Carola Fischer

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Carola Fischer (* in Berlin ) is a German opera / operetta singer with a mezzo-soprano / alto voice .

Live and act

Carola Fischer grew up in Berlin. At first her main interest was competitive sports: gymnastics, then figure skating. When she was denied a sporting career, she decided to study singing at the Hanns Eisler Music Academy . During her studies she received her first guest contracts, among others at the music stages in Schwerin and at the Komische Oper Berlin .

After completing her studies, Carola Fischer began her career in 1981 at the Cottbus State Theater , of which she has been a member since then. There her first role was that of Fidalma in the opera buffa Il matrimonio segreto . Initially, the artist was a guest at the Leipzig Opera and the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau for five years . Guest engagements have taken Carola Fischer to Erfurt, Flensburg, Schwetzingen, the Chiemgau Festival, Halle and the German State Opera Berlin . In the latter theater she sang Cherubin and Le Jay in Siegfried Matthus' premiere of Graf Mirabeau .

In addition to her stage presence, she also appears as a song / concert singer.

Role repertoire (selection)

  • Cherubino in "The Marriage of Figaro" (Mozart)
  • Witch in "Rusalka" (Dvorák)
  • Preziosilla in "La Forza del destino" (Verdi)
  • Octavian in "Der Rosenkavalier" (Strauss)
  • Brangäne in "Tristan und Isolde" (Wagner)
  • Ortrud in "Lohengrin" (Wagner)
  • Venus in "Tannhäuser" (Wagner)
  • Fricka in “Rheingold” (Wagner).
  • Judith in "Duke Bluebeard's Castle" (Bartók)
  • Kabanicha in "Katja Kabanowa" (Janácek)
  • Carmen in "Carmen" (Bizet)
  • Marie in "Wozzeck" (mountain)
  • Anthilde in "Die Csárdásfürstin" (Kálmàn)

Honors

  • In 2003 she received the Max Grünebaum Prize for special artistic achievements at the Cottbus State Theater.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.staatstheater-cottbus.de/mitarbeiter/carola-fischer/
  2. ↑ https://www.der-theaterverlag.de/theatermagazin/dtm/theatermagazin-062019/ensembletheater-und-oper/
  3. ↑ http://max-gruenebaum-stiftung.de/preistraeger-2003/
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Carola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera / operetta singer with a mezzo-soprano / alto voice
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin