Kristīne Opolais

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Kristīne Opolais, 2009

Kristīne Opolais (born November 12, 1979 in Rēzekne , Latvian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a Latvian soprano .

Life

Kristīne Opolais was born into a music-loving family: her mother sang, her father played the classical and jazz trumpet . Her musical training began at the age of 7. In her hometown she attended the Jāņa Ivanova Rēzeknes mūzikas vidusskola , a technical high school for musical education. She then studied singing with Regīna Frīnberga and at the Latvian Music Academy Jāzeps Vītols in Riga , with Margarita Gruzdeva and Lilija Greidāne and later with Margreet Honig in Amsterdam.

In 2011 Kristīne Opolais married the conductor Andris Nelsons . In 2011 their daughter was born. The couple divorced in 2018.

Artistic development

Kristīne Opolais sang in the choir of the Latvian National Opera since 2001, and two years later as a soloist (until 2007), supported by artistic director Andrejs Žagars and chief conductor Andris Nelsons.

In 2006 she made her debut at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (in the title role in Tosca by Giacomo Puccini ), in 2008 at La Scala in Milan and at the Vienna State Opera (as Mimì in La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini), and in 2010 at the Bavarian State Opera (in the title role in Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák ) and at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence , 2011 at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden , 2012 at the Zurich Opera House (in the title role in Jenůfa by Leoš Janáček ) and 2013 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York . In April 2014 Kristīne Opolais wrote, as Peter Gelb, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera put it, "Met history" when she - after her debut in the title role in Madama Butterfly the day before - at the premiere of La Bohème within the day after A few hours instead of the sick soprano Anita Hartig stepped in and sang the role of Mimì. She sang the title role in Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini at the London Royal Opera in June 2014 and at the Bavarian State Opera in November 2014, when she represented Anna Netrebko .

In addition to the opera, Kristīne Opolais gave concerts a. a. in the Tonhalle Zurich , in the Burgtheater , at the “Nobel Consert” 2014, the gala concert on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Prizes in Stockholm, at the Salzburg Festival ( 14th Symphony by Shostakovich ), with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne , the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and the BBC Philharmonic .

In the 2016/2017 season she again took on the title role in Dvořák's Rusalka at the Metropolitan Opera .

Awards

  • In 2004 Kristīne Opolais was awarded the Pauls Sakss Prize, named after the Latvian tenor Pauls Sakss (1878–1966).
  • In 2005 she won the Latvian Theater Prize in the category “Best Opera Artist” and the Prize of the Latvian Cultural Foundation.
  • In 2006 and again in 2007 she was honored with the Great Latvian Music Prize.
  • In 2016 she was honored with the three-star order (Triju Zvaigžņu ordenis), the highest award in her home country.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ International Singing Competition New Voices, 2007  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 9, 2016.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.neue-stimmen.de  
  2. ↑ Anda Burve, Inese Lusina: Laimīga? Apmierināta! In: Diena, January 21, 2006 ( Memento of April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Kristine Opolais. Biography of the soprano, concert reviews, photos. Cosmopolis, January 8, 2007.
  4. ↑ Kristīne Opolais and Andris Nelsons kļūs par vecākiem , tvnet.lv, August 28, 2011 (Latvian), accessed January 1, 2020.
  5. ↑ Mirko Weber: Singing as life . In: The time . No. 40 , September 27, 2012, ISSN  0044-2070 , p. 71–72 ( zeit.de [accessed March 27, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Kristine Opolais: Personal Statement of March 27, 2018 ( Memento of March 27, 2018 in the Internet Archive ).
  7. ↑ Latvijas Nacionālā Opera: Kristīne Opolais ( Memento of May 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
  8. ↑ Concert director Schmid: Soprano Kristīne Opolais ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
  9. ^ Metropolitan Opera: New Girl in Town. Latvian Soprano Kristine Opolais talks about making her Met debut. ( Memento of April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
  10. ^ The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly ( Memento April 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
  11. ↑ WDR 3 : WDR 3 stage: Radio live , April 5, 2014 (introduction to the broadcast).
  12. ^ Royal Opera House: Manon Lescaut. , June 24, 2014, accessed July 6, 2014.
  13. ^ Eleonore Büning : Hans Neuenfels staged "Manon Lescaut" by Giacomo Puccini in Munich. And it will be an evening full of happiness . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of November 17, 2014, p. 9.
  14. ↑ Mirko Weber: Barren, but pretty depressed. Hans Neuenfels is staging “Manon Lescaut” with a grandiose Kristīne Opolais Puccini at the Bavarian State Opera . In: Die Zeit, November 20, 2014, p. 65.
  15. ↑ Konserthuset Stockholm, Historiskt arkiv: Nobelkonsert. accessed on July 19, 2018.
  16. ^ The Metropolitan Opera: Antonín Dvořák, Rusalka ( Memento from February 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
  17. ↑ Par Triju Zvaigžņu ordeņa piešķiršanu. In: Latvijas Vēstnesis (Official Gazette of the Republic of Latvia), volume 2016, No. 73 (5645) of April 15, 2016, accessed on May 2, 2016 (Latvian).
personal data
SURNAME Opolais, Kristīne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Rēzekne