Soloist
Peter Lesiak
Born in Carinthia/Austria, Peter Lesiak was trained at the Performing Arts Studios Vienna. While he was still a student, he had gained stage experience in various Viennese theatres. After completing his studies, he worked at the Kabarett Simpl in Vienna. In the ORF Theatre in Klagenfurt he appeared as Viktor in »Figaro« and was also the producer of »Odysseus fährt irr«. After this, Peter Lesiak appeared in roles including Mercutio in »Romeo & Julia« at the Raimund Theatre in Vienna and as Willard Hewitt in »Footloose« at Klagenfurt City Theatre.
After a tour of Japan as Cardinal Rauscher and the Emperor Franz Joseph in the musical »Elisabeth«, he also appeared in »Les Misérables« at the Graz Opera, as Ryan (»High School Musical«) in the Stadthalle in Vienna and in »Jesus Christ Superstar« at Klagenfurt City Theatre. This was followed by the main roles of Leo Bloom and Franz Liebkind (»The Producers«) at the Ronacher in Vienna and the Admiralspalast in Berlin, Barnaby Tucker (»Hello, Dolly!«) and Paul (»Kiss me, Kate«) at the Volksoper in Vienna, Cosmo Brown (»Singinʼ in the Rain«) at Klagenfurt City Theatre and Don Lockwood at the Graz Opera, Peter (»Sehnsucht nach dem Happy End«) in the Komödie im Bayerischen Hof in Munich, Riff (»West Side Story«) at Klagenfurt City Theatre, Oscar (»Sweet Charity«) at Baden City Theatre and Harry Witherspoon (»Lucky Stiff«) at the Vienna Kammerspiele. In 2019/2020, he played Jerry Mulligan (»An American in Paris«) at Theater Kiel. In addition, he also tours with his own musical cabaret programme, »Lässig und Barsch – Ein musikalischer Rosenkrieg«. Since 2013 he has been a permanent ensemble member of the Vienna Volksoper, where he has performed as the Scarecrow (»The Wizard of Oz«), Cornelius Hackl (»Hello, Dolly!«), Bill Calhoun (»Kiss me, Kate«) and J. Pierrepont Finch ("How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying«), Perchik (»Fiddler on the Rood«), Max (»The Sound of Music«), Theodor (»Axel an der Himmelstür«), Tulsa (»Gypsy«), Wreck (»Wonderful Town«), Ernst Ludwig (»Cabaret«), Baker (»Into the Woods«) and Jani Hatschek (»Roxy und ihr Wunderteam«).
Peter Lesiak made his debut at the Gärtnerplatztheater as the Servant/Sancho in »Der Mann von La Mancha« and played Caractacus Potts in the first continental performance of »Chitty Chitty Bang Bang«, Cosmo Brown in »Singinʼ in the Rain«, Ozzie in »On the Town« and Count Ferry Hegedüs in »Viktoria und ihr Husar«.