Kurt Rydl
Kurt Rydl (born October 8, 1947 in Vienna ) is an Austrian opera singer ( bass ).
Life
Rydl first studied biology and later moved to the Vienna Music Academy and the Moscow Conservatory . He was the winner of several competitions. For decades, Kurt Rydl has appeared on more than 50 stages in over 30 countries. He was repeatedly a guest at the Bayreuth Festival , in Schwetzingen, the Salzburg Festival , as well as at the festivals in Bregenz , Florence, Verona, Munich and Edinburgh. His repertoire includes over 130 roles in German, French, Italian, Czech and Russian subjects.
He made his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in 1976 as Ferrando in Il trovatore and has been a member of the Wiener Staatsoper ensemble ever since. There he was on stage more than 1150 times. a. as Ochs ( Der Rosenkavalier ), Titurel and Gurnemanz ( Parsifal ), Osmin ( The Abduction from the Seraglio ), Rocco ( Fidelio ), Daland ( The Flying Dutchman ), Colline ( La Bohème ), Pimen ( Boris Godunow ), Grand Inquisitor ( Don Carlos ), Komtur ( Don Giovanni ), Roger ( Jérusalem ), King Heinrich ( Lohengrin ), Raimondo ( Lucia di Lammermoor ), Geronte ( Manon Lescaut ), Talbot ( Maria Stuarda ), Veit Pogner ( Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ), Bartolo ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ), Sparafucile ( Rigoletto ), Fasolt ( Das Rheingold ), Hunding ( Die Walküre ), Fafner ( Siegfried ), Hagen ( Götterdämmerung ), Morosus ( The Silent Woman ), Landgraf ( Tannhäuser ), Claggart ( Billy Budd ) and Sarastro ( The Magic Flute ).
In 1986 he was appointed chamber singer . In 1999 Rydl is an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera.
In more than 2500 performances outside of Vienna he sang in all the big houses of the world, especially with Ochs, Hagen, Gurnemanz, Osmin, Morosus, Rocco, Boris (Lady Macbeth), Attila, Mephisto. Rydl was on stage at five opening premieres of La Scala in Milan , with Turandot, Parsifal, Götterdämmerung, Fidelio and Der Rosenkavalier.
Kurt Rydl is married and lives in Vienna, St. Wolfgang, Houston and Mallorca.
Publications
Publications (audio):
- Kurt Rydl - Wiener Lieder - solo CD
- Kurt Rydl: 200 years of Verdi-Wagner, solo CD
- Beethoven: Fidelio under Christoph von Dohnanyi, DECCA
- One: Danton's death , ORFEO
- Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
- Mahler: 8th Symphony under Hartmut Haenchen
- Meyerbeer: L'Africaine , MYTO
- Mozart: The Magic Flute , NAXOS
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro under Riccardo Muti, EMI
- Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann , EMI
- Penderecki: St. Luke Passion , NAXOS
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly under Giuseppe Sinopoli, DGG
- Puccini: Manon Lescaut under Giuseppe Sinopoli, DGG
- Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk , ORFEO
- Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust
- Strauss: Arabella under Georg Solti, DECCA
- Strauss: Salome under Herbert von Karajan, EMI
- Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier under Bernard Haitink, EMI
- Strauss: The woman without a shadow under Wolfgang Sawallisch, EMI
- Strauss: Ariadne on Naxos under James Levine, DGG
- Strauss: The bat under Placido Domingo, EMI
- Verdi: Nabucco under Giuseppe Sinopoli, DGG
- Verdi: Un ballo in maschera under Herbert von Karajan, DGG
- Verdi: Rigoletto under Giuseppe Sinopoli, DECCA
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem under Sergiu Celibidache, EMI
- Weber: Der Freischütz , BMG
- Wagner: The Flying Dutchman under Christoph von Dohnanyi, DECCA
- Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg under Georg Solti, DECCA
- Wagner: Tannhäuser under Giuseppe Sinopoli, DGG
- Wagner: The Valkyrie under Zubin Mehta
- Wagner: The Rheingold under Hartmut Haenchen
- Wagner: The Valkyrie under Hartmut Haenchen
- Wagner: Götterdämmerung under Hartmut Haenchen
Publications (film):
- Kurt Rydl - The Gladiator
- Bizet: Carmen , Arthaus
- Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio under Zubin Mehta
- Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio, Euoarts
- Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio, ServusTV
- Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio, UNITEL
- Mozart: La clemenza di Tito , DGG
- Ponchielli: La Gioconda with Placido Domingo
- Strauss: Arabella , DECCA
- Strauss: The Rosenkavalier under Fabio Luisi
- Mozart: The Magic Flute for Children, ORF
- Verdi: Aida with Luciano Pavarotti
- Verdi: Requiem with zu Guttenberg
- Verdi: Un ballo in maschera under Georg Solti
- Wagner: Die Walküre , Opus Arte
- Wagner: Götterdämmerung , Opus Arte
Books:
- Kurt Rydl - The Megabass, Vienna 2006
- 40 Years of the State Opera - Kurt Rydl - Exhibition in the Gustav Mahler Hall, Vienna 2017
Honors and awards (selection)
- 1996: Austrian chamber singer
- 1999: Honorary member of the Vienna State Opera
- 2001: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
- 2007: Gold Medal for Services to the State of Vienna
- 2016: Grand Prix de la Culture 2016
- 2018: Austrian Music Theater Prize 2018 for life's work
Web links
- Kurt Rydl at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Kurt Rydl at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- Kurt Rydl's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kurt Rydl receives music theater award for life's work . Article dated June 16, 2018, accessed June 17, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rydl, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |