Iva Schell
Iva Schell (* 19th April 1978 in Ulm as Iva Mihanović ) is a German-Croatian opera, operetta, musicals and concert singer in the vocal range soprano . She is the widow of Maximilian Schell .
Life and career
Iva Mihanović is one of three children. The father was chief physician for anesthesia and intensive care medicine at the Neu-Ulm Danube Clinic. From 1998 to 2008 she studied singing with Edith Wiens at the Musikhochschule Augsburg and Ilse Hahn at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden . Mihanović attended master classes with Brigitte Fassbaender , Edith Mathis , Sena Jurinac and Irmgard Boas , from 2011 to 2014 she continued her education with Linda Plech .
In August 2013 she married the 47-year-old actor Maximilian Schell in Preitenegg in Carinthia , with whom she had been in a relationship since 2008. She lives in Preitenegg and Vienna .
Mihanović is the patron of the "Bildungswelt Maximilian Schell" in Wolfsberg and the "Histiozytosehilfe eV" In addition, she has been an ÖKV ambassador for dogs since 2014 on a voluntary basis for animal welfare.
Appearances and roles
From 2001 to 2006 Iva Mihanović was part of the ensemble of the Ulm Theater , where she sang numerous opera, operetta and musical roles, from 2009 to 2011 she was part of the ensemble of the Leipzig Opera / Musical Comedy again since the 2015/2016 season .
Since 2006 she has guested at the following theaters:
- 2006–2007: Theater St. Gallen (CH), Pepi Pleininger ( Viennese blood )
- 2006–2007: Theater Augsburg , Valencienne ( The Merry Widow )
- 2007–2013: Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden , Ottilie ( Im Weiße Rößl ). Christl ( the bird dealer )
- 2007–2008: Theater Ulm , Ännchen ( Freischütz ) and Christl (bird dealer)
- 2008: Operettenverein Balzers (FL), Juliska ( mask in blue )
- 2009: Lucerne Theater (CH), Christl (bird dealer)
- 2009: Stadttheater Baden near Vienna (A), Dolly Marbanks ( Der Orlow )
- 2012: Landestheater Coburg, Ciboletta ( One night in Venice )
- 2012: Gärtnerplatz-Theater Munich ( Im Weiße Rößl )
She was invited to the following festivals:
- Bad Ischl Operetta Festival (A) - 2003 Juliette Vermont ( Count of Luxembourg ), 2004 Ciboletta (One Night in Venice), 2013 Minnie Fay ( Hello, Dolly! )
- International Music Festival "Classionata" Mümliswil (CH) - 2005 Adele ( Fledermaus )
- Schönbrunn Palace Festival Vienna (A) - 2005/06 Pepi Pleininger (Viennese Blood)
- Seefestspiele Mörbisch (A) - 2007 Pepi Pleininger (Viennese Blood) in the production of Maximilian Schell
- Langenlois Castle Festival (A) - 2008 Countess Stasi (Csárdásfürstin), 2010 Ciboletta (One Night in Venice)
- Seefestspiele Mörbisch (A) - 2011 Arsena ( The Gypsy Baron ) staged by Brigitte Fassbaender
- Richard Wagner Festival Wels (A) - 2012 Flower Girl ( Parsifal )
- Richard Wagner Festival Wels (A) - 2013 and 2015 Young Shepherd ( Tannhäuser )
- Open-air theater Altusried (D) - 2014 Ottilie ( Im weissen Rössl )
- Stage Baden (A) - 2015 Friederike ( The happy farmer )
In the oratorio she focuses on Vivaldi , Bach , Handel , Haydn and Mozart , in the song on Schubert , Schumann , Brahms , Wolf ( Italian songbook ), Mahler ( Wunderhorn songs ), Strauss , Dvořák , Debussy and others. Amber .
Concert tours have also taken the singer to Japan, the USA and Canada several times. In 2016 she was the soprano soloist on the great European tour of the Waltz King Andre Rieu as one of the three "Rieu Angels".
She gave her voice to a “Daimler Chrysler Media TV” campaign and gave several benefit concerts for the readers' aid organization of the Donau-Zeitung Kartei der Not.
Prizes and awards
- 2000 sponsorship award and artist grant from the city of Ulm
- 2002 Bayreuth scholarship from the Richard-Wagner-Verband International eV
- 2002 laureate of the "International Singing Competition Festival City Passau"
- 2005 finalist at the "3. Heinrich Strecker Operetta Competition " for operetta and Viennese song Baden near Vienna
- 2008 semi-finalist in the Hans Gabor Belvedere competition (operetta category) in Vienna
- 2009 finalist at the 24th International Robert Stolz Competition for Viennese Operetta in Hamburg
Discography
- The pearls of Cleopatra , operetta by Oscar Straus , 2003, order number: 5819263 (CPO)
- Athalia , scenic oratorio by Georg Friedrich Händel , 2004, commissioned by the Ulm Theater
- Der Zigeunerbaron , operetta by Johann Strauss , 2011, DVD production by the Mörbisch Seefestspiele
literature
- Works by and about Iva Schell in the catalog of the German National Library
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christmas Gospel , "Ave Maria" and "Silent Night" - Classically contemplative things the evening before with Alfons Haider and Hannelore Veit
- ↑ The son-in-law. Wedding soprano Iva Mihanovic, 35, “found her great happiness” with the 82-year-old actor Maximilian Schell, in: Donau-Zeitung , August 2013, no. 196, p. 9
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schell, Iva |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mihanović, Iva |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera, operetta and concert singer with a soprano voice |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ulm |