Herbert Lippert (singer)
Herbert Lippert (born October 7, 1957 in Linz , Austria ) is an Austrian opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
Herbert Lippert was a soloist with the Vienna Boys' Choir , studied music education at the University of Vienna and graduated with honors. As a member of the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera , he made a name for himself primarily as a Mozart singer. He is one of the leading lyric tenors .
His sponsors included Sir Georg Solti and Wolfgang Sawallisch , under whose direction numerous recordings such as The Creation , Don Giovanni and The Mastersingers of Nuremberg were made. Lippert worked several times with the conductors Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Franz Welser-Möst , Riccardo Muti , and Fabio Luisi .
In 2009/2010 he had recordings and concerts with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Concentus Musicus , with Riccardo Muti, with Fabio Luisi and the Staatskapelle Dresden , with Franz Welser-Möst and the Vienna Philharmonic , as well as operas at the Vienna Volksoper (Eisenstein) and at the Graz Opera House (Stolzing, Alwa, Eisenstein)
In June 2014 he stepped in at the Vienna State Opera for Peter Seiffert, who was indisposed during the performance, in Act 2 as Siegmund in Die Walküre and thus sang a role as hero tenor . On November 15, 2014 Lippert sang at the Vienna State Opera in a new production of the Golitsyn Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky .
He is married and has five children.
Awards
- In 1997 he received the Grammy Award for the interpretation of David in the Meistersinger von Nürnberg .
- Austrian Music Theater Prize 2019 - Media Prize
- 2019: Awarded the professional title of Austrian Chamber Singer
Discography
Herbert Lippert has an extensive discography (as of 2010) with well over 300 sound carriers. Exemplary interpretations include: a .:
- Role of Tamino in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Die Zauberflöte , 1994, directed by Michael Halász.
- Role of David in Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , 1996, directed by Georg Solti .
literature
- Christian Fastl: Herbert Lippert. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
Web links
- Recordings by Herbert Lippert in the catalog of the German National Library
- Herbert Lippert in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Lippert's short bio with photo
- Herbert Lippert's appearances at the Vienna State Opera
- herbertlippert.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Online Merker from June 23, 2014 ( Memento from July 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Schedule detail of the Vienna State Opera from November 15, 2014
- ↑ https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Guten-Morgen-Oesterreich-0830/13887645/Guten-Morgen-Oesterreich-0830/14059977/Talk-mit-Saenger-und-Maler-Herbert-Lippert/14737611
- ^ Wiener Zeitung: Music Theater Prize: Awarded Vienna State Opera . Article dated May 29, 2019, accessed May 29, 2019.
- ^ Vienna State Opera: Tenor Herbert Lippert appointed chamber singer. In: klassik.com. December 23, 2019, accessed December 24, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lippert, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz , Austria |