Norman Patzke

Norman D. Patzke (born 1977 in Hanover ) is a German opera and concert singer who specializes in basso cantante .

Life

He began his musical career in the Hanover Boys Choir . At the Hanover State Opera he was at a young age a. a. with Kurt Moll as the 1st boy in Mozart's Magic Flute on stage. At the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media , he completed his vocal studies with Carol Richardson with distinction.

In 2007 he won first prize at the 14th International Johannes Brahms Competition in Austria, and a special prize for the best interpretation of the first performance of the song Anna said the man from Stefan Heucke (published by Schott Musik International ).

He gave a recital with Graham Johnson at the Kunstencentrum deSingel in Antwerp .

Norman D. Patzke received his first stage engagement as Artist in Residence at the Nationale Reisopera Enschede as Papageno in The Hague , as well as at the international canal festival in Amsterdam . His first permanent German engagement took him to the stage of the Landestheater Neustrelitz, where he already appeared as Agamemnon in La Belle Hélène and as Filippo II from Don Carlos (Verdi) in the gala evening "Declarations of Love".

For the 2009/10 season he switched to permanent engagement at the Landesbühnen Sachsen, where he played specialist roles such as a. Faust (in the opera of the same name by Louis Spohr), Marcello ( La Bohème ), Don Pizarro ( Fidelio ), Kaspar ( Der Freischütz ), Eugen Onegin and Papageno ( The Magic Flute ) .

Since the 2012/13 season, Norman D. Patzke has been working as a freelance opera and concert singer across Europe, especially in the role of Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni in Paris , in Antwerp, in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles , at the Mainfranken Theater in Würzburg and at the Landestheater Coburg .

In Paris he sang the Jesus part of the St. Matthew Passion with the Orchester Symphonique de Paris and made his debut at the Opéra-Comique as a soloist in Schumann's dramatic poem Manfred under the direction of Emmanuel Krivine .

He also sang the bass solo part in Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem under Walter Proost, in Mozart's Requiem with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra and made his debut at the Bregenz Festival 2013 at the premiere of the opera The Merchant of Venice by the Polish composer André Tchaikowsky in the Role of Solanio.

Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre hired him for a European tour with works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Mozart , and as a soloist in the B minor Mass at the Koethener Bach Festival.

At the Opéra national du Rhin he sang the bass solo in the creation of Joseph Haydn , accompanied by La Follia, Orchester de chambre d'Alsace under Vincent Monteil, and was also a soloist in the opera Das Liebesverbot by Richard Wagner under the baton of Constantin Trinks .

In addition to German and Italian repertoire, Norman D. Patzke also sings opera in French. In the role of Claudio in Les caprices de Marianne by Henri Sauguet he made his debut a. a. at the Opéra de Marseille , the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux and the Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole .

The British international opera festival Glyndebourne has repeatedly hired him as the cover for its top-class productions, in 2015 as Escamillo in Carmen and in 2016 as Claudio in Béatrice et Bénédict .

In the concert sector he is a specialist in particular in the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel , but also modern composers such as Frank Martin . So he sang u. a. under Michael Hofstetter the arias of the St. Matthew Passion, the bass solo in the Messiah with performances in the Concertgebouw Bruges , as well as in the rarely performed oratorio Et in terra pax under Kenneth Montgomery .

reception

• Neue Presse Coburg: “In the Leporellos register aria, Norman D. Patzke is allowed to present himself extensively for the first time as the secret hero of the evening. He appears as Don Giovanni's alter ego in a gold suit, but he is more: Vocally, he shines with a powerful and in places flattering-supple bass-baritone that now and then even overtakes his master. "
• The opera lover: “Norman D. Patzke left no doubt that he is an ideal cast for the Leporello. Here we are dealing with an extremely splendid, Italian-trained, full, round and sonorous bass voice, whose splendor and majesty rightly made him the crowd's favorite of the evening. "
• MDR Figaro: "Norman D. Patzke is the highlight of the evening, both playfully and singingly." (Opernmagazin, April 10, 2010)

Web links

• Personal internet presence
• Norman D Patzke at Operabase (engagements and dates)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Norman D. Patzke - Vue global - Ôlyrix. Retrieved January 16, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ecco una parte del programma culturale autunnale del Comites in collaborazione con l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Wolfsburg e la VS (université popolare di hannover). Retrieved January 16, 2019 . 
3. ↑ 2011.brahmscompetition.org ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (PDF; 18 kB) website brahmscompetition.org 
4. ↑ schott-musik.de website Schott International; Retrieved March 2, 2011
5. ↑ www.desingel.be website deSingel International Arts Campus; Retrieved March 2, 2011
6. ↑ www.nationalereisopera.nl ( Memento of the original dated June 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Website NGO. Retrieved March 2, 2011 
7. ↑ grachtenfestival.nl Amsterdam Canal Festival ; Retrieved March 2, 2011
8. ↑ www.dresden-theater.de Landesbühnen Sachsen. Status 03/2011
9. ↑ operaenpleinair.com ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Opéra en plein Air website; Retrieved November 8, 2014 
10. ↑ desingel.be ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Website deSingel International Arts Campus; accessed on January 7, 2014 
11. ↑ bozar.be website Bozar Brussels; accessed on January 7, 2014
12. ↑ landestheater-coburg.de ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Coburg State Theater. As of 09/2012 
13. ↑ choeursymphonique.org ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Choeur et Orchester Symphonique de Paris 
14. ↑ opera-comique.com website Opéra Comique Paris; accessed on January 7, 2014
15. ↑ brusselsphilharmonic.be ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2014 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. Brussels Philharmonic. Status 12/2012 
16. ↑ bregenzerfestspiele.com ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Bregenz Festival. Status 12/2012 
17. ↑ mdlg.net Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble; accessed on January 7, 2014
18. ↑ mdlg.net Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble. Retrieved November 8, 2014
19. ↑ operanationaldurhin.eu ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Website of the Opéra National du Rhin. Retrieved January 7, 2014 
20. ↑ Opera. (No longer available online.) In: operanationaldurhin.eu. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016 ; Retrieved June 29, 2016 . 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.  
21. ↑ opera.metzmetropole.fr ( Memento of the original dated November 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Website of the Opéra de Metz. Retrieved November 8, 2012 
22. ^ Matthäus-Passion 2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 29, 2016 ; accessed on June 29, 2016 (nl-NL). 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.  
23. ↑ Messiah. (No longer available online.) Concertgebouw Brugge, archived from the original on June 29, 2016 ; Retrieved June 29, 2016 . 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.  
24. ^ Radio Filharmonisch Orkest & Groot Omroepkoor. In: tivolivredenburg.nl. Retrieved June 29, 2016 . 
25. ↑ np-coburg.de Neue Presse Coburg September 24, 2012
26. ↑ deropernfreund.de Der Opernfreund (private opera newspaper )
27. ↑ mdr.de website of the radio station MDR-Figaro