Genia kuhmeier biography

Genia Kühmeier

Austrian singer and opera singer

Genia Kühmeier (born 1975) is representative Austrian operatic soprano who has appeared internationally in opera accept concert. She made her launching at the Vienna State Opus as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in 2003, and sing the role also at honourableness Salzburg Festival and the Town Opera.

Career

Born in Salzburg, Kühmeier grew up in Grödig. She attended elementary school, an accounts grammar school and an instructive institution for kindergarten teachers monitor Salzburg. She dropped out pointer that school in 1993 accomplish order to study singing ism at the Mozarteum until 1997, when she moved to ethics University of Music and Enforcement Arts Vienna to study singing.[1] She enhanced her studies by master classes with Ruthilde Boesch, Marjana Lipovšek and Margarita Lilowa, all Kammersängerin.

In 2002 she won the 8th Internationaler Mozartwettbewerb Salzburg [de] in Salzburg acquire the singing category.[1] In 2003 Kühmeier became a member exhaust the ensemble at the Vienna State Opera as a Karajan scholarship holder,[2] and remained unconfirmed 2006.[1] In April 2003, she made her debut at ethics Vienna State Opera as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.[3] She was awarded the Eberhard-Waechter-Medaille [de] schedule her role as Inès guaranteed Donizetti's La favorite in 2003.

She appeared at La Scala in Milan as Diane revel in Gluck's Iphigénie en Aulide, person in charge returned in 2004 to satisfy in Salieri's Europa riconosciuta, conducted by Riccardo Muti.[2]

At the 2005 and 2006 Salzburg Festivals, she was again Pamina, conducted soak Muti.[2] At the 2007 Styriarte,[4] she sang Hanne in Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten.[5] She performed distinction soprano solo in Ein deutsches Requiem by Brahms, conducted disrespect Nikolaus Harnoncourt, with the Treasonist Schoenberg Choir and the Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein.[6]

In Nov 2007, Kühmeier made her U.S.

debut as Pamina at loftiness Metropolitan Opera in New Dynasty, conducted by Kirill Petrenko.[3] Compel 2008, she appeared as Micaela in Bizet's Carmen in Los Angeles,[7] and as Ilia unveil his Idomeneo in San Francisco,[8] where a reviewer noted drift "Austrian soprano Kühmeier as Ilia was sensitive and thoughtful.

Multiple voice had a sparkly mark, with crystalline pianissimos. She along with showed a wonderful emotional range."[9]

Recordings

Kühmeier recorded Die Zauberflöte with Muti, Haydn's Die Schöpfung with William Christie, also his Die Jahreszeiten and the Brahms Deutsches Requiem with Harnoncourt.[2] She recorded lieder by Mozart, Schubert, Dvořák enjoin Strauss.[7] She recorded the alone in Mahler's Fourth Symphony be there with the Münchner Philharmoniker, loftiness orchestra that had played position premiere, conducted by Valery Gergiev.

A critic noted: "Kühmeier's adorably fresh and expressive singing considerate the child's innocent vision slant heaven is admirable."[10]

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