Andreas Karasiak

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Andreas Karasiak (* 1968 ) is a German classical tenor in opera and concert. Since 2007 he has been professor of singing at the Mainz University of Music .

Life

Andreas Karasiak studied singing at the Mainz University of Music with Claudia Eder . He also studied baroque music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel with René Jacobs .

From 1999 he sang Mozart roles such as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte , Ferrando in Così fan tutte and Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Nationaltheater Mannheim .

In the field of historical performance practice , he works with Gustav Leonhardt , Marcus Creed and Philippe Herreweghe . He is a soloist in the project of Ton Koopman and Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir to record the complete works of Dieterich Buxtehude , which began in 2005. He also worked with conductors such as Helmuth Rilling and Sylvain Cambreling .

In 1998 and 2007 he was the tenor soloist in Hermann Suters Le Laudi with the Choir of St. Bonifatius , conducted by Gabriel Dessauer . In Bach 2000, he appeared in Bach's St. Matthew Passion with where the double choir with the two boys' choirs Hannover Boys Choir and St. Thomas Boys Choir was busy, in celebration of 50 years Hannover Boys Choir of Heinz Hennig were conducted. In 2006 he sang the Evangelist in Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Dresden Kreuzchor and the Dresden Philharmonic , conducted by Roderich Kreile in the Kreuzkirche . He was the evangelist in the St. Matthew Passion in the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on Good Friday 2007, conducted by Martin Haselböck , with Stephen Salters , Lynne Dawson , Robin Blaze and Klaus Mertens . "Above all, Andreas Karasiak was able to impress in the demanding role of the evangelist, who mastered the balancing act between reporting tone and internal participation excellently", wrote Christoph Wurzel. In 2009 he appeared in a concert performance of Handel's Solomon with Andreas Scholl and the Schiersteiner Kantorei in the Marktkirche in Wiesbaden . On October 31, 2009 Dorothee Mields and Andreas Karasiak were the soloists in the world premiere of the Requiem Schwarz and it was light from Harald Weiss by the boys' choir Hannover with the NDR symphony orchestra . In 2010 he sang with the Wiesbadener Knabenchor in Handel's Messiah in the Marktkirche, alongside Elisabeth and Andreas Scholl. In 2011 he played the title role in Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria at the Münster Opera House . Ursula Decker-Bönniger wrote: "Between cautious lamentation and dramatic outburst of anger, Andreas Karasiak vocalizes the different feelings of Odysseus". In 2012 he sang the role of Jonathan in Handel's Saul in the final concert of the Schiersteiner Kantorei for their 50th anniversary in Kloster Eberbach, with Christian Immler in the title role .

Karasiak recorded seldom performed operas, for example Handel's Lotario , Domenico Cimarosa's Gli Orazi ei Curiazi , Gluck's L'innocenza giustificata , Haydn's The Conflagration and Franz Schubert's Singspiele The Four- Year-Old Post and The Twin Brothers .

Karasiak teaches singing at the Mainz University of Music and in master classes.

Selected recordings

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Andreas Karasiak (tenor) ( English ) bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ Le Laudi (PDF) bonimusik.de. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 . bach-cantantas.com. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  4. ↑ Burkhard Wetekam: A major change, but not a new beginning . New music newspaper. 2002. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  5. ^ Concerts in the Kreuzkirche with the Dresden Kreuzchor . Dresden Philharmonic . December 2006. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved on February 20, 2012.
  6. ↑ The St. Matthew Passion . Online music magazine. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  7. ↑ Georg Friedrich Handel SOLOMON . Bach-Wiesbaden. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved on February 20, 2012.
  8. ↑ Harald Weiss Requiem . Bulkhead . October 26, 2009. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved on February 20, 2012.
  9. ↑ Doris Kösterke: Little singers, big evening / concert: Wiesbaden Boys Choir with Handel's “Messiah” in the Marktkirche . Wiesbaden courier. November 15, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  10. ↑ Ursula Decker-Bönniger: An unusual look at the beginnings of opera . omm.de. September 25, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  11. ↑ Britta Steiner-Rinneberg: Schiersteiner Kantorei got a name for itself under Martin Lutz, which is known and in demand at home and abroad . rmt-magazin.de. February 7, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  12. ↑ List of faculty . Mainz University of Music . Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  13. ↑ Le Laudi The Canticle of the Sun of St. Francis of Assisi; Recording of the concert on October 3, 1998 . WorldCat. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  14. ↑ Buxtehude - Vocal Works 4 ( English ) Presto Classical. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Karasiak, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical tenor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1968