Evelyn Herlitzius
Evelyn Herlitzius (born April 27, 1963 in Osnabrück ) is a German opera singer ( dramatic soprano ).
Life
Before starting her vocal training with Hans Kagel and Eckart Lindemann in Hamburg, she first trained as a dancer.
She made her operatic debut in 1993 with the role of Elisabeth in Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser at the Landestheater Flensburg . In the following year she was engaged at the Hamburg State Opera . Shortly thereafter, there was a lively guest activity on larger theaters: Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (Gutrune in Götterdämmerung ), Saarland State Theater Saarbrücken (Marie in Wozzeck and Leonore in Fidelio ), Bregenz Festival (Leonore in Fidelio ), Bavarian State Opera in Munich ( Venus and Adonis from Hans Werner Henze ), Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome (Sieglinde in Die Walküre under Giuseppe Sinopoli ), Aalto-Theater , Essen (Isolde in Tristan and Isolde ).
She made her debut at the Bayreuth Festival in 2002 with Brünnhilde in Richard Wagner's Ring , which she also performed there in the following years. In summer 2006 and 2007 she performed the Kundry in Parsifal , followed by the Ortrud in Lohengrin in 2010 . In the same year Herlitzius played the title role in Leoš Janáček's opera Katja Kabanowa at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels . In 2014/2015 she was seen as a dyer in Frau ohne Schatten at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden . At the Bayreuth Festival in 2015 she sang Isolde. She is closely connected to the Semperoper in Dresden, where she can be experienced primarily in roles of the Wagner and Strauss repertoire (dramatic and highly dramatic subject). In 2018 she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Kundry in Parsifal.
The artist also works as a singing teacher. Mojca Erdmann is one of her students .
Radio plays and features
- 2013: Evelyn Dörr : Salome - The Liberation of a Theater Character - Director: Evelyn Dörr ( Feature - RBB / DLF )
Awards
- 1999: Christel Goltz Prize from the Semper Opera Foundation
- 2002: Appointment as Saxon Chamber Singer
- 2006: Faust Theater Prize in the category of best singer performance in music theater
- 2013: International Opera Award , nomination as best singer
- 2014: Faust Theater Prize in the category of best singer performance in music theater
Web links
- Evelyn Herlitzius at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- TV series vis-a-vis (DresdenEins): Regina Felber meets ...
- Singing teacher Eckart Lindemann
Individual evidence
- ^ Metropolitan Opera Association. Retrieved March 15, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herlitzius, Evelyn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (dramatic soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osnabrück |