Norbert Orth

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Norbert Orth (born August 18, 1939 in Dortmund ) is a German opera singer ( tenor ).

Education and opera debut

After initially pursuing a career as an industrial clerk, Norbert Orth studied with Dietger Jacob in Hamburg , Cologne and Dortmund and made his debut in 1966 as “Ferrando” in Mozart's Così fan tutte in Enschede .

Further career

After holding positions at the Kiel Theater , at the Düsseldorf Rhine Opera and in Nuremberg , he came to the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in 1979 . Orth made a guest appearance at the Grand Opéra Paris (1976). In 1979 he appeared for the first time at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as "Pedrillo" in Mozart's Singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Serail .

Norbert Orth sang at the opera houses in Berlin, Stuttgart, Hanover as well as in Dresden, Bordeaux and Lyon and made his debut in 1977 as “Don Curzio” in Mozart's Figaro's wedding at the Salzburg Festival , where he appeared in 1980/1981 as “Pedrillo”. At the Bayreuth Festival , Orth sang “Augustin Moser” in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in 1973 and 1974, and in 1984 the role of “Loge” in Rheingold .

Change to the hero subject

His first role in the subject of the youthful hero tenor was “Max” in Weber's Freischütz in 1981 at the Augsburg City Theater .

In 1988 Orth sang the title role in Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser at the Staatstheater Kassel , in Wiesbaden and Hanover he took on the role of “ Lohengrin ”, in Hanover in 1989 he also sang “Canio” in Ruggiero Leoncavallo's veristic opera Bajazzo . In the opening premiere of the newly built Aalto Theater in Essen , he sang the role of "Walther von Stolzing" in the Meistersinger in 1988 , and at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris he took on the same role in 1990 at the Dresden State Opera , to which he was linked by a guest contract He appeared in 1993 as "Hans" in Smetana's The Bartered Bride and in the title role of The Dwarf von Zemlinsky . In the 1993/94 season he also sang “Max” and “Bacchus” in Ariadne auf Naxos ( Richard Strauss ) at the Berlin State Opera , the latter part also at the Zurich Opera House . In 1997 he sang "Florestan" in Ludwig van Beethoven's opera Fidelio at the Chemnitz Opera House .

Concert subject

Since he also celebrated successes in the concert hall as an oratorio and lieder singer , he was a. a. invited to Tokyo in 1993 to perform as a soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brockhaus / Riemann Musiklexikon 2004, digital library vol. 38, Schott-Verlag Mainz
  2. ↑ Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Munich: KG Saur, 1999
  3. ^ Website of the Bayreuth Festival
  4. ^ Walter Nowotny: Birthdays in August 2014. August 18. Norbert ORTH turns 75 (no longer available online.) In: der-neue-merker.eu. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015 ; accessed on September 5, 2017 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / der-neue-merker.eu
personal data
SURNAME Orth, Norbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund