Hans Peter Blochwitz

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Hans Peter Blochwitz (born September 28, 1949 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) is a German opera singer ( lyrical tenor ) who made an international career after joining later.

Life

Blochwitz received singing lessons from Elisabeth Fellner Köberlein in Mainz . During his work as a qualified engineer for data technology at the TU Darmstadt , he gave his first concerts as a tenor part-time. In 1984, at the age of 35, Blochwitz decided to make singing his main profession. The very first audition at the Frankfurt Opera made such an impression that he was hired by Peter Tchaikovsky for the role of Lenski in the Eugen Onegin opera . In Frankfurt he was tutored by Erna Westenberger . Already in 1985 brought him Claudio Abbado to a staged performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion at the Scala in Milan .

In 1987 Blochwitz made his US debut in the role of the Evangelist of the St. Matthew Passion in a performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Georg Solti . After an engagement in San Francisco in 1989 in the role of Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni , he was engaged in the same role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1990 . From then on he was a sought-after tenor on both sides of the Atlantic, working with the greatest conductors of his time, such as James Levine , Riccardo Chailly , John Eliot Gardiner , Kurt Masur , Neville Marriner and Nikolaus Harnoncourt . In Europe, the lyrical tenor has performed in Vienna, Brussels, Paris (both Opéra Bastille and Théâtre du Châtelet ), Geneva, Zurich, Amsterdam, London ( Covent Garden and Wigmore Hall ), Lisbon and at the international summer festival of Aix-en- Provence on.

In addition to the opera, Blochwitz devoted himself throughout his career to singing in oratorios and concerts as well as the art song. He interpreted works by Johann Sebastian Bach , Georg Friedrich Händel , Claudio Monteverdi , Joseph Haydn , Robert Schumann , Franz Schubert and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as well as modern pieces of music by Alexander Zemlinsky , Benjamin Britten or Hans Werner Henze . Hans Peter Blochwitz has sung numerous CDs, with Hans Zender's adaptation of Franz Schubert's Die Winterreise standing out as a soloist . With this work Blochwitz was invited to all major European festivals.

Since the winter semester 2000/2001, Hans Peter Blochwitz has been a professor at the Bern University of the Arts . He lives in Basel.

Games (selection)

  • Don Giovanni ( Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ): Don Ottavio
  • The Abduction from the Seraglio (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart): Belmonte
  • La clemenza di Tito (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart): Tito
  • Cosi fan tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart): Ferrando
  • Capriccio ( Richard Strauss ) Flamand
  • The young Lord ( Hans Werner Henze ): Wilhelm
  • Eugene Onegin ( Peter Tchaikovsky ): Lenski
  • The Barber of Seville (Giaccomo Rossini): Count Almaviva
  • L'Elisir d'amore ( Gaetano Donizetti ): Nemorino

Discography (selection)

  • Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner, with Hans Peter Blochwitz, Nancy Argenta , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , Anne Sofie von Otter , Olaf Bär . Polydor 1987
  • Mozart Requiem , Kyrie KV 341 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner, with Hans Peter Blochwitz, Barbara Bonney , Anne Sofie von Otter, Willard White . Decca 1987
  • St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach, Chicago Symphony Chorus and Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Sir Georg Solti, with Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Kiri Te Kanawa , Olaf Bär, Tom Krause . 3 CDs, Decca 1991
  • Motets by Anton Bruckner , Hans Peter Blochwitz with the Freiburg Vocal Ensemble under the direction of Wolfgang Schäfer . Christophorus Entree 1993
  • Schubert's Winterreise by Hans Zender, Hans Peter Blochwitz with Ensemble Modern , RCA Red Seal (Sony Music), 1995
  • Italian songbook by Hugo Wolf . Hans Peter Blochwitz and Christiane Oelze with Rudolf Jansen (piano). Berlin Classics (Edel) 2003
  • The beautiful Magdalone by Johannes Brahms , with Hans Peter Blochwitz, Cornelia Froboess (narrator) and Eric Schneider (piano). Berlin Classic (Edel) 2004
  • Zemlinsky: Songs by Alexander Zemlinsky, with Hans Peter Blochwitz, Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie von Otter, Andreas Schmidt and on the piano Cord Garben. Brilliant Classics (Edel) 2009
  • The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Complete recording with the choir and orchestra of the Zurich Opera House under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt, with Hans Peter Blochwitz, Matti Salminen , Thomas Hampson , Edita Gruberová , Barbara Bonney, Anton Scharinger, Edith Schmidt and others. Double CD, Warner Classics 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Electronic edition of the third, expanded edition. Directmedia, Berlin 2004
  2. ↑ Lutz Backes: Interview with Hans Peter Blochwitz, Eurojournal pro management, 1/2003, p. 42 ff, Arcus Verlag Nürnberg Prague Vienna
  3. ↑ http://www.philharm-orchester-basel.ch
personal data
SURNAME Blochwitz, Hans Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lyric tenor
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Garmisch-Partenkirchen