Anja Kampe (born 1968) is a German-Italian operatic soprano. She is notable for her performances in major opera houses of the works of Richard Wagner and other German and Austrian composers.
Anja Kampe (born 1968) is a German-Italian operatic soprano. She is notable for her performances in major opera houses of the works of Richard Wagner and other German and Austrian composers.
Kampe was born in Zella-Mehlis, Thuringia, then GDR, and first studied in Dresden. She moved to Italy, where she studied further in Turin, with Elio Battaglia, and where she made her professional debut in 1991 in a production of Hänsel und Gretel . She sang the roles of Freia in Wagner's Das Rheingold and Gerhilde in Die Walküre at the Bayreuth Festival in 2002, Leonore in Beethoven's Fidelio with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera (2006) and at the Los Angeles Opera (2007), the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss at the Teatro Real in Madrid in 2006, [1] and Sieglinde in Die Walküre alongside Plácido Domingo at the Washington National Opera in 2003 and 2007. [2] In 2009 she returned to Glyndebourne as Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde , [3] and in April 2010 she sang in the American premiere of Franz Schreker's Die Gezeichneten at the Los Angeles Opera. [4] In June the same year, she appeared as Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannhäuser at the Vienna State Opera. [5] In March 2012, she was again Sieglinde, in the new production of Die Walküre at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.
In 2010 she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance of Senta in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer at the Royal Opera House. [6]
On 19 January 2018, she was awarded the coveted title of Kammersänger in a ceremony on stage at the National Theater in Munich after a performance of Die Walküre in the role of Sieglinde.
Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer, who was the outstanding Wagnerian soprano of her era. Her triumphant debut in New York on 2 February 1935 is one of the legends of opera. Giulio Gatti-Casazza, the longstanding General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera said, “I have given America two great gifts — Caruso and Flagstad.”
Leopoldine Rysanek was an Austrian dramatic soprano.
Dame Gwyneth Jones is a Welsh dramatic soprano, widely regarded as one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos in the second half of the 20th century.
Helga Dernesch is an Austrian soprano and mezzo-soprano. Her career has taken her through four successive phases: from mezzo-soprano to lyric soprano to dramatic soprano, and after about 1980 back to mezzo again. "Her voice had great richness and power, and her strikingly handsome stage appearance and intense acting made her a compelling performer."
Waltraud Meier is a German dramatic soprano and mezzo-soprano singer. She is particularly known for her Wagnerian roles as Kundry, Isolde, Ortrud, Venus, Fricka, and Sieglinde, but has also had success in the French and Italian repertoire appearing as Eboli, Amneris, Carmen, and Santuzza. She resides in Munich.
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Anja Harteros is a German soprano. Since winning the 1999 Cardiff Singer of the World competition she has been particularly associated with the Bavarian State Opera and enjoyed an international career.
Nina Maria Stemme is a Swedish dramatic soprano opera singer.
Eva Johansson is a Danish operatic soprano.
Heinrich Vogl was a German operatic heldentenor.
Therese (Thoma) Vogl was a German operatic soprano, the first Wellgunde in Wagner's Das Rheingold, and the first Sieglinde in his Die Walküre.
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Liane Synek was an Austrian operatic soprano. She made a career based in Germany, at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, the Staatsoper Berlin and the Cologne Opera, and appeared at international major opera houses and festivals, such as the Bayreuth Festival. She appeared mostly in dramatic roles such as Beethoven's Fidelio, and Wagner's Sieglinde, Brünnhilde and Isolde. She also performed in contemporary operas, creating the role of Countess de la Roche in Zimmermann's Die Soldaten in Cologne in 1965, conducted by Michael Gielen.
Marianne Schech was a German operatic soprano and academic who appeared internationally. She was a member of the Bavarian State Opera from 1946 to 1970. She is known for leading roles in works by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss, playing, for example, the Dyer's Wife in the U.S. premiere of Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss at the San Francisco Opera in 1959. She made several recordings, including in 1951 the role of Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannhäuser, conducted by Robert Heger, in 1960 the role of Chrysothemis in Elektra by Richard Strauss, conducted by Karl Böhm, Senta in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer, conducted by Franz Konwitschny, and Venus in Tannhäuser, also conducted by Konwitschny.
Albert Dohmen is a German operatic bass-baritone who is known internationally for performing leading roles by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. He has also worked in concert halls and given lieder recitals.
Irmgard Vilsmaier is a German operatic soprano.
Helena Braun was a German dramatic soprano. She made her stage debut in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro in 1928 and joined the Vienna State Opera and the Bavarian State Opera in 1939 and 1940, respectively. She became known for Wagnerian roles such as Brünnhilde in Der Ring des Nibelungen and Ortrud in Lohengrin.
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