegfried in Vienna and Berlin. In concert, he has sung major works by Beethoven, Schönberg, and Mahler. During the 2025–2026 season, he will notably appear in the title roles of Siegfried in London, Berlin, and Vienna, and Rienzi and Parsifal in Bayreuth. He was appointed Kammersänger in Austria in June 2025.
At the Paris Opera: Parsifal (title role), 2018; Tristan und Isolde (Tristan), 2018; Götterdämmerung (Siegfried), 2020; Siegfried (title role), 2020.