Rita Kapfhammer

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Rita Kapfhammer (born 9 February 1964) is a German opera, operetta, concert and lieder singer mezzo-soprano-alto.

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Life

Born in Bad Tölz, Kapfhammer grew up in Bad Heilbrunn. She attended the Erzbischöfliches St.-Ursula-Gymnasium Schloss Hohenburg Lenggries and then initially trained as a hotel manager. [1] From 1988 to 1995 she studied singing with Reri Grist and Jan-Hendrik Rootering as well as in the Lied class with Helmut Deutsch and in the Oratorio class with Diethard Hellmann at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. [2]

Kapfhammer was a member of the ensemble at Theater Ulm from 1997 to 2007, where she sang roles such as Santuzza ( Cavalleria rusticana ), Jane Seymour ( Anna Bolena ), Amneris ( Aida ), Dalila ( Samson et Dalila ), Adalgisa ( Norma ), Suzuki ( Madama Butterfly ), Azucena ( Il trovatore ), Josepha Vogelhuber ( Im weißen Rößl ), Dolly Gallagher ( Hello, Dolly! ), Leokadja Begbick ( Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny ) and Mrs. Lovett ( Sweeney Todd ).

This was followed by an engagement as an ensemble member at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz from 2007 to 2012, where she made her debut as Marcellina ( the marriage of Figaro ) and Carmen ) Other roles included Marzelline ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ), Frau Reich ( The Merry Wives of Windsor ), Third Lady ( the magic flute ), Gertrud ( Hänsel and Gretel ), Nancy ( Martha ) and Pamela ( Fra Diavolo ).

She has made guest appearances at the Opera Baltica in Gdansk, the Mallorca Festival, the Theater Koblenz, the Staatstheater Nürnberg, the Meiningen Court Theatre, [2] the Theater Regensburg [1] and the Historisches Stadttheater Weißenhorn. [3] Since 2012, she has been an ensemble member at the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau. [2]

Zudem ist Kapfhammer auch als Konzert- und Liedsängerin [4] tätig. Sie konzertierte u. a. in der Berliner Philharmonie, [5] in Herkulessaal, [6] im Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, [7] and in the Vöhlinschloss  [ de ] in Illertissen. [4] She sang the almong others in the Messiah by Händel, in Bach's St John and St Matthew Passion , the Mass in B minor , as well as in the Christmas Oratorio by J. S. Bach, in Dvořák's Stabat Mater , Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and Frank Martin's Golgatha .

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References

  1. 1 2 Laura Geigenberger (10 January 2019). "Die Wandlungsfähige". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau. "Rita Kapfhammer" . Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Opera Soirée, 29 May 2011, Historisches Stadttheater Weißenhorn". Nachtgedanken. Notes from Munich and elsewhere. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Illertisser Vöhlinschloss - Rita Kapfhammer präsentierte einen Lieder- und Arienabend der Extraklasse" . Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Berliner Oratorien-Chor am 11.11.2012 um 16:00 Uhr in Berlin". TwoTickets.de. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Meininger Staatstheater. "Rita Kapfhammer" . Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Theater Ulm, Archiv. "Rita Kapfhammer" . Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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