Katharina Herb

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Katharina Herb (born August 20, 1968 in Heidelberg ) is a German opera singer (mezzo-soprano) and cabaret artist .

Life

Her parents encouraged her musical talent and made it possible for her to take piano , violin and guitar lessons . After graduating from high school, she completed a degree in architecture at the University of Karlsruhe. With a degree in engineering, she joined her father's architecture office. She worked there for two years to be able to call herself an architect, but never applied for this job title. She also studied singing for seven years in Stuttgart with Eugene Rabine, in Munich with Josef Metternich and in Salzburg with Marjana Lipovšek . After confusion over the classification of her voice, she left her last position as a mezzo-soprano in 2000 with Tamar Rachum at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. Her first smaller classical engagements followed in the Hamburg Chamber Opera, where she made her debut as Dorabella in Cosí fan tutte in 2000.

Her first own cabaret show was in Munich in 2001 in the Wirtshaus zum Isartal. Your companion on the accordion was Martin Keller. Her next companion was Katharina Amann, who left in 2001. Katharina Herb then played with various pianists; Most often with Dean Wilmington, who not only played the piano, but also a glass harp and didgeridoo. This was followed by cabaret engagements in Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria and Switzerland at the stages Schlachthof Munich, Lach- und Schießgesellschaft Munich, Schmidt Theater Hamburg, Klapsmühl Mannheim, Senftöpfchen Cologne, Kufa Koblenz, Miller's Studio Zurich, Gruppe Dekadenz Brixen, Fifty -Fifty Erlangen, Brunsviga Hanover.

In the first classic production as Dorabelle , Katharina Herb's comedic talent stood out. She also played the chansons from the 1920s at company parties and birthdays. This soon developed into a genre of its own, which she called opera cabaret.

Stage programs

  • 2003: Erotic achievements
  • 2006: orgies in arias
  • 2008: Tenore amore
  • 2010: 400 years of sex in the opera

Appearances on television programs

  • 2006 WDR Kölner Treff with Bettina Böttinger
  • 2006 WDR Diven Gala Philharmonic Cologne, moderation Gerburg Jahnke
  • 2007 NDR DAS! with Bettina Tietjen
  • 2007 NDR Talk with Jörg Pilawa
  • 2007 WDR Prix ​​Pantheon (nominated)
  • 2008 BR under our skies
  • 2008 SWR Im Rausch der Oper with Marcus Brock
  • 2010 WDR Ladies Night with Gerburg Jahnke
  • 2010 WDR Best of Ladies Night with Gerburg Jahnke

Awards

  • 2005 Rose of the Week of the Munich daily newspaper (TZ)
  • 2006 Cabaret Prize from the Polish stage “Is wat mit de Omma”, Cologne
  • 2006 Half-Year Prize of the Schwerter Kleinkunsttage, Schwerte

Discography

  • Katharina Herb

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ First Opernkabarettistin Germany
personal data
SURNAME Herb, Katharina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (mezzo-soprano) and cabaret artist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th August 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg