Daniel Behle
Daniel Behle (* 1974 in Hamburg ) is a German opera singer ( tenor ) and composer .
Life
Behle first studied school music , trombone and composition at the Hamburg University of Music . At the age of 22 he took singing lessons from his mother, the dramatic soprano Renate Behle . After completing his trombone studies, he studied five semesters with the American tenor James Wagner . In 2003 Daniel Behle switched to his mother's singing class. In 2004 he completed his composition studies with Peter Michael Hamel and his singing studies with unanimous distinction.
His first engagement was at the State Theater in Oldenburg . After two years he moved to the Volksoper Vienna for the 2005/06 season . Since the 2007/08 season he has been under contract with the Frankfurt Opera for three seasons . He has been working as a freelancer since the 2010/11 season.
With the pianists Sveinung Bjelland and Oliver Schnyder , he gave recitals at important festivals in Europe and released nine solo albums by 2016. In 2017 he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival , where he played David in Barrie Kosky's new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg . In 2019 he sang Walther von der Vogelweide in Tannhäuser in Bayreuth .
Behle has sung at the Vienna State Opera , the Berlin State Opera , the Bavarian State Opera in Munich , the Hamburg State Opera , the Royal Stockholm Opera , the Paris Opera and the Grand Théâtre de Genève . He sang Mozart's concert arias with the Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra and Winterreise in the orchestral version by Hans Zender . His first CD with songs by Franz Schubert , Ludwig van Beethoven , Edvard Grieg , Benjamin Britten and Manfred Trojahn was selected by the Metropolitan Opera as one of the 15 best new releases of 2009.
Behle made guest appearances with the Gürzenich Orchestra , the WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne , the Concertgebouw Orchestra , the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn , the Kissinger Sommer , the Capella Augustina in Brühl (Rhineland) and the International Bach Academy Stuttgart . The conductors were Frans Brüggen , James Gaffigan , Andreas Spering , Christoph Spering , Markus Stenz , Jeffrey Tate , Christian Thielemann and Sebastian Weigle .
Daniel Behle lives with his family in Basel .
Compositions
- Albern work for brass quintet (1994)
- Mohnfeld for mixed choir based on a poem by Manfred Mühlbauer (1998)
- "7" for tenor trombone (1999)
- Twilight for 8 trumpets (2000)
- Three little character pieces for 3 trombones (2001)
- A tuba quartet (2002)
- Suite for string quartet (2003)
- Die Strandgeher , chamber opera in three parts for singers and speakers (2004)
- Errwege for symphonic wind orchestra with obbligato tuba quartet (2006)
- Tuba Quartet '07 (2007)
- Song cycle The Flight of the Heron (2008)
- Wiesn for brass quintet (2009), adapted to Klabautermann (2015)
- Winter trip in trio - (2013)
- Ringelnatz cycle - 5 poems (2013)
Operas, operettas, requiems and oratorios
- Camille de Rosillon in The Merry Widow at La Scala in Milan (2008)
- Christmas Oratorio (Bach) with the Saxon State Orchestra under Christian Thielemann
- Requiem (Mozart) with the Saxon State Orchestra under Christian Thielemann ,
- Tamino in Die Zauberflöte , Aix-en-Provence ( René Jacobs )
- Vinci : Artaserse
- Requiem (Dvořák)
- Messiah
- Steffani : Stabat mater
- The creation
- Rinaldo in Joseph Haydn's Armida , Brühl Palace Concerts
- Petite fair solennelle
- Titus in La clemenza di Tito
- Leucippus in Daphne
- Elias (Mendelssohn)
- Königskinder , Frankfurt
- Idomeneo , Frankfurt
- Belmonte in The Abduction from the Seraglio in Zurich, Vienna and Berlin
- Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni
- Symon in The Beggar Student
- Alfred in Die Fledermaus
- Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi
- Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore
Recordings
- Songs (Phönix Classics, 2009)
- The Magic Flute (harmonia mundi, 2010)
- The beautiful miller's wife (Capriccio, 2010)
- Poet's love (Capriccio, 2011)
- Richard Strauss Lieder (Capriccio, 2012)
- Generation (Capriccio, 2012)
- Bach (Sony, 2013)
- Humperdinck - Königskinder (Oehms Classics, 2013)
- Brahms - The beautiful Magelone 2CDs (Capriccio, 2014)
- Gluck Arias (Decca, 2014)
- Winterreisen - Version with piano trio and original (Sony Classical, 2014)
- My Hamburg (Berlin Classics, 2016)
- Schubert Arias (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 2017)
Awards and honors
- National Singing Competition Berlin
- Competition of the Elise Meyer Foundation, Hamburg
- Robert Stolz Singing Competition, Hamburg
- Music competition Sonja of Norway (2005)
- Troldhaugen Grieg Prize
Web links
- Works and recordings by Daniel Behle in the catalog of the German National Library
- Daniel Behle at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- Daniel Behle homepage
- Daniel Behle agency profile
- Daniel Behle in the performance database of the Bayreuth Festival
Individual evidence
- ↑ Men's Choir Buldern
- ↑ Peter Krause: In Wunderlich's footsteps. The tenor Daniel Behle closes a gap . concerti.de
- ↑ Oper Frankfurt: Daniel Behle ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2013 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.
- ↑ a b c CV (with picture)
- ↑ a b c d e f g Blechpresse Musikverlag. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 12, 2017 ; Retrieved April 11, 2017 . 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.
- ^ Daniel Behle agency profile
- ↑ Winter trip in trio at youtube.com
- ^ Fritz Herzog: Tenor Daniel Behle as a guest in the Beethoven House. General-Anzeiger Bonn, October 11, 2013
- ↑ My Hamburg: Berlin Classics. Retrieved April 11, 2017 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Behle, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |