Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir

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Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir (* 1993 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic opera and concert singer with a soprano voice .

Life

Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir received her first vocal training at Söngskóli Sigurðar Demetz in Reykjavik, where she was also able to gain stage experience. She began her bachelor's degree at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin in 2014, during which time she appeared as Marzelline in Fidelio , Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and Poppea in Agrippina and graduated in 2018 with distinction. Masterclasses with Anne Sofie von Otter , Véronique Gens , Susan Manoff, Piotr Beczala , Matthew Rose, Hartmut Höll and Emma Kirkby rounded off her training and encouraged the development of a repertoire of German, French, English and Nordic songs, ranging from Romanticism to to contemporary music.

At the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden she appeared from March 2019 as Snow White in a children's opera based on a fragment by Engelbert Humperdinck , and in September 2019 as Papagena in the Magic Flute . In the 2019/2020 season she belonged to the Thuringian Opera Studio and from September 2019 played Hannchen in Der Vetter aus Dingsda in a production of the Altenburg-Gera Theater .

Prizes and awards

  • 3rd Prize and Special Prize at the International Giulio Perotti Singing Competition, Ueckermünde (2015)
  • 2nd prize and prize for the best song interpretation at the International Haydn Competition for Classical Song, Rohrau (2019)

Recordings

  • Songs by Edvard Grieg, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Richard Strauss; House concert with Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, soprano and Kunal Lahiry, piano. Video stream at Closer, March 2020.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ »Snow White« with Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir. In: Nordic Embassies. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
  2. ↑ SongStudio 2019: Piotr Beczała Master Class: Grieg's Zur Rosenzeit. In: Youtube. September 26, 2019, accessed June 4, 2020 .
  3. ↑ SongStudio 2019: Hartmut Höll Master Class: Mendelssohn's “Hexenlied”. In: Youtube. September 26, 2019, accessed June 4, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, soprano. Playlist on Youtube, accessed June 4, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Jana Bla: Snow White in the Berlin State Opera. In: Better north than never. March 29, 2019, accessed May 31, 2020 .
  6. ↑ The Magic Flute (Sharon). State Opera Unter den Linden, accessed on May 31, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Roland H Dippel: Wine, Shisha, Men: The stupid moon was to blame ... In: Art and Technology. October 13, 2019, accessed June 4, 2020 .
  8. ^ Bosnian baritone wins Haydn competition in Rohrau. In: Wiener Zeitung. June 10, 2019, accessed May 31, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir // soprano Kunal Lahiry // piano (video). In: Closer. Retrieved June 4, 2020 .
Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .
personal data
SURNAME Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic opera and concert singer with a soprano voice
DATE OF BIRTH 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Reykjavík