Jump to content

Barbara Zechmeister: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
→top: fix typo
 
(37 intermediate revisions by 14 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|German opera singer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Barbara Zechmeister
| name = Barbara Zechmeister
Line 18: Line 21:
| website =
| website =
}}
}}

'''Barbara Zechmeister''' is a German operatic soprano and voice teacher. A member of the [[Oper Frankfurt]] from 1996, she has appeared in major European opera houses and international festivals. She has performed in premieres, and in recitals and recordings. Zechmeister has been a voice teacher at [[Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium]] from 2005.
'''Barbara Zechmeister''' is a German operatic soprano and voice teacher. A member of the [[Oper Frankfurt]] from 1996, she has appeared in major European opera houses and international festivals. She has performed in world premieres, and in recitals and recordings. Zechmeister has been a voice teacher at [[Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium]] since 2005.


== Career ==
== Career ==
Zechmeister studied at the [[Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim|Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Heidelberg/Mannheim]], first music pedagogy with main subjects piano and voice, than for special exams in [[lied]], concert and opera, and finally for the concert exam (''Konzertexamen'') with Eva-Maria Molnár and [[Rudolf Piernay]]. She took master classes with [[Judith Beckmann]], [[Agnes Giebel]], [[Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)|Geoffrey Parsons]], [[Laura Sarti]] and [[Kurt Widmer]].<ref name="Hoch's" />
Zechmeister studied at the [[Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim|Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Heidelberg/Mannheim]], first music pedagogy with main subjects piano and voice, then for special exams in [[lied]], concert and opera, and finally for the concert exam (''Konzertexamen'') with Eva-Maria Molnár and [[Rudolf Piernay]]. She took master classes with [[Judith Beckmann]], [[Agnes Giebel]], [[Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)|Geoffrey Parsons]], [[Laura Sarti]] and [[Kurt Widmer]].<ref name="Hoch's" />

⚫
She has been a member of the [[Oper Frankfurt]] from 1996 when [[Sylvain Cambreling]] engaged her.<ref name="Schülke" /><ref name="Frankfurt" /> She made her debut there as Laura in Verdi's ''[[Luisa Miller]]'', followed by many Mozart roles such as Barbarina in ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'', Zerlina in ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' and Despina in ''[[Così fan tutte]]''.<ref name="Schülke" /> She took part in world premieres at the house, in 2006 as Livia in Detlev Glanert's ''[[Caligula (Glanert)|Caligula]]'',<ref name="Lange" /> and in 2014 as one of the Sirens in Rolf Riehm's ''[[Sirenen]]''. In 2019, she appeared as Graumann's wife in a new production of Franz Schreker's ''[[Der ferne Klang]]'', staged by [[Damiano Michieletto]] and conducted by [[Sebastian Weigle]].<ref name="Wurzel" /> She performed the role of Mrs Gobineau in Menotti's ''[[The Medium]]'' at the Bockenheimer Depot, conducted by Nikolai Petersen.<ref name="Rosen" />


Zechmeister appeared as a guest at opera houses including the [[Aalto Theatre]] in Essen, [[Staatsoper Hannover]], [[Mannheim National Theatre|Nationaltheater Mannheim]], [[Staatsoper Stuttgart]], in Rouen and Lisbon, and at festivals such as the [[Ludwigsburg Festival]] and the [[Bregenz Festival]].<ref name="Frankfurt" /> At the 2004 [[Wexford Festival]], she appeared as Clarissa in a recorded production of ''[[Die drei Pintos]]'', a comic opera by [[Carl Maria von Weber]] completed by [[Gustav Mahler]].<ref name="Hoch's" /><ref name="Ross Griffel" />
⚫
She has been a member of the [[Oper Frankfurt]] from 1996 when Sylvain Cambreling engaged her.<ref name="Schülke" /><ref name="Frankfurt" /> She made her debut there as Laura in Verdi's ''[[Luisa Miller]]'', followed by many Mozart roles such as Barbarina in ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'', Zerlina in ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' and Despina in ''[[Così fan tutte]]''.<ref name="Schülke" />
<!--
<!--
She recorded the role of Ilia in Mozart's ''[[Idomeneo]]'' in the arrangement by [[Richard Strauss]], alongside [[Robert Gambill]] in the title role, [[Iris Vermillion]] as Idamante and [[Camilla Nylund]] as Ismene, conducted by [[Fabio Luisi]], in 2008.<ref name="Wigmore" />
She recorded the role of Ilia in Mozart's ''[[Idomeneo]]'' in the arrangement by [[Richard Strauss]], alongside [[Robert Gambill]] in the title role, [[Iris Vermillion]] as Idamante and [[Camilla Nylund]] as Ismene, conducted by [[Fabio Luisi]], in 2008.<ref name="Wigmore" />
-->
<!--
<!--
In concert, she appeared in recitals and recorded songs by [[Hans Pfitzner]], among others. In 2000, she recorded the soprano part in Bach's ''[[St Matthew Passion]]'' with the [[EuropaChorAkademie]], conducted by [[Joshard Daus]], alongside [[Andreas Wagner]] as the [[Evangelist (Bach)|Evangelist]], [[Friedemann Kunder]] as the [[vox Christi]], and contralto [[Hedwig Fassbender]].<ref name="BCW" /> -->
In concert, she appeared in recitals and recorded songs by [[Hans Pfitzner]], among others. In 2000, she recorded the soprano part in Bach's ''[[St Matthew Passion]]'' with the [[EuropaChorAkademie]], conducted by [[Joshard Daus]], alongside [[Andreas Wagner]] as the [[Evangelist (Bach)|Evangelist]], [[Friedemann Kunder]] as the [[vox Christi]], and contralto [[Hedwig Fassbender]].<ref name="BCW" /> -->


Zechmeister has been a teacher of voice at [[Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium]] from 2005.<ref name="Hoch's" /> She was awarded the title in 2011<ref name="Frankfurt" />
Zechmeister has been a teacher of voice at [[Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium]] since 2005.<ref name="Hoch's" /> She was awarded the title [[Kammersängerin]] in 2011.<ref name="Frankfurt" />


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist
{{reflist
| refs =
| refs =

⚫
<ref name="Lange">{{cite web
| last = Lange
| first = Joachim
| url = http://www.klassik-heute.com/4daction/www_infothek_text?id=658_kp
| title = In der Falle der Freiheit / Uraufführung "Caligula" an der Frankfurter Oper
| website = klassik-heute.com
| date = 10 October 2006
⚫
| language = de
⚫
| accessdate = 19 July 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190719200747/http://www.klassik-heute.com/4daction/www_infothek_text%3Fid%3D658_kp
| archive-date = 19 July 2019
| url-status = live
⚫
}}</ref>

<ref name="Rosen">{{cite web
| last = Rosen
| first = Friedeon
| url = https://onlinemerker.com/frankfurt-bockenheimer-depot-the-medium-menotti-satyricon-maderna-premiere/
| title = Frankfurt / Bockenheimer Depot: The Medium (Menotti) / Satyricon (Maderna). Premiere
⚫
| publisher = Online Merker
⚫
| date = 16 June 2019
⚫
| language = de
| accessdate = 19 July 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190719193005/https://onlinemerker.com/frankfurt-bockenheimer-depot-the-medium-menotti-satyricon-maderna-premiere/
| archive-date = 19 July 2019
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Ross Griffel">{{cite book
| last = Ross Griffel
| first = Margaret
| entry-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=H-xEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA112
| entry = Drei Pintos, Die
| title = Operas in German: A Dictionary
| publisher = Rowman & Littlefield
⚫
| year = 2018
| page = 112
| isbn = 978-1-44-224797-0
}}</ref>


<ref name="Schülke">{{cite news
<ref name="Schülke">{{cite news
Line 44: Line 91:
| language = de
| language = de
| accessdate = 19 July 2019
| accessdate = 19 July 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160511194317/http://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/sopranistin-barbara-zechmeister-mit-der-stimme-kann-man-spielen-11937453.html
| archive-date = 11 May 2016
| url-status = live
}}</ref>
}}</ref>

<!--
<ref name="Bayreuth">{{cite news
<ref name="Wurzel">{{cite web
| last = Wurzel
| url = http://auffuehrungsdatenbank.bayreuther-festspiele.de/fsdb/personen/10006/index.htm
| first = Christoph
| title = Britta Stallmeister
| url = http://www.omm.de/veranstaltungen/musiktheater20182019/F-der-ferne-klang.html
| newspaper = [[Bayreuth Festival]]
| title = Der ferne Klang / Oper in drei Akten / Musik und Libretto von Franz Schreker
⚫
| date =
| publisher = Online Musik Magazin
⚫
| language = German
| accessdate = 5 June 2018
| date = 31 March 2019
| language = de
| accessdate = 3 April 2019
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
<!--
⚫
<ref name="BCW">{{cite web
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Performers/Daus.htm
| title = Joshard Daus & EuropaChorAkademie / Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
⚫
| publisher = Bach Cantatas Website
⚫
| year = 2011
⚫
| accessdate = 30 May 2018
⚫
}}</ref> -->


<ref name="Hoch's">{{cite web
<ref name="Hoch's">{{cite web
| url = https://www.dr-hochs.de/en/content/barbara-zechmeister
| url = https://www.dr-hochs.de/en/content/barbara-zechmeister
| title = Barbara Zechmeister / Gesang
| title = Barbara Zechmeister / Singing
| publisher = [[Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium]]
| publisher = [[Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium]]
| year = 2019
| year = 2019
| accessdate = 19 July 2019
| accessdate = 19 July 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190719153011/https://www.dr-hochs.de/en/content/barbara-zechmeister
| archive-date = 19 July 2019
| url-status = live
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


Line 76: Line 123:
| publisher = [[Oper Frankfurt]]
| publisher = [[Oper Frankfurt]]
| year = 2019
| year = 2019
⚫
| language =
| accessdate = 19 July 2019
| accessdate = 19 July 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153113/https://oper-frankfurt.de/de/ensemble-gaeste-teams/ensemble/?detail=307
| archive-date = 28 April 2019
| url-status = live
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


Line 86: Line 135:
* [https://www.alteoper.de/de/programm/veranstaltung.php?id=442825 Verdi, Jérusalem / Konzertante Aufführung in französischer Sprache] Alte Oper 2003
* [https://www.alteoper.de/de/programm/veranstaltung.php?id=442825 Verdi, Jérusalem / Konzertante Aufführung in französischer Sprache] Alte Oper 2003


{{Authority Control}}
{{Authority control}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Zechmeister, Barbara}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zechmeister, Barbara}}
Line 92: Line 141:
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:20th-century German singers]]
[[Category:20th-century German women opera singers]]
[[Category:20th-century opera singers]]
[[Category:21st-century German women opera singers]]
[[Category:20th-century women singers]]
[[Category:21st-century German singers]]
[[Category:21st-century opera singers]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

Latest revision as of 05:28, 23 April 2022

Barbara Zechmeister
EducationMusikhochschule Heidelberg
Occupations
  • Operatic soprano
  • Voice teacher
Organizations
AwardsKammersängerin

Barbara Zechmeister is a German operatic soprano and voice teacher. A member of the Oper Frankfurt from 1996, she has appeared in major European opera houses and international festivals. She has performed in world premieres, and in recitals and recordings. Zechmeister has been a voice teacher at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium since 2005.

Career

[edit]

Zechmeister studied at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Heidelberg/Mannheim, first music pedagogy with main subjects piano and voice, then for special exams in lied, concert and opera, and finally for the concert exam (Konzertexamen) with Eva-Maria Molnár and Rudolf Piernay. She took master classes with Judith Beckmann, Agnes Giebel, Geoffrey Parsons, Laura Sarti and Kurt Widmer.[1]

She has been a member of the Oper Frankfurt from 1996 when Sylvain Cambreling engaged her.[2][3] She made her debut there as Laura in Verdi's Luisa Miller, followed by many Mozart roles such as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Despina in Così fan tutte.[2] She took part in world premieres at the house, in 2006 as Livia in Detlev Glanert's Caligula,[4] and in 2014 as one of the Sirens in Rolf Riehm's Sirenen. In 2019, she appeared as Graumann's wife in a new production of Franz Schreker's Der ferne Klang, staged by Damiano Michieletto and conducted by Sebastian Weigle.[5] She performed the role of Mrs Gobineau in Menotti's The Medium at the Bockenheimer Depot, conducted by Nikolai Petersen.[6]

Zechmeister appeared as a guest at opera houses including the Aalto Theatre in Essen, Staatsoper Hannover, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Staatsoper Stuttgart, in Rouen and Lisbon, and at festivals such as the Ludwigsburg Festival and the Bregenz Festival.[3] At the 2004 Wexford Festival, she appeared as Clarissa in a recorded production of Die drei Pintos, a comic opera by Carl Maria von Weber completed by Gustav Mahler.[1][7]

Zechmeister has been a teacher of voice at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium since 2005.[1] She was awarded the title Kammersängerin in 2011.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Barbara Zechmeister / Singing". Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium. 2019. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b Schülke, Claudia (24 October 2012). "Sopranistin Barbara Zechmeister : Mit der Stimme kann man spielen". FAZ (in German). Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Barbara Zechmeister". Oper Frankfurt. 2019. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. ^ Lange, Joachim (10 October 2006). "In der Falle der Freiheit / Uraufführung "Caligula" an der Frankfurter Oper". klassik-heute.com (in German). Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  5. ^ Wurzel, Christoph (31 March 2019). "Der ferne Klang / Oper in drei Akten / Musik und Libretto von Franz Schreker" (in German). Online Musik Magazin. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. ^ Rosen, Friedeon (16 June 2019). "Frankfurt / Bockenheimer Depot: The Medium (Menotti) / Satyricon (Maderna). Premiere" (in German). Online Merker. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ Ross Griffel, Margaret (2018). "Drei Pintos, Die". Operas in German: A Dictionary. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-44-224797-0.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Barbara_Zechmeister&oldid=1084210926"