Harald Stamm
Harald Stamm (born April 29, 1938 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German opera singer (bass) and singing teacher.
Life
Stamm grew up in Bingen . After graduating from high school at the local Stefan-George-Gymnasium and then studying sports, he worked as a teacher and took private singing lessons with Franz Fehringer . He broke off the profession he had learned and began studying singing in Frankfurt.
After graduation, Stamm had engagements at the stages in Gelsenkirchen ( 1968 ), Kassel and Cologne . In 1973 he became a permanent member of the ensemble of the Hamburg State Opera .
In 1979 he achieved his international breakthrough with Sarastro from the Magic Flute , his star role , at the Metropolitan Opera . In 1987 he made his Covent Garden debut in the role of Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor .
In 1988 Harald Stamm was appointed Kammersänger by the Senate of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
From 1993 to 2003 Stamm was professor for singing at the Berlin University of the Arts . As Veit Pogner in Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Stamm gave his farewell performance at the Hamburg State Opera on June 1, 2009 and has only been involved in teaching since then.
Stamm lives in Münchwald today .
Awards
- 1967: International Schubert Competition, Vienna
- 1968: VDMK competition, Berlin
- 1989: Appointment as Hamburger Kammersänger
Discography
- Claudio Monteverdi (edited by Henze): Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria , live recording from the Salzburg Festival on August 11, 1985. Orfeo D'or 2000
- Franz Schreker: The treasure digger . Live from the Hamburg State Opera. Capriccio 1989
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Doctor and Pharmacist . Bayer Records 1981
- Robert Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust. EMI 1981
- Robert Schumann: Genoveva , Live from the Hamburg State Opera. 1992
- Robert Schumann: Manfred. Koch / Schwann 2002
- Songs by Brahms, Wolf and Schubert. Bellaphon 1989
- Romantic Bass Duets (with Kurt Moll 1983/86). Koch / Schwann 2001
- Joseph Haydn: The Creation . Live Hiroshima Concert 1990
- Paul Hindemith: The Nusch-Nuschi . Wergo 1996
- Paul Hindemith: Cardillac . Wergo 1988
- Paul Hindemith: Mathis the painter . Photo from 1990. Wergo 1996
- Egon Wellesz: The Bakchantes. Orfeo, 1999
- Louis Spohr: Faust . Deutschlandradio 1984
- Gustav Mahler: Symphonies 1–10 and Das Lied von der Erde . Denon 1994
- Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell . Live from the Hamburg State Opera. Myto 1974
- Giuseppe Verdi: Aida . German Opera Berlin . Ponto 1982
- Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila . ORF, Koch-Schwann 1988
- Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann . 1989
Publications
Powerful, relaxed singing: instructions on technique and some advice for young opera and concert singers. Paperback, Thiasos Musikverlag, October 2002, ISBN 978-3-98052-446-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Harald Stamm in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Masterclasses Young Musicians Foundation
- ↑ Lecturers in the Classics Department ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stamm, Harald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (bass) and vocal teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |