Birgit Sarata
Birgit Sarata (born June 26, 1942 in Vienna ) is an Austrian opera and operetta singer ( soprano ).
Life
The soprano Birgit Sarata, who was born in Vienna and trained by Esther Réthy at the Conservatory there, is known less for her artistic merits than for her position in Austrian social life. She made guest appearances - first as a youthful dramatic soprano, later increasingly in operettas - with great success in the entire German-speaking area, at the Vienna Volksoper , at the Salzburg State Theater , at the Graz Opera , at the Bregenz Festival , at the Berlin Theater des Westens , in Dortmund and Nuremberg . At the same time she also had contracts with Düsseldorf and Cologne as well as in Zurich and at the Ghent Opera . Because of her radiant appearance, she was long considered the ideal type of operetta diva . It was mainly roles like Rosalinde ( Die Fledermaus ) and Hanna Glawari ( The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár ) that became her core repertoire . As an “ambassador of Viennese charm”, she went on extensive concert tours all over the world, for example during the 1978 World Cup in Argentina , Australia , Japan and the USA . The King of Tonga invited them to his music festival . Before Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi she sang the “Vilja song” from the merry widow in his mother tongue . She sang at hundreds of concerts , appeared in more than thirty German-speaking theaters and was the ZDF operetta film star of the 1970s, for example in the film adaptation of Lehár's The Land of Smiles alongside René Kollo and Dagmar Koller . Birgit Sarata's achievements as a singer and actress are documented in several operettas, films and television programs.
Birgit Sarata appeared under the name Pitsch-Sarata during her marriage to the industrialist Fred Pitsch. After marrying the detergent manufacturer Kurt Konrad Rajer, she retired from the stage in the early 1980s and, as Birgit Sarata-Rajer, mainly performed star guest appearances on international cruise ships.
Birgit Sarata is today (2017) one of the main representatives of Viennese social life and organizes major events for her hometown.
She is Honorary Vice Consul of the Republic of Senegal .
At the Great Chance of Choirs , she was a juror alongside Oliver Pocher , Larissa Marolt and Ramesh Nair in April and May 2015 at ORF .
Filmography
- 1973: The Land of Smiles ( composer : Franz Lehár , director: Arthur Maria Rabenalt , conductor : Wolfgang Ebert , Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra , actors: René Kollo , Dagmar Koller , Heinz Zednik , Herbert Prikopa , Fred Liewehr and others)
- 1975: A waltz for two (director: Heinz Liesendahl , orchestra director: Hans-Georg Arlt , actors / singers: Fred Bertelmann , Adolf Dallapozza , René Kollo, Zarah Leander , Max Greger , Bibi Johns , Benno Kusche , Helmut Wallner )
- 1987: Johann Strauss - The King without a Crown ( Director : Franz Antel )
- 1997: Wedding in Vienna (Director: Michel Lang ) Actors: Charles Aznavour , Annie Cordy , Christiane Minazzoli
- 2001: Dolce Vita & Co
Awards
- 1996: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art
- 2004: Gold Medal of Merit of the State of Vienna
- 2011: Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2018: Awarded the professional title of Professor
- Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Vienna
- Gold medal for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
- Euro Crystal Globe Award
- Austrian special ambassador for tourism
- Honorary Vice Consul of Senegal
Web links
- Sound carrier by Birgit Sarata in the catalog of the German National Library
- On “wien.at” honoring in the Vienna City Hall - Birgit Sarata received a Golden Merit
- There must be so many women in the Falter
- Birgit Sarata in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- “Healthy and Living in Lower Austria” from 05/2010 about Birgit Sarata
- Freizeit-Journal - Birgit Sarata - Charming Viennese diva with a lot of temperament
- Deutsche Grammophon
Individual evidence
- ^ Historical calendar (June 26th) , Der Standard
- ↑ ORF - The great chance of choirs ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ↑ List of winners of the Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved December 9, 2015.
- ↑ Awarding of the professional title of Professor to the Vice Honorary Consul of the Republic of Senegal Birgit Sarata . Retrieved September 23, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sarata, Birgit |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |