Wolfgang Schwaninger was born in Germany. His repertoire includes Tamino in die Zauberflote, Belmonte in Die Entfhurung aus dem Serail (Mozart), Don Jose in Carmen (Bizet), the title role in Les Contes D'Hoffmann (Offenbach), Florestan in Fidelio (Beethoven), Max in Der Freischutz (Weber), Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos (R. Strauss), Loge in Das Rheingold, Siegmund in Die Wlakure, Walter in Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg, Tristan in Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), Alwa in Lulu (Berg) and many others. He performs at the opera hosues of Munich, Dresden, Leipzig, Tokyo, Wiesbaden, Istanbul, Seol and many others.