Judith Spiesser

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Judith Spiesser (* 1982 in Graefelfing , district of Munich ) is a German opera, operetta and oratorio singer with a soprano voice .

biography

Training and initial engagements

Judith Spiesser comes from a family in which music was actively played and after graduating from school in Wasserburg, she first began studying musicals in Hamburg. There, the potential of her voice for an operatic career was discovered and promoted and the preparation for her entrance examination at the University of Music and Theater in Munich was supported. She completed her singing diploma in Munich with Wolfgang Brendel . Judith Spiesser made her debut as an opera singer in 2009 as Queen of the Night in Qatar. In the 2012/13 season she was a member of the ensemble of the Landestheater Neustrelitz .

Opera roles and engagements (selection)

Debut in role
2009 Queen of the Night ( The Magic Flute )
2012/2013 Anna Gomez ( The Consul )
2012/2013 Belotte ( Madame Pompadour ) Landestheater Neustrelitz
2012/2013 Lisa ( Countess Mariza ) Landestheater Neustrelitz
2015 Gilda ( Rigoletto ) Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
2017-06 Lucia ( Lucia di Lammermoor ) Lower Bavaria State Theater
2019-02 Julie (Liliom by Johanna Doderer )

Work as a concert singer

Her concert repertoire includes numerous baroque, classical and romantic oratorios and masses. These include Handel's Messiah , Bach's St. John Passion and Christmas Oratorio , Haydn's Creation and Seasons , Mozart's Requiem and Coronation Mass , Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Paulus and Elias , Dvořák's Stabat mater and Ghost Bride , Brahms' German Requiem and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana .

At the turn of the year 2018/2019 she performed with the Orchestra Neue Philharmonie Westfalen at the New Year's Concerts in various cities in North Rhine-Westphalia, including the Stadthalle Ahlen and the Heinz Hilpert Theater in Lünen .

Sound recordings

  • Johann Simon Mayr : Tobiae matrimonium (oratorio). Judith Spiesser in the role of Raguel. Simon Mayr Chorus & Ensemble under the direction of Franz Hauk . Published by Naxos , 2007
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas - BWV 12 , 147 . Arcis-Vocalisten Munich, L'Arpa Festante Barockorchester, Judith Spiesser, soprano, conductor Thomas Gropper . Published by OehmsClassics , 2013

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More than the "Queen's Night". OVB-online, November 15, 2011, accessed January 5, 2017 .
  2. ^ Artist portrait of Judith Spiesser on the website of the Herrenchiemsee Festival
  3. ↑ Video document: Judith Spiesser as "Queen of the Night" at the Landestheater Neustrelitz. October 21, 2013, accessed January 5, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Klaus M. Schmidt: The Queen of the Night mutates into Darth Vader. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung. September 24, 2018, accessed June 11, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Ursula Strohal: “The Consul” at the Landestheater: “We are so far”. Tiroler Tageszeitung, February 5, 2018, accessed on March 8, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Video document: Judith Spiesser as Gilda at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, 2015. May 21, 2015, accessed on January 5, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Burgfestspiele in Passau - "Lucia": A theater dream at the castle. Passauer Neue Presse, June 18, 2017, accessed on June 18, 2017 .
  8. ^ Markus Schramek: Opera with a strong pull. In: Tyrolean daily newspaper. February 25, 2019, accessed February 28, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Liliom, Fri July 12. (in the performance archive). Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, accessed on July 20, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Isabel Grimm-Stadelmann: MUNICH / Gärtnerplatztheater: LILIOM. Opera by Johanna Doderer (music) and Josef E. Köpplinger (libretto). In: Online marker. July 7, 2019, accessed July 19, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Heide Oehmen: Dvorak's ghost bride painted in sand. In: RP online. June 7, 2019, accessed June 10, 2019 .
  12. ↑ List of concert repertoire on Judith Spiesser's website. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
  13. ^ "Belcanto in three-four time" The New Year's Eve and New Year's concerts of the New Westphalia Philharmonic. Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, December 11, 2018, accessed on January 8, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Christian Feischen: New Year Concert; Beautiful singing meets catchy melodies. In: Westfälische Nachrichten. January 2, 2019, accessed January 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Spitcher, Judith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera and oratorio singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Graefelfing , District of Munich , Germany