Hanna-Elisabeth Müller

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Hanna-Elisabeth Müller signing after an artist talk in November 2014

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (born May 3, 1985 in Mannheim ) is a German opera, concert and lied singer with a soprano voice . In addition to her international opera engagements, she regularly appears as a soloist in the performance of oratorios, symphonic works and orchestral songs and works with well-known orchestras and conductors. Her song repertoire ranges from German Romanticism to the music of the 20th century.

Life

Training and initial engagements

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller received violin lessons from Dinu Hartwich in Speyer from childhood and, during her school days, enjoyed singing in the national children's and youth choir Juventus vocalis from Dannstadt as a hobby. Since the age of eleven, she received singing lessons from its director Judith Janzen and sang at the 1998 "Summer of Culture Ludwigshafen" the boy soprano in the Mass by Leonard Bernstein .

After graduating from high school, she studied from 2005 until her diploma, which she passed with distinction in 2009, at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim under Rudolf Piernay , with whom she continues to work. She also took part in master classes by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Júlia Várady , Edith Wiens , Elly Ameling , Thomas Hampson and Wolfram Rieger . She made her first debuts in major operatic roles in 2010 as Eurydice in Orpheus and Eurydice at the Rheinsberg Chamber Opera and as Pamina in the Magic Flute at the Theater & Philharmonie Thuringia , Gera. She was a member of the opera studio at the Bavarian State Opera in the 2010/11 season. In this context, she made her house debut in September 2010 as Papagena in the Magic Flute and worked as Fillide in a production of La fedeltà premiata by Joseph Haydn . In December 2013 she was presented by Rolando Villazón at Arte as part of the program Stars of Tomorrow .

Development as an opera singer

From the 2012/2013 season to 2015/2016 Hanna-Elisabeth Müller was a member of the ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera and made her debut in various roles in the lyrical soprano field. According to the character of her voice, which reviewers described as "blessed with a fine, bright timbre", "as if cut from a crystal" or "of wonderfully characteristic vocal silver", she was mainly used for youthful roles, often as a counterpart as well mature stage personality laid out for the soprano. Even after the end of her permanent commitment, she was a regular guest at this house.

Due to an audition with Christian Thielemann , she was engaged by Richard Strauss as Zdenka in Arabella for the Salzburg Easter Festival 2014 . The success in this role at the side of Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson was decisive for her award as "Young Artist of the Year" in the critics' survey of the magazine Opernwelt . She made her debut as Sophie in Rosenkavalier in 2015 at the Dutch Opera Amsterdam . In 2017 she took her international work for the first time to the Metropolitan Opera New York (Marzelline in Fidelio ) and to La Scala in Milan (Donna Anna in Don Giovanni ). In the latter role, which already points in a more dramatic direction, she was certified as having a “first-class and intelligently used material”, a “whitewater-like” volume, a “creamy” timbre, effortless design of the vocal lines and a coherent representation of her role. She also made her debut at the Vienna State Opera in November 2019 as Donna Anna.

Opera roles and engagements (selection)

debut role
Nov 2010 Pamina ( The Magic Flute )
March 2013 Gretel ( Hansel and Gretel ) Bavarian State Opera
May 2013 Zerlina ( Don Giovanni ) Bavarian State Opera
July 2013 Woglinde ( Rheingold , Götterdämmerung ) Bavarian State Opera
Sep 2013 Susanna ( Le nozze di Figaro )
  • Bavarian State Opera
  • Metropolitan Opera New York (Feb. 2020)
Oct. 2013 Donna Clara ( The Dwarf ) Bavarian State Opera
Feb. 2014 Servilia ( La clemenza di Tito ) Bavarian State Opera
Apr. 2014 Zdenka ( Arabella )
Sep 2015 Sophie ( Rosenkavalier )
Oct. 2015 Sophie ( Werther ) Bavarian State Opera,
Feb 2016 Marzelline ( Fidelio )
  • Bavarian State Opera
  • Metropolitan Opera New York (March 2017)
May 2017 Donna Anna ( Don Giovanni )
Feb 2018 Ilia ( Idomeneo ) Zurich Opera House
Oct. 2018 Sandrina ( La finta giardiniera ) Milan Scala

Work as a song and concert singer

In addition to her work at the opera, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller also appears as a lieder singer. Since participating in the Heidelberg Spring 2011, she has been cultivating and developing a repertoire together with her permanent pianist Juliane Ruf and often with orchestral accompaniment, including songs by Alban Berg , Benjamin Britten , Francis Poulenc , Arnold Schönberg , Robert Schumann , Richard Strauss and Hugo Wolf count. With the support she received from 2013 to 2015 in the SWR2 New Talent program , she reached a wide audience with two recitals broadcast on the radio. In this context she made her debut at the Schwetzingen Festival in May 2013 .

Her first solo CD Traumgekrönt , released in June 2017, is entirely dedicated to the art of song and was honored by numerous reviews in print and online media and by being included in the 4/2017 best list of the German Record Critics' Award. In 2018 she introduced herself to the audience of the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid and La Scala in Milan as a song interpreter . A second song CD Reine de cœur was released by Pentatone in February 2020.

Participation in oratorios and orchestral songs takes up a large part of Hanna-Elisabeth Müller's work and has taken her to concert halls such as the Berlin, Cologne, Munich and Paris Philharmonics and the Elbphilharmonie. After the opening of the Salzburg Festival in 2016 with Haydn's creation , she was certified as having "that clarity" that Viennese classical music absolutely needs. "She designed song-like sentences from romantic and late romantic works" simple but enchanting "and aligned with the overall sound, such as B. the seven early songs by Alban Berg in the orchestral version:

"Hanna-Elisabeth Müller spread this music between transfigured calm and gentle passion as a subtly interpreting mediator, who sometimes carried out her precisely guided soprano, sometimes let it blossom out of nowhere: almost like an orchestral instrument emerging as a soloist ..."

On January 11, 2017, she jumped in for Camilla Tilling at the opening of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and sang the soprano part in the 4th movement of the 9th Symphony in D minor by Ludwig van Beethoven , without being able to rehearse with the choir and orchestra . In December 2018 she was a soloist at the ZDF Advent concert from the Dresden Frauenkirche.

Concert repertoire and performances (selection)

composer plant
Ludwig van Beethoven Missa Solemnis .
Alban Berg Seven early songs Essen Philharmonic, Hans Graf (Essen, Sep. 2016)
Johannes Brahms A German Requiem
Antonín Dvořák Stabat Mater
Joseph Haydn Missa in angustiis (Nelson Mass). Heilbronner Chamber Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz (Kornhaus Ulm, March 2015)
The Creation (Gabriel and Eva) Chamber Orchestra of Europe , Yannick Nézet-Séguin , (opening concert of the Salzburg Festival , July 2016)
Gustav Mahler 4th symphony
Franz Schubert Songs in the orchestral version by Felix Mottl Thuringia Philharmonic, Juri Lebedew (Gothaer Margarethenkirche, Jan. 2012)
Robert Schumann Scenes from Goethe's Faust (Gretchen) Orchester de Paris , Daniel Harding ( Philharmonie de Paris , season opening concert Sep. 2016)
Richard Strauss Four last Songs

Prizes and awards

  • 2009: 1st prize, audience prize and prize for the best interpretation of a contemporary work at the Lied duo competition in Enschede (Netherlands) together with her piano partner Mihaela Tomi.
  • 2010: 1st prize in the singing competition "Sound and Explanation - Conveying Work in Music and Word" of the German Business Culture Group .
  • 2011: All of the prizes awarded at the Ada Sari International Vocal Art Competition in Nowy Sącz .
  • 2013: Festival prize of the “Society for the Promotion of the Munich Opera Festival”.
  • 2014: Awarded “Young Artist of the Year” by Opernwelt magazine

Discography

CD

  • Anton Bruckner: Mass No. 3 in F minor. Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Anke Vondung , Dominik Wortig, Franz-Josef Selig , Bavarian Radio Choir, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra , Robin Ticciati . Tudor, 2014.
  • Crowned dream. Songs by Richard Strauss, Arnold Schönberg and Alban Berg. Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (soprano), Juliane Ruf (piano). Belvedere, 2017.
  • Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major. Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (soprano), Duisburg Symphony Orchestra under Ádám Fischer . CAvi, 2017.
  • Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier. With Hanna-Elisabeth Müller as Sophie, Camilla Nylund as Marschallin, Paula Murrihy as Octavian, Peter Rose as Baron Ochs von Lerchenau; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra under Marc Albrecht. Live recording from September 2015. Challenge Classics, 2017.
  • Pure de coeur. Songs by Robert Schumann, Francis Poulenc and Alexander von Zemlinsky. Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (soprano), Juliane Ruf (piano). Pentatone, 2020.

DVD / Blu-ray

Web links

Commons : Hanna-Elisabeth Müller  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official websites

Interviews

Others

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Success stories. In: Clear the stage! Retrieved October 5, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c Markus Thiel: From the State Opera to the Opera Festival (interview). In: Münchner Merkur . July 15, 2014, accessed October 5, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Juliane Ruf, Wednesday May 15, 2013. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Program booklet. Kölner Philharmonie, pp. 26-27 , archived from the original on June 16, 2018 ; accessed on June 15, 2018 .
  5. ↑ M. Wolf: Master course D. Fischer-Dieskau, Berlin, May 2009: Hanna-Elisabeth Müller practices "Gesang Weylas" by Hugo Wolf. In: Youtube. May 31, 2009, accessed October 5, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Carsten Niemann: Love, a joke (premiere review Orpheus and Eurydice in Rheinsberg). In: Der Tagesspiegel . April 8, 2010, accessed October 5, 2017 .
  7. ↑ a b Josephin Wietschel: The Magic Flute - Gera, stages of the city of Gera. In: Operapoint. November 27, 2010, accessed October 5, 2017 .
  8. ^ Bavarian State Opera : Trailer of Joseph Haydn's La Fedeltà Premiata. March 25, 2011, accessed July 6, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Les stars de demain S03E04: Musique Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (soprano). In: ARTEde (Youtube channel). Arte, December 20, 2013, accessed October 5, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (biography). Bavarian State Opera, accessed July 6, 2018 .
  11. ^ Inge M. Scherer: Thielemanns Easter; April 21: “Arabella” (review) . In: The new marker . No. 5 . Vienna May 2014, p. 6-7 .
  12. ↑ a b c SWR Festival: Müller & Ruf: “But where is happiness? - It flies". (No longer available online.) In: Lokalmatador.de. Nussbaum Medien, May 31, 2013, archived from the original on June 6, 2014 ; accessed on June 13, 2018 .
  13. ^ A b Karl Harb: "Arabella" characterized by subtle restraint. In: Salzburger Nachrichten. April 13, 2014, accessed May 14, 2018 .
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  15. ↑ a b "Arabella": singers acclaimed . April 13, 2014 ( orf.at [accessed July 6, 2018]).
  16. ↑ a b Teresa Pieschacón Raphael: Portrait Hanna-Elisabeth Müller; Fit for the stage. In: Concerti. December 18, 2014, accessed May 14, 2018 .
  17. ↑ a b Recensie - Der Rosenkavalier door de Nationale Opera . In: 8weekly.nl . September 7, 2015 ( 8weekly.nl [accessed July 6, 2018]).
  18. ↑ a b Anthony Tommasini: Review: Spruce and Taut, the Met Opera's 'Fidelio' Looks Good at 17. In: New York Times . March 17, 2017, accessed March 18, 2017 .
  19. ↑ a b c Pietro Gandetto: Chi son io tu non saprai (review of the performance of Don Giovanni at La Scala in Milan on May 6, 2017). In: L'Ape musicale. May 8, 2017, Retrieved May 9, 2017 (Italian).
  20. ↑ a b Andrea RG Pedrotti: Don Giovanni e le donne. In: L'Ape musicale. November 27, 2019, accessed December 2, 2019 (Italian).
  21. ↑ ryszard janczak: video document: Oh, I feel it - Hanna Elisabetha Muller - by Janczak ra In: Youtube. March 26, 2012, accessed October 5, 2017 .
  22. ↑ David Salazar: Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro. In: OperaWire. February 10, 2020, accessed on February 11, 2020 .
  23. ^ Ludwig Steinbach: La Clemenza di Tito (review). In: The opera friend. February 15, 2014, accessed May 23, 2018 .
  24. ^ Dresden / Semperoper: Arabella . In: Online marker . November 11, 2014 ( der-neue-merker.eu [accessed on July 6, 2018]).
  25. ↑ Worried in vain: Andreas Dresen's "Arabella" premiere celebrated in Munich . In: Music Today . July 7, 2015 ( musik-heute.de [accessed July 6, 2018]).
  26. ↑ Short review of the Opera Festival: Der Rosenkavalier . Süddeutsche Zeitung , online, July 15, 2016.
  27. ↑ Doro Zweipfennig: MUNICH / WERTHER / Angela Brower's Super Charlotten debut. In: Online marker. October 29, 2015, accessed July 6, 2018 .
  28. ↑ Un Bieito pretencioso y aburrido en Fidelio . In: Beckmesser . February 13, 2016 ( beckmesser.com [accessed July 6, 2018]).
  29. ^ Peter Hagmann: Opera seria as chance and danger: Mozart's "Idomeneo" in the Zurich Opera House. In: Wednesdays at twelve - the blog on classical music. February 7, 2018, accessed May 23, 2018 .
  30. ↑ Emanuele Dominioni: Milano, La finta giardiniera alla Scala, 23/10/2018. In: L'Ape musicale. October 25, 2018, accessed October 29, 2018 (Italian).
  31. ↑ Karsten Füllhaase: Heidelberger Frühling 2011: Monday at the "Heidelberger Frühling" - song recital with Mannheim newcomer - the soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller. (No longer available online.) Society of Friends of the Arts, April 4, 2011, archived from the original on June 16, 2018 ; accessed on September 9, 2019 .
  32. ↑ Michael Wersin: Richard Strauss, Alban Berg, Arnold Schönberg, "Traumgekrönt" (songs); Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Juliane Ruf. In: Rondo magazine. June 24, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2017 .
  33. ↑ Review: SWR2 New Talent 2013 to 2015: Hanna-Elisabeth Müller. SWR2, accessed July 6, 2018 .
  34. ↑ a b Lorenz Kerscher: Review: Traumgekrönt / press comments on "Traumgekrönt". In: Musical treasure chest. Retrieved June 8, 2018 .
  35. ↑ Best list 4-2017. German Record Critics' Prize V., November 15, 2017, accessed November 16, 2017 .
  36. ↑ Óscar del Saz: Crítica: Hanna-Elisabeth Müller en el Ciclo de Lied del Teatro de la Zarzuela. In: codalario.com. July 6, 2018, Retrieved September 22, 2018 (Spanish).
  37. ↑ Stefano Balbiani: MIlano, Teatro alla Scala - Recital di Hanna-Elisabeth Müller. In: Connessi all'Opera. September 19, 2018, accessed September 22, 2018 (Italian).
  38. ^ Justine Nguyen: Review: Reine de Coeur (Hanna-Elisabeth Müller). In: Limelight. May 11, 2020, accessed on May 22, 2020 .
  39. ↑ Harald Eggebrecht: Once upon a time in paradise (review of Haydn's creation at the start of the 2016 Salzburg Festival). In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . July 24, 2016, accessed May 23, 2018 .
  40. ↑ Carsten Niemann: An orchestra conquers the space. In: Der Tagesspiegel . June 24, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .
  41. ↑ a b Klaus Albrecht: A symphonic feat (review of the first season concert of the Essen Philharmonic). In: derwesten.de. September 24, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
  42. ↑ Stefan M. Dettlinger: "It's a dream to sing on this stage". In: Morgenweb (Rhein-Neckar news portal). January 12, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017 .
  43. ↑ Joachim Mischke: Elbphilharmonie - How does it sound? Simply stunning, simply gorgeous! In: Hamburger Abendblatt. January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017 .
  44. ^ Advent concert from Dresden. In: Video on demand until December 31, 2018. ZDF, December 2, 2018, accessed on December 2, 2018 .
  45. ↑ Review of a performance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the RIAS Chamber Choir in Der Tagesspiegel from January 3, 2012
  46. ↑ Michael Hug: BASEL / Stadtcasino: Basel Symphony Orchestra / Gächinger Kantorei: Missa Solemnis by Beethoven: Rademann; Braun, Müller, Gunnell, Groissböck. In: Online marker. April 20, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2018 .
  47. ↑ You now have sadness - A German Requiem, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller. In: Hanna-Elisabeth Müller's YouTube channel. November 17, 2014, accessed November 19, 2017 .
  48. ^ Sybill Mahlke: Pure splendor; Brahms' German Requiem in the Philharmonie: the Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. In: Der Tagesspiegel. October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017 .
  49. ↑ Rita Argauer: Dark Mysticism; Manfred Honeck and the Philharmonic. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. April 13, 2018, accessed April 16, 2018 .
  50. ↑ Manfred Merz: Goosebumps right from the start. In: Gießener Allgemeine. June 23, 2019, accessed June 24, 2019 .
  51. ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine , concert review from March 30, 2015
  52. ^ Review of the opening concerts of the Salzburg Festival. In: Drehpunkt Kultur, Salzburg, July 24, 2016
  53. ↑ Critique of the concert of the Staatskapelle Dresden in Shanghai on November 9th, 2015 in CRI online
  54. ^ Dieter Albrecht: 2nd “Dialogues” concert in Gotha Margarethenkirche. In: Thuringian General. January 27, 2012, accessed May 7, 2017 .
  55. ↑ Clément Taillia: Faust avoué ... Scenes from Goethe's Faust, Schumann - Paris (Philharmonie), review of 20 Sep. 2016 in forumopera.com. September 20, 2016, accessed September 20, 2016 (French).
  56. ↑ Concert announcement (in Spanish)
  57. ↑ Review of the concert of the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Viersen on March 11, 2016 in RP online
  58. ↑ Review of the concert of the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Duisburg on March 12, 2016 in RP online
  59. ^ Website of the Musikhochschule Mannheim: Biography of Mihaela Tomi
  60. ↑ Hannah-Elisabeth Müller receives music prize from the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft. Report Neue Musikzeitung , put online on September 20, 2010, accessed on May 14, 2018.
  61. ↑ Musikhochschule Mannheim, prizes and awards in the spring semester 2011 (PDF)
  62. ↑ Hanna-Elisabeth Müller received the Festival Prize to promote the Munich Opera Festival. Society of Friends of the Arts: Article from August 1, 2013, accessed May 14, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Hanna-Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera, concert and lied singer with a soprano voice
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim