Verena Keller (singer)

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Verena Keller (born in 1942) is a German operatic mezzosoprano. [1]

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Life

Keller, born in Schwerin daughter of the Swiss opera singer Jakob Keller (1911-1992), studied at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien and is a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main and the Peter Cornelius Conservatory. [2] Among others, she played in the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Hamburg State Opera, the Opernhaus Düsseldorf, at the Opera de Paris, the Teatro Massimo of Palermo, the Teatro San Carlo of Naples and at the Vancouver Opera auf. [2]

Keller was awarded with the 2002 "Kulturförderpreis" 2002 for her Opernwerkstatt and took part in the documentary Opernfieber by Katharina Rupp  [ de ] (Hessian Film Prize 2005 as best documentary film). [3] Her opera studio took place in Stadtcasino Basel in 2015. [4]

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