Wolf Matthias Friedrich is a classical singer of baritone and bass roles, especially of Early music and Baroque music. Friedrich studied at the Musikhochschule Leipzig. In 1980, he was the winner of the International Dvorák Competition in Karlovy Vary. From 1982 to 1986 Friedrich was a member of the Opera Studio of the Dresden State Opera. The bass has made guest appearances at the Dresden Music Festival, the Handel Festival in Halle, the Schwetzingen Festival as well as in Berlin, Hanover, Potsdam, Edinburgh and Australia. In 2000, he performed the role of Pluto in the first modern revival of Giovanni Legrenzi's La divisione del mondo at the Schwetzingen Festival. He has focused on Baroque operas. He has often collaborated with the conductor Alessandro De Marchi. In 2002/03, he appeared a