Amélie Saadia

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Amélie Saadia is a French-born, Berlin-based opera and chanson singer with a mezzo-soprano voice . In addition to numerous engagements at well-known music theater stages, she also devotes herself to composing her own chansons, songs and lieder in German and French. She performs throughout Europe, accompanying herself on the piano, on cabaret stages, in the offtheater scene and at festivals.

education

From 2007 to 2012 Saadia studied at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) with the vocal teacher Julie Kaufmann and the singer Carola Höhn . In 2013 she completed her studies with a diploma. In 2015 she completed further training in baroque vocal music in Mainz at the Barock Vokal College of Music . Since October 2015 she has been a lecturer for Vom Blatt Singen at the Berlin UdK . In addition, she attended master classes.

Repertoire and engagements

Saadia's repertoire spans many large parts from works from all epochs, including from the Baroque period:

from the 19th century, their repertoire includes:

Saadia also has parts in her repertoire from works from the 20th and 21st centuries:

Saadia had engagements and appearances from 2007 to 2009 at the Hebbel Theater in Berlin with plays by Ravel, Gluck and Britten. In 2010/11 Poulenc, Hindemith and a baroque concert at the Baroque Academy in Gmunden followed. In 2012 she performed the Petite Messe solennelle by Gioachino Rossini , Pergolesis Stabat mater and La Calisto in the Berlin Konzerthaus . As part of the 2013 opera at Schloss Griebenow, she appeared as Polly in the beggar opera. In 2014/15 she appeared in plays by Bernhard Lang, Christian Jost, Philip Glass and Giuseppe Verdi at the Heidelberg Theater and the Schwetzingen SWR Festival . In 2015/2016 she could be seen at the SWR Festival in the work Acis y Galatea by Antonio de Literes , as well as in the Eberbach Monastery in Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria by Claudio Monteverdi, at the Festival in Idar-Oberstein . In La Fabrique Opéra , Grenoble , she played Giovanna in Verdi's Rigoletto and in the Neukölln Opera in Berlin she was Carmen from Bizet's opera of the same name. In 2017 Amélie Saadia was at the Hamburg State Opera , where she performed the madrigals by Carlo Gesualdo in a production by Calixto Bieito .

Chanson and German song

Saadia is not only a classical singer, she also dedicates herself to French chanson , songs by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, and German songs. She composes and accompanies herself in performances on cabaret stages , offtheaters and festivals. Her first album was released under the title Miss Amüssgöll: Forget Paris. Chansons françaises & German songs

Prices

  • 2006: Prix ​​du Plus Jeune Espoir (youngest hopefuls award) in the singing category at the Ufam Concours in Paris
  • 2010: Audience Award Baroque Academy , Gmunden , Austria
  • 2010: Prix ​​jeune talent féminin (prize for young female talents), awarded by Zonta International in the Les symphonies d'automne competition in Mâcon , France
  • 2011: DAAD Prize of the UdK Berlin

review

On the occasion of a performance of Hansel and Gretel at the Neukölln Opera in January 2018, Der Tagesspiegel wrote : "Angela Braun, Isabelle Klemt, Maja Lange, Ildiko Ludwig, Marine Madelin, Laura Esterina Pezzoli and Amélie Saadia do fantastic things."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official website with information on training.
  2. ↑ Information on the repertoire and the engagements on amelie-saadia.com.
  3. ↑ French chansons and German songs
  4. ↑ Amélie Saadia - Mezzo. In: operamusica.com. Retrieved March 24, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Udo Badelt: Hansel and Gretel in the war. In: Der Tagesspiegel. January 28, 2018 ( tagesspiegel.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Saadia, Amélie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French opera and chanson singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH France