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Rising steadily in prominence as an operatic artist as well as in recital and concert venues, the tenor from Hamburg has already won wide acclaim for his Lieder performances. ‘Seldom does one hear this cycle expressed so directly and in such a gripping manner,’ wrote the Bayerische Staatszeitung of his performance of Die schöne Müllerin, ‘Seldom so close to the meaning, so well-articulated, as from this tenor from Hamburg … Bode transports the struggle of this ultimately forsaken lover with a clear, strong, bright-cored voice with an array of colours, gleaming high notes, sweet lyricism and a finessed piano – emphatic, but never forcing.’