Franziska Rabl

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Franziska Rabl (born November 15, 1975 in Munich ) is a German singer with a mezzo-soprano voice .

education

Franziska Rabl was born and raised in the Pasing district of Munich . She received music lessons from an early age. She played the violin, viola and horn in various chamber music ensembles and orchestras. After graduating from high school, which she passed at the Karlsgymnasium , she trained as an interpreter before starting her vocal studies at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich with Marilyn Schmiege . Prior to that, Franziska Rabl received private singing lessons from Pamela Coburn . During her artistic training, she gained her first stage experience in Munich's smallest opera house in the Pasinger factory in Die Fledermaus , La Cenerentola , Die Welt auf dem Mond , Hansel and Gretel and Ritter Roland. Franziska Rabl took master classes with Kurt Widmer , Edith Wiens and Donald Sulzen, among others . Since completing her studies, she has been vocal coached by Dietrich Schneider .

Opera

Engagements took the singer to the Opera Studio of the Zurich Opera House , where she expanded her repertoire from the baroque to the modern. From 2005 to 2008 she worked as a soloist at Theater Dortmund . There she sang important parts of her subject, e.g. B. Hansel in Hansel and Gretel , the title role in Carmen , Dorabella in Così fan tutte , Helena in The beautiful Helena , Floßhilde and Siegrune im Ring .

In 2008/2009 Franziska Rabl was a guest at the Landestheater Coburg , where she sang Charlotte in Werther and Fricka in Das Rheingold . She also appeared as Dorabella in Così fan tutte at the Montpellier Opera, as Orest in the operetta Die Schöne Helena at the Musical Comedy in Leipzig, at the Lyon Opera as Musico in Manon Lescaut and at the Ingolstadt Theater as Carmen.

In the 2010–2012 seasons, Franziska Rabl was a member of the ensemble at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz . She appears at numerous opera houses, u. a. the national theaters Mannheim and Weimar, the Landestheater Linz, the theaters in Leipzig, Erfurt, Dessau, Bielefeld, Aachen, Koblenz and Chemnitz. So she stepped u. a. 2015 at the Landestheater Niederbayern in Georges Bizet 's opera of the same name as Carmen and as Romeo in I Capuleti ei Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini .

In 2018 she played the lead role of Indra's daughter in the contemporary opera Ein Traumspiel at Theater Hof . Aribert Reimann's first opera was brought back to the stage there for the first time in 30 years and was celebrated by the audience and the professional world. The premiere was broadcast by Deutschlandfunk Kultur .

concert

In addition to her stage presence, the mezzo-soprano performs a lively concert activity in the song and oratorio area and gives concerts with the orchestra of the WDR, the Staatskapelle Halle , the Baden-Württemberg Philharmonic, the Northwest German Philharmonic and others. a. She sang under the direction of Alexander Soddy , Dan Ettinger , Proinnsías Ó Duinn, Anthony Bramall , Walter Gugerbauer , Kazushi Ono, Arthur Fagen and many other well-known conductors. In the summer of 2018 she performed at the Herrenchiemsee Festival with a recital with works by Johannes Brahms for soprano, baritone, vocal quartet, choir and piano.

The mezzo-soprano is German and US-American and speaks six languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian and Swedish.

Laureate

  • 2004: International Summer Academy Mozarteum
  • 2005: Jan Kiepura Competition (Renate Holm Operetta Prize)

Discography

  • 2005: The Magic Flute for Children (Papagena); Zurich Opera House; Naxos
  • 2009: festive music at Christmas time; Amadeus Chamber Orchestra Dortmund
  • 2012: Music by the Wiener Hofkapelle; WDR; Crystal

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (PDF) p. 14 ( Memento of December 14, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Carmen: Plea for refugees and displaced persons. In: The opera friend . June 22, 2015, accessed June 22, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Existential slide. In: die-deutsche-buehne.de. March 18, 2018, accessed March 18, 2018 .
  4. ↑ A dream game. In: operapoint.de. March 18, 2018, accessed March 18, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Saturday: a dream game. In: fonoforum.de. May 3, 2018, accessed May 3, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Rabl, Franziska
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH 15th November 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich