Horst Laubenthal
Horst Rüdiger Laubenthal (born March 8, 1939 in Eisfeld , Thuringia ; actually Horst Neumaier ) is a German tenor .
Life
Horst Laubenthal studied music from 1960 to 1965 at the Munich University of Music . He studied singing privately with Ks. Rudolf Laubenthal . In 1966 he was a prize winner at the VDMK singing competition in Berlin . Since his successful opera debut in 1967 as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the Mozart Festival in Würzburg , Laubenthal has belonged to the elite of lyric tenors and made a name for himself internationally, especially as a Mozart singer.
In 1968 he sang the role of Gomez in the opera Zaide by Mozart at the Salzburg Festival . From 1968 he was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Stuttgart State Opera , and from 1973 he also had a permanent contract with the Deutsche Oper Berlin . In 1970 he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival as a helmsman in the Flying Dutchman . In 1970 Herbert von Karajan brought him to the Easter and Summer Festival in Salzburg.
Laubenthal was a regular guest at all major opera houses: Vienna State Opera , Deutsche Oper Berlin , Hamburg State Opera , Bavarian State Opera Munich , Zurich Opera House , the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and the Grand Opéra Paris. He also sang in Lisbon, Milan, Catania, Madrid, Naples and New York.
Laubenthal's repertoire ranged from the pre-classic to the modern. In addition to the Mozart parts, he also sang parts of the Slavic repertoire, e.g. B. the prince in Rusalka and Hans in The Bartered Bride . He also took on roles in Palestrina and in modern operas (Berg's Wozzeck and Lulu and Udo Zimmermann's White Rose ).
He worked with Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti , Leonard Bernstein , Rudolf Kempe , Eugen Jochum , Karl Richter and Karl Böhm , among others .
As a song and concert singer he was heard in all major music centers. Until 2004 he was a full professor at the Musikhochschule Würzburg .
Horst Laubenthal is married to Marianne Laubenthal and lives in Pöcking .
Sound recordings (selection)
- Ludwig van Beethoven : Fidelio , with José van Dam , Siegfried Rudolf Frese , Helen Donath , Helga Dernesch , Horst R. Laubenthal, Jon Vickers , Werner Hollweg , conductor: Herbert von Karajan , Berliner Philharmoniker , recorded in Berlin 1970
- Korngold : Violanta , with Walter Berry (Simone Trovai), Eva Marton (Violanta), Siegfried Jerusalem (Alfonso), Horst Laubenthal (Giovanni Bracca), Gertraut Stoklassa (Bice), Ruth Hesse (Barbara), Manfred Schmidt (Mateo), Heinrich Weber, Paul Hansen, Karin Hautermann, Renate Freyer; Bavarian Radio Choir , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , conductor: Marek Janowski , choir director: Heinz Mende , CBS Masterworks 1980
- Franz Schubert : Duets, terzets, quartets , with Elly Ameling (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Horst Laubenthal (tenor), Rias Kammerchor, Brillant classics 2010
literature
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Third, expanded edition. Munich 1999. Volume 3: Hirata-Möwes, S. 2002.
Web links
- Literature by and about Horst Laubenthal in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography on www.bach-cantatas.com (engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl J. Kutsch / Leo Riemens: Large singer lexicon. Third, expanded edition. Munich 1999. Volume 3: Hirata-Möwes, S. 2002 give Horst Neumann as the birth name . According to other sources, however, Horst Neumeier is the correct officially documented birth name.
- ↑ Discogs: Korngold * - Eva Marton * • Siegfried Jerusalem, Walter Berry • Ruth Hesse • Horst R. Laubenthal, Munich Radio Orchestra *, Marek Janowski - Violanta , accessed on October 29, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laubenthal, Horst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Laubenthal, Horst Rüdiger (full name); Neumaier, Horst (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German tenor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eisfeld , Thuringia |