Katharina Konradi

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Katharina Konradi (* 1988 in Bishkek ) is a Kyrgyzstan- born opera, song and concert singer with a soprano voice who works in Germany .

biography

Training and first appearances

Katharina Konradi grew up in Kyrgyzstan, her mother tongue is Russian. At the age of 15 she came to Hamburg, where she graduated from high school and took singing lessons from Katja Piweck . From 2009 to completing her bachelor's degree in 2013, she studied singing with Julie Kaufmann as well as contemporary song with Axel Bauni and song design with Eric Schneider at the Berlin University of the Arts . From October 2014 to her master’s degree in July 2016, she studied singing with Christiane Iven and song design with Donald Sulzen at the Munich University of Music and Theater . Master classes with Helmut Deutsch and Klesie Kelly-Moog rounded off her training. She had her first engagements since summer 2013 at the Munich Chamber Opera and in the 2014/2015 season at the Theater Hof, where she made her debut as Anne Frank in the monooper Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank by Grigori Frid .

Development as an opera singer

From the 2015/2016 to 2017/2018 season, Katharina Konradi was a member of the ensemble of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden , where she performed major roles in the lyrical soprano. After her Hamburg debut as Ännchen in Freischütz in October 2017, she became a soloist at the Hamburg State Opera in 2018 involved. At the Bayreuth Festival, she first appeared in the summer of 2019 as a young shepherd in Tannhäuser and as a flower girl in Parsifal . In March 2019, Rolando Villazón presented it to Arte as part of the program Stars of Tomorrow .

Opera roles and engagements (selection)

Debut in role
2016-04 Morgana ( Alcina ) Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden
2016-06 Nannetta ( Falstaff ) Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden
2016-09 Adele ( The Bat ) Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden
2016-10 Pamina ( The Magic Flute ) Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden
2016-11 Woglinde ( Das Rheingold )
  • Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden
  • Hamburg State Opera (Oct. 2018)
2016-12 Gretel ( Hansel and Gretel ) Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden
2017–03 Susanna ( Le nozze di Figaro ) Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden
2017-04 Woglinde ( Götterdämmerung )
  • Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden
  • Hamburg State Opera (Nov. 2018)
2017-10 Ännchen ( Der Freischütz ) Hamburg State Opera
2018–03 Zdenka ( Arabella )
  • Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden
  • Semperoper Dresden (December 2018)
2018-08 Zerlina ( Don Giovan ni) Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden
2019-03 Oscar ( Un ballo in maschera ) Hamburg State Opera
2019-04 Marzelline ( Fidelio ) Hamburg State Opera
2019-10 Despina ( Così fan tutte ) Hamburg State Opera

Work as a song singer

As an interpreter of art songs , she a. together with the pianist Eric Schneider , a broad repertoire from Viennese classical music to contemporary music and does not shy away from juxtaposing different stylistic epochs. Her debut CD, released in 2018, is also entirely dedicated to the art of song.

Concert repertoire and performances (selection)

composer plant
Johann Sebastian Bach Cantatas BWV 61, 63, 70, 147; Soprano solo Academy for Early Music Berlin and RIAS Chamber Choir under Rinaldo Alessandrini , Nikolaikirche Leipzig
Ludwig van Beethoven Egmont , songs of Clärchen NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester under Thomas Hengelbrock , Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Sep. 2017
Gustav Mahler 2nd symphony , soprano solo Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Bavarian Radio under Daniel Harding, Philharmonie Munich, Sep. 2019

Prizes and awards

Discography

  • "Lost in thought": Debut CD with songs by Schubert, Trojahn, Debussy, Boulanger, Rachmaninoff, Krenek, Laitman, Strauss. At the piano: Eric Schneider . Published by Genuin in March 2018.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Konradi Katharina (soprano). Live Music Now profile, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Birgit Kleinfeld: Katharina Konradi in conversation with the opera magazine. In: The Opera Magazine. April 18, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Katharina Konradi, soprano, alumna. In: Website of Prof. Christiane Iven, Munich. Retrieved October 30, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Katharina Konradi, soprano. Staatstheater Wiesbaden, accessed on October 30, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Werner Häussner: There is no redemption in this world. In: The daily mail. August 3, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  6. ↑ 17.03.2019 Stars of tomorrow. In: programm.ARD.de. Retrieved October 30, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Axel Zibulski: Premiere on April 9th: The young soprano Katharina Konradi can be seen as "Morgana" in the opera "Alcina" in the Wiesbaden State Theater. In: Wiesbaden Courier. April 6, 2016, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Press release Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden: Wiesbaden, Hessisches Staatstheater, premiere FALSTAFF by Giuseppe Verdi, 25.06.2016. In: ioco culture on the net. June 3, 2016, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  9. ↑ The bat. Staatstheater Wiesbaden (program), accessed on October 30, 2019 .
  10. ^ Stefan Schickhaus: Tête-à-tête under the swastika. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. March 14, 2018, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Judith v. Sternburg: The insecure man: Mozart's “Don Giovanni” with lots of ideas and the finest music in Wiesbaden at the State Theater. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. June 18, 2018, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Teresa Grodzinska: "Fidelio": strong images, always so shortly before the European elections. In: Classic enthusiasts. April 10, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Ursula Mielke: "Lyrischer Salon" presents songs at the highest level. In: Thuringian General. November 7, 2017, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Reinhard Palmer: Competition for Brahms. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, Starnberg. October 14, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  15. ^ Katharina Stork: Weimar Cantatas III: Outstanding concert in the Nikolaikirche. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. June 23, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  16. ^ "Opening Night" Elbphilharmonie: audience celebrates Hengelbrock and Brandauer. In: Baden's latest news. September 1, 2017, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  17. ^ Beethoven: "The drum stirred", Egmont Op.84, Katharina Konradi. Video document on Youtube, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Klaus Kalchschmid: Exuberant: The BR Symphony Orchestra with Mahler's "Resurrection Symphony". In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. September 27, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  19. ^ Katharina Konradi, soprano, winner of the DMW 2016. German music competition, accessed on October 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Konradi, Katharina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kyrgyz opera singer and concert singer (soprano) in Germany
DATE OF BIRTH 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Bishkek