Edith Lorans

Edith Lorans (* in Mulhouse ) is a French opera, operetta, oratorio and lieder singer with a soprano / coloratura soprano voice .

Life and artistic work

She studied singing at the Conservatoire National de Strasbourg . Afterwards Edith Lorans was a member of the Opera Studio Biel / Bern . Master classes and a. at Edda Moser , Ruthilde Boesch , Richard Miller , Marga Schiml and Ralph Weikert their future artistic career gave important impulses. In 2004 she finished her vocal training, followed by engagements at the theaters of Augsburg , Hamburg , Luxemburg , Zwickau and Plauen . Edith Lorans has been a member of the ensemble at Theater Ulm since the 2009/2010 season . There she made her debut as Queen of the Night and at the same time as Papagena in The Magic Flute . Furthermore, she sang the Musetta in La Bohème , Frau Fluth in Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor , Josepha Vogelhuber in Im Weiße Rössl , the Woglinde in Das Rheingold and Donna Clara in Der Zwerg .

The artist's repertoire of roles includes the following roles (selection): Josepha Vogelhuber in Im Weißen Rößl, Queen of the Night, Pamina and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail , Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus , Coneconde in Candide , Arsena in Der Zigeunerbaron , Flamina in Il mondo della luna , Frau Fluth in Die Lustigen Frauen von Windsor, Violetta in La traviata and Zerbinetta in Ariadne on Naxos . The artist has appeared in two Swiss premieres: in the world premiere of Benjamin Schweitzer's opera Jakob von Gunten as Miss Lisa and as Katherine in La jolie fille de Perth , a rarely performed opera by Georges Bizet .

In addition to her stage presence, Edith Lorans is also active as a lieder and oratorio singer. Her repertoire includes works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Johann Sebastian Bach , Max Reger , Joseph Haydn , Georg Friedrich Händel , Franz Schubert etc.

personal data
SURNAME	Lorans, Edith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Weiger née Foehrlé, Edith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French singer (soprano, coloratura soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mulhouse