Klaus Brantzen
Klaus Brantzen (born March 26, 1958 in Mainz ) is a German actor, singer (baritone), musician and cabaret artist.
Life
Klaus Brantzen passed his Abitur at the Willigis-Gymnasium in Mainz and then studied music and acting in Mainz, Wiesbaden and Darmstadt. After a four-year engagement at the United City Theaters in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach , he has been working as a freelancer since 1993. The actor and baritone has been cast in many operetta and musical roles, among others by the director Andrea Schwalbach at the State Opera Unter den Linden and at the Theater der Stadt Bonn , by Peter Lund at the Neuköllner Oper in Berlin, by Dirk Böhling at the Musical Theater Bremen , by Julia Heymann at the Staatstheater Kassel and by Helga Wolf at the Jagsthausen Castle Festival and the Thunerseespiele in Switzerland.
Klaus Brantzen has mastered a variety of instruments that he uses in his literary-musical cabaret programs: cello, harp, guitar, flutes, accordion, harmonica, singing saw , dulcimer , Indian harmonium, spoon and others.
He performs with solo programs, but also regularly with the Ensembles Stimmritze & So (together with the tenor and musician Alexander Spemann), Apitz & Brantzen (with the painter and draftsman Michael Apitz ), German Geordies (with the singer and musician Werner Schüssler), the Four Reasons (Sandra Mai, Marianne Steinmetz, Werner Schüssler and Klaus Brantzen) and together with Ulrike Neradt and Jürgen Streck.
Klaus Brantzen is married, has a daughter (* 1997), a son (* 1999) and lives in Wiesbaden.
Roles and engagements (selection)
- Sancho Panza in The Man of La Mancha , Jagsthausen Castle Festival
- Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady , Admiralspalast Berlin, Deutsches Theater Munich and at the Theater Heidelberg
- Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar , Thunerseespiele
- Isidor Straus in Titanic - The Musical , Thunerseespiele
- Georges in La Cage aux Folles , Musical Theater Bremen
- Mr. Mushnik in Der kleine Horrorladen , Staatstheater Kassel
- Prof. Hinzelmann in Im Weiße Rößl , Theater of the City of Bonn
- Kanako Hilo, Elvis in Die Blume von Hawaii , Staatsoper Unter den Linden
- Fee Aurora in Cinderella something doesn't fit , Neuköllner Oper Berlin and Renaissance Theater Vienna
- Mr. Schultz in Cabaret , music theater in the Revier in Gelsenkirchen
- The old Harry in The Comedian Harmonists Part II , Theater Hagen
- Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream , music theater in the Revier in Gelsenkirchen
- Professor Dr. Clarsen in Heidi , MuseumsQuartier , Vienna
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage Klaus Brantzen , accessed on November 24, 2015
- ^ Theater Heidelberg, schedule 2014/15 , accessed on November 26, 2015
- ^ Rhein Main Presse , Worms edition of April 12, 2012; Titanic, size and beauty, Klaus Brantzen visits the Holy Sands by Susanne Müller
- ↑ MiR, 2013/14 schedule ( Memento of the original from November 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 November 26, 2015
- ^ Theater Hagen, schedule 2015/16 , accessed on November 26, 2015
- ↑ Operabase, Artists' Timetables ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 November 26, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brantzen, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, singer (baritone), musician and cabaret artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |