Christina Gansch
Christina Gansch (born 1990 in St. Pölten ) is an Austrian opera singer who specializes in soprano .
Life
Gansch studied at the Conservatory for Church Music of the Diocese of St. Pölten while she was still in school , went to the Mozarteum in Salzburg in 2008 , graduated with distinction in 2012 and then won several prizes. She attended master classes with Michèle Crider , Edita Gruberová , Angelika Kirchschlager , and Thomas Moser and finally continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Her international operatic debut took place in September 2013 as Amor in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice at the Montpellier Opera . This was followed by appearances at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, at the Resonanzen Festival in Vienna and in the Wigmore Hall in London. In March 2013 she sang Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro at the Theater an der Wien - as part of the concert da Ponte cycle with the Concentus Musicus Wien under Nikolaus Harnoncourt . The reviews were consistently benevolent, Der Standard praised "in addition to comedic potential, a voice that predestines it for larger roles".
From 2014 to 2016 she was a member of the international opera studio at the Hamburg State Opera and in the 2016/2017 season she was a member of the ensemble at this house, where she a. a. Pamina in the Magic Flute , which Constance sang in Dialogues des Carmélites , Almira in the opera of the same name and Gemmy in Guillaume Tell .
In summer 2015 she was a member of the Young Singers Project of the Salzburg Festival and took over Barbarina in Sven-Eric Bechtolf's new production of Le nozze di Figaro . In 2017 she will be seen again at the Salzburg Festival, this time as Servilia in La clemenza di Tito .
Awards
- 2011 7th International Singing Competition Passau: Prize for special talent for singers
- 2013 19th singing competition “Ferruccio Tagliavini”, Deutschlandsberg: 1st prize in the 2nd section and soprano prize
- 2013 4th international singing competition for baroque opera Pietro Antonio Cesti , Innsbruck: 2nd prize, Atle Vestersjø young talent prize and special prize
- 2014 winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Competition
Web links
- Christina Gansch , official website
- Christina Gansch at Operabase (engagements and dates)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mozarteum: Die Kavalleristin ; Retrieved on Aug. 22, 2014
- ↑ OperaBase lists the debut as early as September 2012, the only criticism that can be found relates to the performance series from autumn 2013, which thus seems to be verified.
- ↑ Maurice Saales: En quête d'identité , in: forumopera.com , September 24, 2013
- ^ Daniel Ender: Harnoncourt forces Vienna to listen , Der Standard , March 7, 2014
- ^ Members of the ensemble. Hamburg State Opera, accessed on August 7, 2017 .
- ^ 4th International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti , website
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gansch, Christina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer with soprano voice |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Polten |