Irmgard Vilsmaier
Irmgard Vilsmaier (born April 4, 1970 in Frontenhausen , Lower Bavaria ) is a German opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
After attending secondary school in her hometown, Irmgard Vilsmaier finished her studies at the Meistersinger Conservatory in Nuremberg with distinction. She then became a member of the opera studio at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and later an ensemble member at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck under the direction of Brigitte Fassbaender . She has been working as a freelancer since 2001.
Vilsmaier has sung at various opera houses in Europe and overseas and has participated in several festivals. She worked with well-known conductors and well-known directors. For example, she sang at the Royal Opera House in London , the Vienna State Opera , the Bavarian State Opera in Munich , the Opéra Bastille in Paris , the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona , the Estonia National Opera in Tallinn , the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest , the Seattle Opera , the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto , the Semperoper in Dresden , the National Theaters Mannheim and Weimar , the State Operas Hamburg and Stuttgart , the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) , the Vlaamse Operas in Antwerp and Gent , the Volksoper Vienna , the State Opera Unter den Linden and the Komische Oper Berlin , the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and the Theater Trier . The singer performed at the Salzburg Festival , the Glyndebourne Festival Opera , the Reinsberg Festival in Austria and from 2000 to 2004 at the Bayreuth Festival .
Irmgard Vilsmaier is married to the editor Jörgen Vilsmaier-Nissen and lives in Langenhorn (North Friesland)
Repertoire (selection)
- The prima donna in Venus and Adonis by Hans Werner Henze
- Gertrud, mother in Hansel and Gretel from Engelbert Humperdinck
- Santuzza, a young peasant woman in Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni
- Mother Maria Theresa of St. Augustin in Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc (German and French)
- Fata Morgana, Sorceress in The Love of Three Oranges by Sergei Prokofiev
- Goneril, daughter of King Lear in Lear by Aribert Reimann
- Herodias in Salome by Richard Strauss
- Chrysothemis in Elektra by Richard Strauss
- Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung and Die Walküre by Richard Wagner
- Gutrune in Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner
- Isolde in Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner
- Brangäne in Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner
- Sieglinde in Die Walküre by Richard Wagner
- Kundry in Parsifal by Richard Wagner
- Venus in Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner
- Ortrud in Lohengrin by Richard Wagner
- Ghita, Donna Clara's favorite maid in The Dwarf by Alexander Zemlinsky
Web links
- Web presence of Irmgard Vilsmaier , accessed on November 27, 2015
- Audio sample: Annunciation from “Die Walküre” on YouTube , accessed on December 29, 2015
- Interview with Ms. Vilsmaier in Online-Merker , accessed on February 7, 2016
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vilsmaier, Irmgard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frontenhausen , Lower Bavaria |