Alexander Kaimbacher

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Alexander Kaimbacher (born December 26, 1969 in Villach ) is an Austrian opera, operetta, oratorio, lieder and concert singer ( tenor ).

Life

Alexander Kaimbacher studied music, theater and German at the University of Vienna , as well as acting and singing at the Goethean Conservatory and Waldorf Education Academy . His singing teachers were Hilde Rössel-Majdan and Bernhard Adler. The artist completed master classes with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Nicolai Gedda and Constantin Zacharia.

In 1999 he made his debut as Rustichello in the opera Marco Polo by Tan Dun at the Neue Oper Wien . This was followed by guest appearances on the music stages of Klagenfurt, Potsdam, Salzburg, Nuremberg, Lucerne, Meiningen, Zurich etc. His repertoire includes the major roles include his field of opera and operetta such as the Kilian in Der Freischütz , the Andres and the fool in Wozzeck , the Kunz Vogelgesang in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , the Tamino in Die Zauberflöte , the Fenton in Falstaff , the Alfred in Die Fledermaus , the Zarewitsch in Der Zarewitsch , the title role in Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten , the Orfeo in L'Orfeo and the Adam in The Bird Dealer . The artist participated in several world premieres. Among others at the Bregenz Festival in The Beautiful World by Georg Friedrich Haas and as Geppone in Der Herr Nordwind , by HK Gruber , at the Zurich Opera House .

From 2007 to 2010 Alexander Kaimbacher was a member of the ensemble at the Vienna State Opera .

In addition to his opera and operetta appearances, his attention is paid to the subject of songs, concerts and oratorios, as well as church music in general. So far he has sung in concert halls in Vienna, Linz, Munich, Salzburg, New York, Washington, Tel Aviv, Haifa and Vancouver, among others. His repertoire includes, for example, all of Heinrich Schütz's passions and all of the masses by Johann Sebastian Bach , Joseph Haydn , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert . He also sings works by Gioachino Rossini , Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Carl Orff , Ernst Krenek , Arthur Honegger , Zoltán Kodály etc.

Award

  • 2000: Armin Weltner sponsorship award (Zurich Opera House)
  • 2016: Award of the daily newspaper Die Welt as “best singer” in Germany for his portrayal of Aschenbach in Benjamin Britten's opera Death in Venice at the Bielefeld Theater

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ youtube.com
  2. ↑ Stefan Keim: 16 in the judgment of the critics. In: Die Welt , July 17, 2016, accessed on June 4, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Kaimbacher, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian opera, operetta, oratorio, lied and concert singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Villach