Neil Shicoff
Neil Shicoff (born June 2, 1949 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
He studied with his father Sidney Shicoff and at the Juilliard School of Music . Shicoff made his first public appearance at the age of eight at a wedding in the synagogue, where his father was first Chasan , and made his professional debut in 1975 with Verdi's Ernani . His steep career quickly brought him to all the major stages in the world. The main focus was on the Metropolitan Opera , the Vienna State Opera and the Zurich Opera House .
His repertoire came mainly from the Italian and French subjects and is comparatively narrow. Shicoff chose his roles carefully.
Shicoff primarily embodied antiheroes , existentially and often also mentally endangered people who have lost their balance and are struggling in vain to get back on track. His acting energy often endows characters with new facets, including Don José ( Carmen ) or Cavaradossi ( Tosca ).
His greatest successes were Massenet's Werther , Offenbach's Hoffmann , Halévys Eléazar in La Juive and the Mittelfach with Verdi.In the spring of 2007, he was (not least because of his personal friendship with Federal Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer ) as the favorite for the post of director of the Vienna State Opera, which he became But then Dominique Meyer was preferred.
In February 2014 Shicoff made his debut at the Volksoper Vienna in the role of Kalaf in Puccini's Turandot .
On May 3, 2015, Neil Shicoff said goodbye to the audience of the Vienna State Opera with the gala "40 Years of the Stage". From 2015 to 2016 he was the director of the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg .
Awards
- 2003: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
- 2003: Honorary member of the Vienna State Opera
- 2004: Honorary Ring Bearer of the Vienna State Opera
- 2004: Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna
- 2006: Gold Medal for Services to the State of Vienna
- 2009: Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2015: Austrian Music Theater Prize - Golden Schikaneder for life's work
Web links
- Neil Shicoff homepage
- biography
- Neil Shicoff short biography with discography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neil Shicoff: 40 Years of the Stage. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .
- ^ Neil Shicoff to head Mikhailovsky Theater Opera Company. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Badge of Honor for Kammersänger Neil Shicoff Town Hall correspondence of June 19, 2006 (accessed June 14, 2010).
- ↑ derStandard.at - Music theater award: Sweeney Todd of the Volksoper best production . APA notification dated June 8, 2015, accessed June 8, 2015.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shicoff, Neil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York |