Anita Ammersfeld

Anita Ammersfeld, 2012

Anita Ammersfeld (born August 19, 1950 in Vienna ) is an Austrian opera singer ( soprano ), actress, producer and theater director.

Life

Anita Ammersfeld studied singing at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto in Canada and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna .

She made her debut as Cherubin in Figaro's Wedding at the Vienna Volksoper , of which she was a permanent member of the ensemble. In 1979 she changed her subject from opera soubrette to lyrical soprano . This was followed by numerous guest engagements in German-speaking countries. She last appeared in April 2018 as part of the Dutch Cabaret Festival in the DeLaMar Theater as a tribute to Herman van Veen .

Ammerfeld's repertoire ranges from opera and operetta to the classics of Jewish music and chanson .

In addition to her career as a singer and actress, Ammersfeld began working as a producer in 1988. She founded the Musikforum Ammersfeld and did pioneering work, especially in the field of Jewish and Yiddish music. The main focus is on Jewish subjects and great Jewish artists of the inter and post-war period. Many works that have almost been forgotten have been brought back to life by Musikforum productions as an essential part of musical tradition and entertainment.

From 2005 to 2015 Anita Ammersfeld was the artistic director of the stadtTheater walfischgasse in Vienna. The program included political and satirical pieces with social relevance, mostly world premieres or Austrian premieres, as well as modern music theater and sophisticated Austrian cabaret.

Anita Ammersfeld is married to the entrepreneur Erwin Javor and has a son with him.

Theater productions

• "Das Schtetl" (1995, director: Heinz Ehrenfreund )
• "Oh, how far away" (1996, director: Heinz Ehrenfreund)
• "Uj jessas, just don't hit it" (1997, Rabenhof)
• "A terribly nice mix" (1999, director: Michaela Scheday )
• "Anonymous Jewish Mothers" (2000, Director: Michaela Scheday)
• "From to since. Homage to Erich Fried "(2001, director: Michaela Scheday)
• "Drunter und Drüber" by George Feydeau (2002, Berndorf Festival, director: Felix Dvorak )
• "Paris is worth a trip" (2003, Komödienspiele Mödling, director: Felix Dvorak)
• "Earlier conditions" by Johann N. Nestroy (2004, Nestroy-Spiele Liechtenstein, director: Elfriede Ott )

in the StadtTheater walfischgasse:

• "Heimat, Sweet Heimat" by Charles Lewinsky (2006, director: Hanspeter Horner)
• "Small marriage crimes" by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (2009, director: Thomas Schendel )
• "Death and the Maiden" by Ariel Dorfman (2011, director: Thomas Schendel)
• "Half Truths" by Alan Ayckbourn (2014, Director: Carolin Pienkos)
• "Doubt" by John Patrick Shanley (2015, Director: Christine Wipplinger)

Readings:

• "I am a zebra - A Jewish Odyssey" together with the author Erwin Javor in Vienna and Tel Aviv.

Awards

• 1995 In recognition of her numerous concerts abroad, as well as for her services and her contribution to promoting understanding of Jewish culture , the Federal President awarded her the Cross of Honor for Science and Art of the Republic of Austria .
• In 2002, City Councilor for Culture Andreas Mailath-Pokorny awarded her the Golden Merit Medal of the State of Vienna .
• In 2008 she was honored by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce for her services to the Viennese cultural and leisure industry .
• 2015 Gold Medal for Services to the State of Vienna

Discography

• 1976 Every song tells of love
• 1977 Conradin Kreutzer : The night camp in Granada as Gabriele - Conductor: Karl Etti - Arnold Schönberg Choir , Academic Orchestra Association Vienna - Preiser Records - SPR 3271-2
• 1997: Anita Ammersfeld sings Yiddish songs (with Roman Grinberg )
• 1998: I don't have a sharp knife (with Gerhard Bronner and Ethan Freeman )
• 2002: Anita Ammersfeld sings love songs
• 2003: I don't love you (songs by Kurt Weill )

Web links

• Anita Ammersfeld Homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Anita Ammersfeld, soul of the Walfischgasse town theater, gold-plated . APA notification dated December 3, 2015, accessed December 4, 2015.