Arno Raunig
Arno Argos Raunig (born January 14, 1957 in Klagenfurt ) is an Austrian opera singer ( countertenor ).
Life
Raunig began his singing career in 1966 with the Vienna Boys' Choir , where he was soprano soloist from 1968 to 1972 . His first voice instructor was Ferdinand Grossmann . At the Vienna Boys' Choir he worked with Herbert von Karajan , Josef Krips and Karl Böhm . He sang the first boy from the Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the Vienna State Opera and the Bavarian State Opera .
After graduating from high school in 1978, he began studying law and spent a year as an educator with the Vienna Boys' Choir. This was followed by the beginning of a writing activity with the poetry book Lasst Lyrik Leben and the singer training as a male soprano at the Linz Bruckner Conservatory with Gerald Trabesinger. He received his most important training as a soprano from Kammersängerin Ruthilde Boesch in Vienna. Further stations of his vocal training were chamber singer Kurt Equiluz (song and oratorio), Erika Mechera, Hans Peter Blochwitz and chamber singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf . His voice has a range of over three and a half octaves.
In 1986 the Georg Friedrich Händel Verein was founded in Vienna, with which Raunig then began his concert activities. The highlights were concerts and opera performances in concert at the Vienna Konzerthaus ( Messias , St. John Passion , La clemenza di Tito , Antonio Cesti's Il pomo d´oro ) and Wiener Musikverein ( Xerxes ). After a few years the association was dissolved and in 2010 it was re-established as the European Handel Society.
In 1989 the first CD recording of Apollo and Hyazinth by WA Mozart was made with the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Radio Choir under the conductor Max Pommer . This was followed by appearances with the Leipzig Orchestra and Choir in the Gewandhaus Leipzig and the Berlin Philharmonic as contralto and soprano in Handel's Messiah , as the swan in Carl Orff's Carmina burana and as the hyacinth in the Mozart Complete Edition in Brilliant Classics.
In 1990 he sang his first solo CD: Mozart - Salieri (Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate ; Salieri: Fremat tyrannus ) with the Amadeus Ensemble Vienna, conducted by Walter Kobéra .
He made his stage debut as a soprano on January 18, 1990 at the Klagenfurt City Theater in Henry Purcell's Fairy Queen . From 2003 to 2006 he began working on a new path to pop music with recordings in Los Angeles, Austria and Bulgaria with artists such as "Supermax" Kurt Hauenstein , José Feliciano , Tim Pierce and the Vienna Boys' Choir.
In 2008 he was awarded the Cross of Honor for Science and Art 1st Class and in 2009 the Great Decoration of Honor of the State of Carinthia .
Discography
- 1990 Solo CD: Mozart - Salieri ( Exsultate, jubilate - Fremat Thyrannus) conductor Walter Kobéra
- 1993 Solo CD: Arno Raunig soprano
- 1993 CD recording by WA Mozart: Apollo and Hyazinth , Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Max Pommer
- 1994 CD recording Niccolò Jommelli : Didone abbandonata with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra under Frieder Bernius
- 1994 CD recording Gregor Joseph Werner : The Prodigal Son, Concilium musicum Vienna, conductor Paul Angerer
- 1996 CD recording by Alfred Schnittke : Historia by D. Johann Fausten , Hamburg State Opera , conductor Gerd Albrecht , premier
- 1998 Solo CD: Farinelli -Arien
- 2005 CD recording by Ignaz Pleyel : Ifigenia In Aulide, Györ Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Paul Weigold
- 2005 CD complete recording WA Mozart: Mozart Complete Edition
- 2006 Solo CD: Arno Raunig sings castrati arias
- 2007 Solo CD: Ave Maria
- 2011 Solo CD: The Most Beautiful Romantic Songs
- 2014 Solo CD: Time Windows. Caccini to bouquet
- 2015 Solo CD Norbert Zehm, Arno Raunig: Cadence. Absolutely live
- 2016 Solo CD: Back To The Past with the Concilium musicum Vienna on original instruments
- 2018 Solo CD: Farinelli versus Handel
- 2019 Solo CD: Mozart castrato arias with the Sofia Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Weigold
Concert and opera activity
- 1990 Art Nouveau theater: WA Mozart Idomeneo , role of Idamante
- 1990 Prague Opera ( Smetana Theater ): Johann Strauss, Die Fledermaus - Orlowsky
- 1991 Art Nouveau Theater Vienna: WA Mozart, Die Zauberflöte , role of the first boy
- 1992 Amsterdam Opera : Strauss - The Woman Without Shadow , Direction: Harry Kupfer , Dir: Hartmut Haenchen ; Staatstheater Wiesbaden : World premiere of Hans Gefors' Der Park . Director: Dietrich Hilsdorf ; Schönbrunner Schloßtheater: Title role of Ascanio from the opera Ascanio in Alba by WA Mozart
- 1994 Zurich Opera House : Georg Friedrich Händel Alcina , role of Ruggiero. Dir: Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Director: Jürgen Flimm ; City Theater Klagenfurt: Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice ; Messepalast Wien: World premiere of Wolfram Wagner's Oedipus ; Neue Oper Wien: World premiere by Axel Seidelmann Hiob
- Hamburg State Opera: World premiere of Alfred Schnittke Historia by D. Johann Fausten . Dir: Gerd Albrecht, Director: John Dew. Arte live recording. CD live production .; Schönbrunner Schloßtheater: World premiere by Alexander Wagendristl Der Narr ; City Theater Klagenfurt: Johann Strauss Die Fledermaus
- 1996 Semperoper Dresden: Johann Adolph Hasse Artemisia Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Frieder Bernius; Amsterdam Opera: Strauss The Woman Without a Shadow ; Schloß Solitude (Stuttgart): Chr. W. Gluck Orfeus and Euridice , Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dir: Frieder Bernius; State Theater Darmstadt: GF Handel Alcina , director: Meyer-Oertelt; Hamburg State Opera: Schnittke Faust ; Staatstheater Darmstadt: GF Handel Alcina Dir: Julia Jones
- 1998 Bonn Opera: world premiere by Helmut Oehring Sieben ; Darmstadt State Theater: GF Handel Alcina ; Festival d´Automne Paris (Opera de la Bastille), Donaueschingen, Lunatheater Brussels: World premiere by Helmut Oehring / Iris ter Schiphorst Requiem
- 1999 Theater Basel: World premiere by Helmut Oehring Bernarda Albas Haus ; Theatro Argentina Rome: Bernarda Albas Haus , Hebbel; Theater Berlin: Bernarda Albas Haus ; Darmstadt State Theater: GF Handel Alcina
- 2000 Wiesbaden State Theater: GF Handel Alcina ; Teatro Caio Melisso (Spoleto): Oscar Strasnoy Midea (2), director: Henning Brockhaus; Vienna Chamber Opera: Chr. W. Gluck Orfeus and Euridice Dir: Paul Weigold; Chamber Opera Vienna: World premiere by Jan Müller-Wieland The fairy tale of the 672nd night
- Bonn Opera: World premiere by Helmut Oehring Effi Briest . Director: Ulrike Ottinger. With the actress Ingrid Caven
- 2002 Darmstadt State Theater: Antonio Vivaldi - Orlando furioso
- 2003 Ruhrtriennale : GF Handel Saul ; Chamber music festival Witten: World premiere (of a work by) Aureliano Cattaneo with the Klangforum Wien
- 2006 Theater Basel: World premiere by Helmut Oehring Invisible Land , director: Claus Guth; Warsaw Opera (Wielki): Pavel Mykietyn Shakespeare Sonetti
- 2008 Klagenfurt City Theater: New version of Herbert Willi's brother sleep
- 2009 Neue Oper Wien: Harrison Birtwistle , The Last Supper , Dir: Walter Kobéra, Direction: Phillip Harnoncourt; New Opera Vienna: Herbert Willi Schlafes brother
- 2010 Tiroler Landestheater: World premiere Norbert Zehm Cadence Macbeth
- 2011 CD production The most beautiful romantic songs
- 2012 György Ligeti : Le Grand Macabre - Prinz Go Go / Neue Oper Wien, Walter Kobéra
- 2013 György Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre in Budapest Palace of Arts
Web links
- Sound carrier by Arno Raunig in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website by Arno Argos Raunig
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cross of Honor for the Viennese soprano Arno Raunig ; Retrieved September 17, 2010.
- ↑ A very special day of honor ; Retrieved September 17, 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Raunig, Arno |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Raunig, Arno Argos (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (countertenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klagenfurt |