Elisabeth Kulman

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Elisabeth Kulman (2010)

Elisabeth Kulman (born June 28, 1973 in Oberpullendorf , Austria ) is an Austrian singer (soprano / mezzo-soprano / alto).

Career

After graduating from high school (1991), Elisabeth Kulman first studied Russian, Finno-Ugric Studies and musicology and also worked intensively as a choir singer in several renowned Vienna choirs: Arnold Schoenberg Choir , Concentus Vocalis Vienna, Wiener Singakademie , Wiener Kammerchor , Chorus sine nomine a . a. In 1995 she began to study singing with Helena Łazarska at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna . Immediately after completing her studies in 2001 (simultaneously in the two fields of study “Opera” and “Lied and Oratorio”, both with distinction and the title Magister artium) she was engaged as Pamina in Mozart's Magic Flute at the Vienna Volksoper . Especially as a Mozart soprano ( Contessa Almaviva , Donna Elvira ) she was able to quickly draw attention to herself.

In 2004 she switched to mezzo-soprano and succeeded in her first trouser role , the Boccaccio in Suppé 's operetta of the same name at the Vienna Volksoper, staged by Helmuth Lohner . This was followed by further role debuts in a very short time. Important stations were her Orpheus in Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydike at the Opéra National de Paris in June 2005, her debut as Carmen (Bizet) at the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden in October 2007 and her Prince Orlofsky in Johann Straussen's Fledermaus at the Vienna State Opera on New Year's Eve 2006, for whose interpretation she was awarded the Eberhard Waechter Medal in June 2007 . The singer also set accents in the field of early music: At the Schwetzingen Festival, she performed with outstanding success in two opera excavations under Thomas Hengelbrock - in 2005 in Alessandro Scarlatti's Telemaco and in 2007 in the title role of Giovanni Lbegratti's Il Giustino .

Elisabeth Kulman is in international demand as a concert singer. Under Peter Schreier a DVD created with Bach's Christmas Oratorio , under Christian Arming a CD with Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2.

She cultivates classical recitals, mostly with Walter Moore as piano partner, as well as unusual song projects, e.g. B. with “Mussorgsky Dis-Covered” a project by Tscho Theissing and the Ensemble Amarcord Wien (Mahler arrangements).

In spring 2011 Elisabeth Kulman sang Smeton in the Donizetti opera Anna Bolena at the Vienna State Opera . Anna Netrebko and Elīna Garanča could be heard in the main roles.

In April 2015, the singer announced that she would no longer take part in any scenic opera performances and would devote herself exclusively to concert opera music in addition to her work as a concert singer.

Elisabeth Kulman is committed to fair pay and fair working conditions for performing artists, including in the art but fair initiative .

Elisabeth Kulman lives in Vienna.

Prizes and awards

  • 2007: Eberhard Waechter Medal
  • 2014: “Helga de Oro” as best mezzo-soprano

repertoire

Soprano roles (1998-2004)

  • Susanna - Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna 1998 and 1999
  • Mrs. Fluth - Nicolai: The funny women of Windsor - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna 2000
  • Contessa Almaviva - Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - 4th Graz Garden Festival 2000; University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna 2001; Volksoper Vienna 2003 and 2004
  • Mme Euterpova - Menotti: Help! Help! The Globolinks! - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna 2001
  • Rosalinde - Strauss: Die Fledermaus - Academy for Music Krakow 2001
  • Alcina - Handel: Alcina - Junge Oper St. Pölten 2001
  • Pamina - Mozart: The Magic Flute - Volksoper Vienna 2001, 2002 and 2003; City Theater St. Gallen 2002
  • Fraarte - Handel: Radamisto - Salzburg Whitsun Festival 2002
  • Don Pedro - Massenet: Don Quichotte - Wiener Klangbogen 2002
  • Vera - Mascagni: Sì - Volksoper Vienna 2002
  • Olga - Vives: La Generala - Volksoper Vienna 2002 and 2003
  • Donna Elvira - Mozart: Don Giovanni - Volksoper Vienna 2002 and 2004

Mezzo-soprano and alto parts (from 2004)

  • Flora Bervoix - Verdi: La traviata - Volksoper Vienna 2004
  • Boccaccio - Suppé: Boccaccio - Volksoper Vienna 2004, 2005 and 2006
  • Erifile / Antiope - A. Scarlatti: Telemaco - Schwetzingen Festival 2005
  • Orfeo - Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice - Opéra National de Paris 2005, 2008
  • Prince Orlofsky - J. Strauss jr .: Die Fledermaus - Volksoper Vienna 2005 and 2007; Operetta Summer Kufstein 2007; Vienna State Opera 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2014/15; NNT Tokyo 2009
  • Carmen - Bizet: Carmen - Volksoper Vienna, 2005 and 2007; Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden 2007; Hamburg State Opera 2014
  • Hänsel - Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel - Volksoper Vienna 2005 and 2006
  • Third Lady - Mozart: The Magic Flute - Volksoper Vienna 2005, 2006 and 2007; Vienna State Opera 2006 and 2007
  • Suzuki - Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Volksoper Vienna 2006; Vienna State Opera 2007
  • Nancy - Flotow: Martha - Volksoper Vienna 2006
  • Hippolyta - Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Volksoper Vienna 2006
  • Magdalena - Kienzl: The Evangelimann - Volksoper Vienna 2007
  • Giustino - Lenzeni: Il Giustino - Schwetzingen Festival 2007
  • Fenena - Verdi: Nabucco - St. Margarethen Opera Festival 2007; Vienna State Opera 2008 and 2009; Bavarian State Opera 2011
  • Marina Mnick - Mussorgsky: Boris Godunow - Vienna State Opera 2007 and 2009
  • Mrs. Quickly - Verdi: Falstaff - Vienna State Opera 2008 and 2009; Salzburg Festival 2013
  • Polina - Tschaikowsky: The Queen of Spades - Vienna State Opera 2008
  • Second Norn - Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Vienna State Opera 2008/09; Bucharest / Enescu Festival 2013
  • Ulrica - Verdi: Un ballo in maschera - Vienna State Opera 2009
  • Brigitta - Korngold: The Dead City - Vienna State Opera 2009
  • Floßhilde - Wagner: Das Rheingold - Vienna State Opera 2009
  • Grimgerde - Wagner: Die Walküre - Vienna State Opera 2009
  • Olga - Tschaikowsky: Eugene Onegin - Vienna State Opera 2009
  • Clairon - R. Strauss: Cappriccio - Wiener Staatsoper 2009 / guest performance Garmisch-Partenkirchen
  • Herodias - R. Strauss: Salome - Wiener Staatsoper 2009/10, 2015
  • Waltraute - Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Vienna State Opera 2009, 2013; Bamberg 2013; Lucerne 2013; Bucharest / Enescu Festival 2013
  • Gora - Reimann: Medea (WP) - Vienna State Opera 2010
  • Fricka - Wagner: Das Rheingold - Vienna State Opera 2010, 2014; Bavarian State Opera 2013, 2015; Lucerne 2013; Bucharest / Enescu Festival 2013
  • Fricka - Wagner: Die Walküre - Vienna State Opera 2010, 2014; Bavarian State Opera 2013, 2015; Lucerne 2013; Bucharest / Enescu Festival 2013; Valencia 2013
  • Orfeo - Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice - Salzburg Festival 2010
  • Smeton - Donizetti: Anna Bolena - Vienna State Opera 2011
  • Ludmila - Smetana: The Bartered Bride - styriarte 2011
  • Gaea - R. Strauss: Daphne - Vienna State Opera 2011
  • Widow Begbick - Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - Vienna State Opera 2012
  • Boulotte - Offenbach: Barbe-bleue - styriarte 2013
  • Brangäne - Wagner: Tristan and Isolde - Vienna State Opera 2013
  • Cherubino - Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - Theater an der Wien 2014
  • Despina - Mozart: Così fan tutte - Theater an der Wien 2014
  • Erda - Wagner: Das Rheingold - Opera Nomori Festival Tokyo 2014

Discography

CD :

DVD :

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Message from Elisabeth Kulman's website, accessed on April 15, 2015
  2. ↑ http://artbutfair.org/wer-wir-sind/
  3. ↑ Winner on El Blog de Atticus accessed on April 15, 2015

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Kulman, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian singer (soprano, mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberpullendorf