Jeannine Altmeyer
Jeannine Altmeyer (born May 2, 1948 in La Habra near Los Angeles ) is an American opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Theresa Jeannine Altmeyer's family is of German-Italian descent. She was a student of Betty Olssen , Martial Singher , Lotte Lehmann and George London . In 1970 she won first prize in a singing competition at the Metropolitan Opera , which involved a beginner's engagement. In 1973 she engaged Herbert von Karajan as Freia im Rheingold for the Salzburg Opera Festival. The soprano had previously sung this role successfully on the Chicago opera stage . In the same year she became a member of the Zurich Opera House ensemble . From 1975 to 1979 Jeannine Altmeyer was a member of the Stuttgart Opera ensemble . There she shone with great success in operas by Richard Strauss , a. a. as Salome and Chrysothemis. The singer has also made guest appearances at the stages in Amsterdam, Frankfurt / Main, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Paris, Los Angeles, at La Scala in Milan and repeatedly at the Metropolitan Opera. Jeannine Altmeyer was a celebrated singer at the Bayreuth Festival . In 1979 she sang Sieglinde in Die Walküre with Peter Hofmann as Siegmund under Pierre Boulez . She also sang Isolde and Gutrune in Bayreuth.
In addition to her stage presence, the singer was an internationally sought-after song, concert and oratorio singer. Today she works mainly as a singing teacher and leads many master classes.
Role repertoire (selection)
- Isolde in Tristan and Isolde
- Brünnhilde in Die Walküre , Siegfried , Götterdämmerung
- Sieglinde in Die Walküre
- Gutrune in Götterdämmerung
- Freia in Das Rheingold
- Elsa in Lohengrin
- Venus in Tannhauser
- Salome in Salome
- Chrysothemis in Elektra
- Agathe in Der Freischütz
- Leonore in Fidelio
- Queen in The Queen of Sheba
- Tosca in Tosca
Discography
- Götterdämmerung , Label: Philips
- Fidelio , label: Sony Music
DVD
- Die Walküre , Label: Deutsche Grammophon
literature
- Paul Suter: Jeannine Altmeyer . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 41 f.
Web links
- http://www.isoldes-liebestod.info/Saengerinnen/Altmeyer_Jeannine.htm
- https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0002164961
Individual evidence
- ^ Jeannine Altmeyer at Bayreuth ( Memento from June 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Jeannine Altmeyer Master Class - Don't Miss! ( Memento from March 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Altmeyer, Jeannine |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera singer (soprano) |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1948 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | La Habra near Los Angeles |