Matthias Widmaier

Matthias Widmaier (born March 20, 1958 in Darmstadt ), a grandson of Karl Widmaier , is a German singer who works as a tenor in the performance and character field and as a concert singer throughout Europe. As an agent in international music theater, he has been working since 2004, mainly for conductors, repeaters and opera singers.

education

From the age of 5 Widmaier received piano lessons (including from Naoyuki Taneda and Irene Slavin ), from the age of 7 violin and viola lessons (including from Jörg-Wolfgang Jahn ), and later also drum lessons . He graduated from the Helmholtz-Gymnasium Karlsruhe , then he studied singing with Lucretia West ( Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe ), Louis Devos ( Royal Conservatory Brussels ) and Anita Salta ( Essen ). Further studies with Wolfgang Neumann from the Nationaltheater Mannheimand with Richard Trimborn, Head of Studies a. D. of the Bavarian State Opera Munich , followed.

Artistic career

Permanent engagements at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern and the Saarbrücken State Theater were followed by freelance work, for example in Zurich ( evangelist in oratorios and passions by Johann Sebastian Bach ), Paris (Monteverdi's Sestina under René Jacobs ), London (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Elias ), Salzburg (Haydn's creation ), Basel (under Joshua Rifkin ), Turin (Wagner under Jeffrey Tate for Rai 1 ), Mainz (Ensemble Ars musica antiqua ), also in London, Zurich, Zug, Basel, Paris, Salzburg, Hamburg, at the state theaters of Kassel, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Saarbrücken, Wiesbaden, in Bremen, Dortmund, at the Eutin Festival , in Lucerne, Strasbourg ( Opéra National du Rhin ), Lisbon ( Teatro Nacional de São Carlos ), Toulouse ( Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse ), Rio de Janeiro , Seoul and at the Styriarte in Graz. Widmaier's roles included Herod (Salome), Loge (Rheingold), Captain (Wozzeck), Caramello (Night in Venice), First Armored Man (Magic Flute), Pedrillo (Abduction from the Seraglio), Porcus ( Jeanne d'Arc au Bucher by Arthur Honegger ) and Mime.

Widmaier works for the Herwald Artists' Management agency in Karlsruhe, an international agency for music theater and concerts with a focus on "German subject" ( Richard Wagner , Richard Strauss ) and the promotion of highly qualified young talent. He also works as a choir director.

Discography

• Heinrich Sutermeister : The black spider .
• Claudio Monteverdi : Sestina .
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Coronation Mass .
• Heinrich Schütz : Histories .
• Franz Hummel : Gesualdo .

Web links

• Literature by and about Matthias Widmaier in the catalog of the German National Library
• http://www.herwald-artists.com/