Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera

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The Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera is an international opera festival initiated by the composer Siegfried Matthus in Rheinsberg , in which, as a result of an international singing competition, young artists are given the opportunity to rehearse and perform opera parts under the guidance of mentors. The festival has been held annually in July and August since 1991. The open-air performance venues are the hedge theater in the palace gardens, the palace courtyard and the stage in front of the Kavalierhaus. Another venue is the palace theater, which was restored in 2000. In 2014 Frank Matthus , the son of Siegfried Matthus, became director of the chamber opera. In the same year, the Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera and the Rheinsberg Music Academy (Federal and State Academy) merged to form Musikkultur Rheinsberg gGmbH. Thomas Falk has been the managing director since September 1, 2016. In autumn 2018, Professor Georg Quander took over the artistic direction of the Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera and the Federal Music Academy. Felix Görg has been at his side as the new head of the academy since 2019.

festival

On September 8, 1990, the art and culture association Rheinsberg eV was founded and commissioned Siegfried Matthus to lead the festival of young opera singers “Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg”. The first opera performed was Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke , by Siegfried Matthus and took place in 1991. Since then, the chamber opera has presented over 70 opera productions. Conductors and directors work on opera roles with the young singers under professional conditions. As members of the board of trustees, the festival u. a. the conductors Daniel Barenboim , Kurt Masur , and Christian Thielemann . Claudia Eder (Mainz) has worked as a mentor for the chamber opera from the first year.

The festival cooperates with orchestras from the state of Brandenburg - the Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt (Oder) , the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra , the Potsdam Chamber Academy, the Prussian Chamber Orchestra and, for many years, with the Braunschweig State Orchestra .

On December 30th, 1999, the rebuilt palace theater was inaugurated with the world premiere of the opera Kronprinz Friedrich by Siegfried Matthus. A year earlier, the hedge theater, a summer theater from the 18th century in the castle park, had been reconstructed. The hedge theater has an area of ​​750 m² and almost 1000 seats. The Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera also uses the St. Laurentius Church and the Hall of Mirrors of the Rheinsberg Castle for its performances .

The artistic director of the festival was Siegfried Matthus until 2014 . On September 1, 2014, his son Frank Matthus took over the management. In 2014, the Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera and the Rheinsberg Music Academy (Federal and State Academy) merged to form Musikkultur Rheinsberg gGmbH. Thomas Falk has been the managing director since September 1, 2016. Professor Georg Quander has been the festival's artistic director since 2018 .

Singer

The Chamber Opera Rheinsberg held every year in Berlin the International Singing Competition Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg , with a year over 450 participants. The winners get various roles in the opera productions and concerts in the festival.

Prize winners of the Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera were a .:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ministry of Economics of the State of Brandenburg: Music plays in Rheinsberg. ( Memento of February 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg: Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera turns 20 years old. Press release of April 28, 2010, accessed August 8, 2018.
  3. ^ Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt: Guest performances / tours . ( Memento of December 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
  4. ↑ Mercedes-Benz Berlin branch: 20 years of Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera. ( Memento of November 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).
  5. ^ Chamber opera Rheinsberg - Siegfried Matthus gives up direction. In: Focus Online , August 16, 2014, accessed August 8, 2018.
  6. ^ Chamber opera Schloss Rheinsberg: International Festival of Young Opera Singers. ( Memento of December 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).