Katja Berg

Katja Berg (born August 27, 1977 in Gera ) is a German singer , musical artist and actress .

Life

From 1996 Katja Berg studied singing, dance and acting at the Berlin University of the Arts ; in 2000 she graduated with a diploma. During her training, she played Jane Finch in How to succeed in business? (Director: Peter Lund ) at the Neuköllner Oper in Berlin .

After her studies she was mainly on stage in musical productions . Berg played Rosemarie in the musical “Das Mädchen Rosemarie” at the Kiel Theater , Sheila in the musical Hair , Madame Thénardier in the musical Les Misérables and Magda in Tanz der Vampire . In 2008 Katja Berg took on the role of Scaramouche in the musical We will rock you in the Musical Dome in Cologne as the first cast . In addition, she was part of the premiere cast of the musical "Mamma Mia!" At the Operettenhaus in Hamburg in the role of Sophie . In the band without a name she worked as a background singer . Until 2010 Katja Berg was on stage as a vocal soloist in the Revue Qi - a palace fantasy in the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin and as a “walk-in cover” Scaramouche in the Apollo Theater in Stuttgart .

After a baby break, Katja Berg started business again in December 2011 with the Christmas musical of the Dresden State Operetta . In May 2012 she appeared as Eva Perón in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Evita on the stage of the Landestheater Neustrelitz . Since February 2013 she has played the roles of Courtney , Mother and Whitney in the musical Naturally Blond at the Ronacher Theater in Vienna ; there she was also seen as a stain in the concert premiere of Love Never Dies as well as in the musical The Visit of the Old Lady . In the summer of 2015 Katja Berg played the role of wet nurse in the musical Romeo and Juliet at the Thunerseespiele .

roll

• Hair (as Sheila) - Musical Theater Bremen - 2001/2002
• "Mamma Mia!" (As Sophie) - Operettenhaus, Hamburg - 2002/2003
• The girl Rosemarie (as Rosemarie) - Theater Kiel - 2006
• Les Misérables (as Madame Thénardier) - Freilichtspiele Tecklenburg - 2006
• Tanz der Vampire (as Magda) - Theater des Westens, Berlin - 2006/2007
• We will rock you (first cast as Scaramouche) - Musical Dome, Cologne - 2007/2008
• We Will Rock You (as Walk-in Cover Scaramouche) - Apollo Theater, Stuttgart - 2007/2008
• Evita (as Eva Perón) - Landestheaters Neustrelitz - 2012/2013
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (as Magenta) - State Operetta Dresden - 2012/2013
• Naturally blonde (as Courtney, mother and Whitney) - Ronacher, Vienna - 2013
• Love Never Dies (as Fleck) - Ronacher, Vienna - 2013
• The visit of the old lady (as Lena's mother / Mathilde) - Ronacher, Vienna - 2014
• Romeo and Juliet (as wet nurse) - Thunerseespiele - 2015
• Kiss Me, Kate (as Kate) - Grazer Oper - 2018

Awards (selection)

• 1995: 3rd place in the national singing competition in the musical category (youngest winner)
• 2001: 1st prize and audience prize at Jugend Kulturell
• 2001: 1st prize in the national singing competition in the musical category
• 2002: 1st prize at the 4th International Singing Competition in Meran ( Italy ) in the musical category

Web links

• Homepage of Katja Berg
• Interview with Katja Berg at Musical-World.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Date of birth in the profile of the Mamma Mia fan club ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on mammamia-fanclub.de on December 27, 2015 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Presentation of Katja Berg , accessed on musical1.de on December 27, 2015
3. ↑ ^{a b} Personal details on Katja Berg's homepage , accessed on katjaberg.de on December 27, 2015
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Presentation of Katja Berg on musicalradio.de ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 27, 2015 
5. ↑ Katja Berg mentioned on the homepage of the German Music Information Center (miz) , accessed on miz.org on December 27, 2015
6. ↑ ^{a b} List of the winners of the national singing competition ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on December 27, 2015 at bwgesang.de 
7. ↑ 23-year-old Berliner wins youth cultural promotion award , report on shortnews.de , February 7, 2001, accessed on shortnews.de on December 27, 2015