María Cristina Kiehr

María Cristina Kiehr (* 1965 in Tandil , Province of Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine singer ( soprano ) who specializes in baroque singing and early music .

Life

María Cristina Kiehr descends from Danish ancestors. She received her first musical training (violin) in her Argentinean hometown of Tandil. At the age of 17 she discovered her singing voice and her love for early music. After a year of singing lessons in Argentina, she decided in 1983 to go to Europe for further singing studies in order to continue her baroque singing with René Jacobs and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis . At the same time she studied singing technique with the opera singer Eva Krasznai -Gombos in Basel.

Maria Crístina Kiehr has participated in numerous concerts and recordings, including the Concerto Vocale under René Jacobs , the Concerto Köln , the Cantus Cölln , Hespèrion XX (now Hesperion XXI) under Jordi Savall and the Ensemble Concerto Soave with harpsichordist Jean-Marc Aymes . The latter ensemble is particularly dedicated to the Italian music of the early 17th century.

Kiehr is particularly committed to early baroque music. She co-founded the Ensemble La Colombina , which mainly focused on the repertoire of the Spanish and Latin American Renaissance. Kiehr made her operatic debut in Innsbruck in Francesco Cavalli's Giasone under René Jacobs. Her opera repertoire includes all the important roles by Monteverdi , Purcell , Telemann , Gluck and Vivaldi . But she also appeared on the stage in many lesser-known works.

In addition, she conducts source research, reconstruction and new discoveries as well as their premieres with regard to early music. Many of her CD recordings have received awards. Her recording of Caldara's Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (Kiehr in the role of Maria Magdalena ) under René Jacobs won the 1997 Grammophon Award.

Kiehr lives in Basel , she is married to the cellist Orlando Theuler.

Discography

selection

• Giuseppe Peranda : Sacred Music from Dresden. ( Missa in a , Repleti sunt omnes , Accurite gentes , Timor et tremor , Factum est proelium ; Vincenzo Albrici : Sinfonia à 2 ; David Pohle : Sonata à 6. ) Maria Cristina Kiehr, Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Alex Potter (alto) , Raphael Höhn, Jakob Pilgram (tenor), Markus Flaig (bass), Abendmusiken Basel, Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (organ and direction). Coviello Classics, 2018.
• Lamentazioni per la Settimana Santa. María Cristina Kiehr and others, Concerto Soave, Dir. Jean-Marc Aymes. Harmonia Mundi, Arles 2007, HMC 901952.
• Canta la Maddalena. María Cristina Kiehr, Concerto Soave, dir. Jean-Marc Aymes. Harmonia Mundi, Arles 2000, HMG 501698.
• Claudio Monteverdi: Scherzi Musicali. María Cristina Kiehr, Stephan MacLeod, Concerto Soave, led by Jean-Marc Aymes, Harmonia Mundi, Arles 2005, HMC 901855.
• Sigismondo d'India : Madrigali e Canzonette . María Cristina Kiehr, Stephan MacLeod, Concerto Soave, led by Jean-Marc Aymes. Harmonia Mundi, Arles 2003, HMC 901774.
• Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of Mary. Barbara Borden, María Cristina Kiehr, Jean Tubéry and others, Nederlands Kammerkor, Concerto Vocale, led by René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi CD, 1996 (recording from 1990).
• Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of Mary. Montserrat Figueras , Maria Cristina Kiehr and others, Coro della musica antiqua de Padova, La Capella Reial, led by Jordi Savall . 1988, remastered 2007. AliaVox, ASVA 9855.

Web links

• Works by and about María Cristina Kiehr in the catalog of the German National Library
• Maria Cristina Kiehr at Harmonia Mundi
• María Cristina Kiehr at Bach Cantatas (English)
• Maria Cristina Kiehr in recordings by the JS Bach Foundation under Rudolf Lutz (completely online)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The information on María Cristina Kiehr comes from the booklet accompanying the CD: Lamentazioni per la Settimana Santa. María Cristina Kiehr / Concerto Soave (Jean-Marc Aymes). Harmonia Mundi, 2007, HMC 901952, page 34, and from the artist biographies given under web links.
2. ↑ For more, see also discography up to 2007 (Luk Hostens) ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Discography (Chris Helsey, until 1996) and discography (medieval.org; with details) .