Judith Beckmann
Judith Beckmann (born May 10, 1935 in Jamestown , ND ) is an American opera singer ( soprano ). She completed the majority of her career at institutions in Germany and Austria.
Life
Judith Beckmann was born to an opera singer and a pianist. She received her first musical training at the University of Southern California and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara as well as from Lotte Lehmann and her father. In 1961 she won a singing competition in San Francisco , through which she received a scholarship in Germany with Henny Wolff in Hamburg and with Franziska Martienssen Lohmann in Düsseldorf . She made her musical debut in 1962 at the then National Theater in Braunschweig in the role of Fiordiligi in Mozart's opera Così fan tutte . This was the beginning of a long and successful career with engagements at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich .
From 1964 she was a permanent member of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf and from 1967 of the State Opera in Hamburg . From 1971 constant engagements followed at the Vienna State Opera . In 1975, she was simultaneously with Plácido Domingo to Hamburg Kammersängerin appointed. She celebrated her greatest successes in 1988 as "Ariadne" in the opera Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss at the Dortmund Theater and as "Marschallin" in the opera Der Rosenkavalier at the Teatro Regio in Turin .
In later years she worked as a singing teacher. The German mezzo-soprano Daniela Sindram was one of her students .
Web links
- Judith Beckmann at Bach Cantatas (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Now they are “chamber singers” . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , October 17, 1975.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Beckmann, Judith |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jamestown , North Dakota |