Barbara Zechmeister
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| Education | Musikhochschule Heidelberg |
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| Awards | Kammersängerin |
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 from 2005.
Career
Zechmeister studied at the 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, 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 2016 as one of the sirens in Rolf Riehm's Sirenen. In 2019, she appeared as Graumann's wife in a new production Franz Schreker's Der ferne Klang, staged by Damiano Michieletto and conducted by Sebastian Weigle.[5] She performed the role of Mrs Gobineauin 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, Staatsoper Mannheim, Staatsoper Stuttgart, in Rouen and Lissabon, and at festivals such as the Wexford Festival and the Bregenz Festival.[3]
Zechmeister has been a teacher of voice at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium from 2005.[1] She was awarded the title Kammersängerin in 2011.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Barbara Zechmeister / Singing". Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium. 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ a b Schülke, Claudia (24 October 2012). "Sopranistin Barbara Zechmeister : Mit der Stimme kann man spielen". FAZ (in German). Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Barbara Zechmeister". Oper Frankfurt. 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ Lange, Joachim (10 October 2006). "In der Falle der Freiheit / Uraufführung "Caligula" an der Frankfurter Oper". klassik-heute.com (in German). Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rosen, Friedeon (16 June 2019). "Nikolai Petersen" (in German). Online Merker. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
External links
- Barbara Zechmeister discography at Discogs
- Verdi, Jérusalem / Konzertante Aufführung in französischer Sprache Alte Oper 2003