Opera Academy Bad Orb

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The Opernakademie Bad Orb is an institution under private law for the promotion of talented singers for the opera stage and the annual staging of an opera in the concert hall of Bad Orb .

Mission and constitution of the academy

The Bad Orb Opera Academy, founded in 1987, is a non-profit organization with the aim of promoting young singers for the opera stage. It offers young opera singers the opportunity, under professional guidance and under real conditions, to rehearse a full opera role up to the stage of performance. The five-week preparation time and the performance are intended to give the young musicians practical experience for the stage profession.

history

In 1986 two singing students from the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf, Zelma Kelly and Elke Hermanns, arranged a meeting between Else Mayer-Lismann and the Bad Orber music director Horst Welter. Mayer-Lismann, who grew up in Frankfurt am Main , emigrated to England as a Jew in 1938. In 1963 she founded “The Mayer-Lismann Opera Workshop”, a training facility for young opera singers. In 1984 she was honored by Queen Elizabeth II for her services with the "Member of British Empire" .

Mayer-Lismann as director and Welter as conductor agreed in February 1987 their opera The Marriage of Figaro to stage perform and in the concert hall Bad Orb. Mayer-Lismann provided the costumes, as well as some singers, and Michael Millard was the musical assistant. The premiere took place after five weeks of rehearsal time. The two initiators were also involved: Zelma Kelly as Marzelline and Elke Hermanns as Countess , the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra played.

In the following year, 1988, Mayer-Lismann and Welter directed Così fan tutte . It was their last performance together. Mayer-Lismann died in London at the beginning of 1990, Welter gave up the musical direction in 1990 due to reasons of age. After a short interlude with the Kammersänger Heinz Hagenau , Kammersänger Carlos Krause , a long-time ensemble member of the Frankfurt Opera , took over the management until 2013. The Bad Orb Opera Academy owes its current reputation in promoting young talent in Germany to him.

The long-time musical director Michael Millard took over the overall direction in 2013, and Erik Biegel, singer at the Wiesbaden Opera , joined as director in 2014 . Millard and Biegel have been running the Opera Academy together since 2017.

Holder of the Opera Academy

From 1987 to 2001 Bad Orb Kur GmbH was the organizer and sponsor of the Opera Academy. On December 12, 2001, the "Association of Friends of the Bad Orb Opera Academy" took over the sponsorship. This association, founded on the initiative of Karin Metzler-Müller , has been planning, realizing and financing the annual events since then. The members of the association are all volunteers without compensation.

The task of the association is to promote cultural purposes such as the implementation of the annual opera academy and, within this framework, the organization of concerts, lectures and discussions with artists.

Club members were and are, among others, Hilmar Hoffmann , Christine von Isenburg, Jürgen Heraeus , Bernd Loebe , Lutz Raettig, INK, Ingrid Sonntag-Ramirez Ponce , Sarah von Isenburg and Asfa-Wossen Asserate .

Previous productions

Reception, awards

Even the first production (Marriage of Figaro, 1987) met with a broad and very positive response from the press, which was retained through the subsequent opera productions. Also the Hesse television reported regularly with small extracts from the Orb performances of the opera academy.

In 2019, the Friends of the Bad Orb Opera Academy received for its project work, through which “young talent is promoted and ... an opera is staged every year”, the “since 1977 annually for outstanding achievements in the field of visual arts, music. .. “, awarded the culture prize of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis.

literature

  • Luise Glaser: stepping stone to the great opera houses. 20 years of the Bad Orb Opera Academy , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , July 22, 2006
  • Jan Schiefenhövel: wooing in the concert hall. Opera Academy in Bad Orb: Young singers on stage , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 15, 2016
  • Lars-Erik Gerth: Guide to the Bad Orb Opera Academy. “This is creative theater at the grassroots” , Das Opernglas , 7–8 / 2003, p. 62 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jan Schiefenhövel, FAZ, August 8, 2019. Many rehearsals for the first leading role. Opera Academy in Bad Orb: Young singers study the opera “Figaro's Wedding” in five weeks
  2. ^ Jörg Andersson: Between slapstick and tragedy. Carlos Krause's Opera Academy inspires premiere audiences with “Cosi fan tutte” , Frankfurter Rundschau , August 19, 2008
  3. ↑ a b Luise Glaser, Magic Flute with New Ideas , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 5th, 2014
    Christoph A. Brandner: Adorable fairy tale of love and nobility. 28. Bad Orb Opera Academy: With Mozart's “Magic Flute” a new stage aesthetic begins , Fuldaer Zeitung, August 16, 2014
    Luise Glaser: Magic Flute with new ideas, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 5, 2014
    Nina Urrutia: Sounds that enchant. Opera Academy production of the “Magic Flute” delights the Bad Orb audience , Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung, August 16, 2014
    Elsbeth Ziegler: The “Magic Flute” as a road movie. Erik Biegel celebrates its premiere in Bad Orb with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piece , Hanauer Anzeiger, August 16, 2014
    Ralph Philipp Ziegler: Erik Biegel celebrates a successful directorial debut in Bad Orb. Opera Academy: New artistic director starts promisingly with a new "Magic Flute" production , Maintaler Tagesanzeiger , August 16, 2014
  4. ↑ a b Christoph A. Brandner: Friendship and a romantic death. 30. Bad Orb Opera Academy: Puccini's “La Bohème” and a world premiere , Fuldaer Zeitung , August 20, 2016
    Jürgen Gerth: Free life, tragic death. Opernakademie Bad Orb brings Puccini's “La Bohème” to the stage , Hanauer Anzeiger , 23 August 2016
    Jan Schiefenhövel: An impetuous joie de vivre and a tragic love story , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , 12 August 2016
    Nina Urrutia: A choir full of bravo calls. Opera Academy reaches the very highest level at the premiere of “La Bohème” and leaves an overwhelming audience , Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung , August 20, 2016
    Ralph Philipp Ziegler: Breathing, lively, pulsating. Bad Orber “La Bohème” meets the highest standards / finely drawn characters , Gelnhauser Tageblatt , August 20, 2016
  5. ↑ a b Nina Urrutia: intrigues about love and vengeance. Opernakademie Bad Orb plays “Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss: The premiere was a great success , Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung, August 10, 2009
    Jörg Andersson: Bad Orb springboard. Opera Academy rehearses “Die Fledermaus” with young artists , Frankfurter Rundschau , 1./2. August 2009
    Christoph A. Brandner: Happy is someone who doesn't forget. 23rd Bad Orb Opera Academy: "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss delighted the audience , Fuldaer Zeitung, August 10, 2009
    Ralph Philipp Ziegler: A thrilling musical experience with Johann Strauss' "Fledermaus". Enthusiasm at the premiere of the Opera Academy performance in the Bad Orber concert hall , Gelnhäuser Tageblatt, August 10, 2009
    Ralph Philipp Ziegler: Ability to experience the big houses ahead. Exceptional play “Die Fledermaus” in Bad Orb: the Opera Academy delivers an all-round successful production , Hanauer Anzeiger, 11 August 2009
  6. ↑ Christoph A. Brandner: The Devil, Fear and Intense Images - 32nd Opera Academy Bad Orb: On the production of Carl Maria von Weber's “Der Freischütz” , Fuldaer Zeitung, August 15, 2018
    Andrea Euler: Opera hits with social criticism. Acclaimed premiere of the “Freischütz” production by the Bad Orber Opera Academy , Hanauer Anzeiger, August 11, 2018
    Elsbeth Ziegler: The game about heaven and hell. Opernakademie Bad Orb: “Der Freischütz” celebrates its premiere in the concert hall , Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung, 11 August 2018
  7. ↑ Lars-Erik Gerth: When the conceited mayor completely loses the overview. Opernakademie Bad Orb: A musical and scenic implementation of Lortzing's opera “Zar und Zimmermann” - great audience approval, Maintaler Tagesanzeiger, August 21, 2003
  8. ↑ a b Christoph A. Brandner: Jubilation and nameless joy. 20th Bad Orb Opera Academy: On the convincing production of Beethoven's “Fidelio” , Kinzigtal Nachrichten and Fuldaer Zeitung, August 14, 2006
    Ralph Philipp Ziegler: Warm-hearted, gripping and vital. Beethoven's “Fidelio” experiences a rousing staging by Carlos Krause in Bad Orb - the singers impress with their homogeneous brilliant performance , Hanauer Anzeiger, August 15, 2006
    Ralph Philipp Ziegler: Music theater staged with great detail. 20th Opera Academy in Bad Orb celebrated a grandiose premiere with “Fidelio”. Standing ovations for actors , Gelnhäuser Tageblatt, August 14, 2006
  9. ↑ Christoph A. Brandner: The magic of fantastic dream worlds. 29. Bad Orb Opera Academy: Enthusiasm for “Hoffmann's Stories” , Fuldaer Zeitung, August 22, 2015
    Jürgen Gerth: When the art of love declares war. Opernakademie Bad Orb makes Jacques Offenbach's opera “Hoffmanns Erzählungen” shine , Maintal Tagesanzeiger and Hanauer Anzeiger, August 22, 2015
    Nina Urrutia: Applause for minutes. The premiere of Hoffmann's stories brought great performances and an evening full of magic , Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung August 22, 2015
    Ralph Philipp Ziegler: With a spark of deeply romantic magic. Opera Academy. Bad Orber brilliantly staged Jacques Offenbach's “Hoffmanns Erzählungen” from the first to the last note / perfect cast , Gelnhauser Tageblatt, 22 August 2015
  10. ↑ Christoph A. Brandner: A brilliant idea realized. “Now I'm going to Bad Orb”: 31st Opera Academy presents a “Funny Widow” , Hanauer Anzeiger, August 12, 2017, and Fuldaer Zeitung, August 11, 2017
    Ralph Philipp Ziegler: Nonverbal emotional sandpit love. Premiere “The Merry Widow” in the Bad Orber Concert Hall: applause and standing ovations , Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung August 12, 2017
  11. ↑ Christoph A. Brandner, Fuldaer Zeitung, August 15, 2018, The Devil, Fear and Intense Images - 32nd Opera Academy Bad Orb: On the production of Carl Maria von Weber's "Der Freischütz"
  12. ↑ Elsbeth Ziegler, Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung, August 11, 2018, The Game of Heaven and Hell, Bad Orb Opera Academy: “Der Freischütz” celebrates its premiere in the concert hall
  13. ↑ Andrea Euler, Hanauer Anzeiger, August 11, 2018, opera hits with social criticism. Acclaimed premiere of the “Freischütz” production by the Bad Orber Opera Academy
  14. ↑ Dr. Ralph Philipp Ziegler, Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung, August 11, 2019, “Figaro's Wedding” - a vocal delight, premiere of the summer opera in Bad Orb: fresh, contemporary and lively
  15. ↑ Andrea Euler, Hanauer Anzeiger, August 9, 2019, choir as a tourist group on stage. Originally staged: 33rd edition of the Orber Opera Academy presents "Figaro's wedding"
  16. ↑ Jan Schiefenhövel: wooing in the concert hall. Opera Academy in Bad Orb: Young singers on stage, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung August 15, 2016
  17. ↑ Luise Glaser, “Springboard to the great opera houses. 20 years of the Bad Orb Opera Academy ”! Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, July 22, 2006
  18. ↑ "Culture Prize ... Circle honors Friends of the Opera Academy ...", Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung, November 13, 2019
  19. ↑ "Culture Prize of the Main-Kinzig District 2019", 43rd award ceremony, November 12, 2019, MKK