Peter Seiffert

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Peter Seiffert (3rd from right) with his wife Lucia Popp (2nd from right) in 1986 at a benefit concert of the ZNS - Hannelore Kohl Foundation

Peter Seiffert (born January 4, 1954 in Düsseldorf ) is a German opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

Seiffert comes from a musical family. He was taught singing as a child by his father, Helmut Seiffert. He was an opera singer and pop composer as well as the owner of the famous Düsseldorfer Malkasten , an important association of visual artists at the time and one of the oldest associations in Germany. As a young boy, Seiffert was a soloist in a Düsseldorf boys' choir. Then studied at the Robert Schumann University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf , where he received training as a singer, mainly through M. Röhrig. He also trained as a physiotherapist . He received special attention through concerts with Gioachino Rossini's Stabat Mater and Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem .

In 1978 he made his debut at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf-Duisburg, of which he was a member of the ensemble until 1980. In 1979 he was the German Music Council with the second prize at the German Music Competition awarded and entered that of Rothenberger Anneliese moderated telecast Anneliese Rothenberger has the honor is on. In 1980 he became a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, of which he is still a member today. Here he was built up in terms of repertoire by Götz Friedrich as a hero tenor. At the Deutsche Oper Berlin he was able to develop his career in the youthful lyric tenor subject. During this time he received guest performances from all over Europe.

In 1982 he made his debut at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, 1984 with great success at the Vienna State Opera, 1987 at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, 1996 at the Zurich Opera House and Unter den Linden State Opera , Berlin. He has also made guest appearances at the Nagoya opera houses in Japan and Tokyo as well as at international festivals such as the Bregenz Festival (1992), the Bayreuth Festival (1996-2005) and the Salzburg Festival (1992-2007) as well as the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ( 1996-2007).

Seiffert is one of the most popular - German - hero tenors internationally, especially in Wagner operas . In 1980 Seiffert sang Erik for the first time in The Flying Dutchman at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He sang his first Parsifal in 1988 at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden London and his first Lohengrin in 1989 in Munich at the Bavarian State Opera. With Lohengrin at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, staged by Götz Friedrich in 1990 , Seiffert achieved a sensational success that was groundbreaking for his career. The criticism spoke of a "world event of Wagner singing". Peter Seiffert then received invitations to all major opera houses. In 1996 he made his debut as Stolzing in Wolfgang Wagner's Bayreuth production of the Meistersinger von Nürnberg .

Peter Seiffert's concert and opera activities brought him to all the major music centers of the world such as Vienna, London, Paris, La Scala in Milan, the Salzburg Festival, Japan and the United States. In 1996 he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival as Walther von Stolzing, followed by Lohengrin from 2001 to 2005. In Zurich, Peter Seiffert sang the roles of Tamino, Parsifal, Florestan in Fidelio , Erik and Max. He also made his debut in Zurich as Tannhäuser and as Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana . At the Los Angeles Opera he sang Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos , at the Metropolitan Opera New York and at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris he could be heard as Tannhäuser and Siegmund. In Venice he sang in the »Freischütz«, at the Teatro Real in Madrid Lohengrin, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin Turiddu and at the Vienna State Opera Erik and Florestan. In the 2005/06 season he went on a very successful concert tour through Switzerland. This was followed by the new production of the opera Tiefland by Eugen d'Albert at the Zurich Opera House. His highlights in the 2006/2007 season included Fidelio on the occasion of the opening of the new opera house, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia under the direction of Zubin Mehta and Die Walküre both in Valencia and at the Maggio Musicale in Florence and Tannhauser in Los Angeles and Der Freischütz at the 2007 Salzburg Festival. Tannhäuser at the San Francisco Opera and at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, The Merry Widow at the Semperoper in Dresden, Tannhäuser in Madrid, Fidelio in Zurich and his debut with Tristan and followed in 2007/2008 Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In 2008/2009 he sang Tannhäuser in Madrid and Berlin, Parsifal , Fidelio and Lohengrin in Vienna and Tiefland and Der Freischütz in Berlin and Barcelona. In 2013 she made her debut in Otello at the Zurich Opera House and regularly performed a number of performances in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg (Bacchus), Vienna (including a new production by Tristan and Isolde in 2013 and for the first time as Siegmund in Die Walküre 2014) and London.

Peter Seiffert also had a great international career as a concert soloist. He sang in London in the Mozart Requiem under Carlo Giulini , in Philadelphia in Beethoven's 9th Symphony under Riccardo Muti. He made numerous records and CD recordings. His extensive discography includes a. Beethoven's 9th Symphony ( Riccardo Muti , Wolfgang Sawallisch ), Liszt's “Faust Symphony” ( Simon Rattle ), Wagner's Das Rheingold (Sawallisch) and Tannhäuser (Barenboim) as well as various recitals. Orfeo has released a CD with songs and duets by Robert and Clara Schumann.

Peter Seiffert still sings regularly at all major opera houses and festivals around the world. a. in Vienna, London, Milan, Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Valencia, Los Angeles, New York and at the Salzburg Festival.

In 1986 Seiffert married the soprano Lucia Popp (1939–1993). His second wife is the soprano Petra-Maria Schnitzer .

Awards

repertoire

At the beginning of his career, Seiffert sang mainly the lyric tenor subject . His operatic roles initially included Baron Kronthal in Der Wildschütz , Lorenzo in Fra Diavolo , Marquis von Chateauneuf in Tsar and Zimmermann , Lenski in Eugene Onegin , as well as the so-called tenoral intermediate subject such as Hoffmann in Hoffmann's stories . During his time as a member of the ensemble at the Bavarian State Opera, he continued to sing the lyrical subject with roles such as Fenton in Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (debut; October 1983 in Munich), Nureddin in The Barber of Bagdad , Tamino in Die Zauberflöte and Ottavio in Don Giovanni . However, he continuously took on roles of the teenage heroic tenor in his repertoire: Erik in Der Fliegende Holländer , Max in Der Freischütz , Hans in The Bartered Bride , Pedro in Tiefland , Hüon in Oberon and Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana . In Richard Strauss' operas he embodied Narraboth in Salome (1987; debut in Munich), Matteo in Arabella , Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos and the Kaiser in Die Frau ohne Schatten (1984; debut in Munich). In the meantime, Seiffert appears primarily as a hero tenor . Important roles by Seiffert are: Walther von Stolzing in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Parsifal in Parsifal , Lohengrin in Lohengrin , Siegmund in Die Walküre , Tristan in Tristan and Isolde , Rienzi in Rienzi and Otello in Otello . Occasionally Seiffert also sang operetta roles on stage , such as Count Danilo Danilowitsch in the operetta The Merry Widow (2006; Dresden State Opera).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Peter Seiffert" in Munzinger Biographien , accessed on January 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ “Peter Seiffert” in bayreuther-festspiele.de, accessed on January 18, 2014.
  3. ^ "Peter Seiffert" in the Deutsche Oper Berlin Ensemble, accessed on January 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Peter Seiffert" ( Memento of the original from February 1, 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. in Bayerische Staatsoper artist, accessed on January 18, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bayerische.staatsoper.de
  5. ↑ "Tristan singing is an award ceremony" , interview with Kammersänger Peter Seiffert, accessed on January 18, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Peter Seiffert Singer (Guest)" ( Memento of the original from February 1, 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. , Staatsoper Berlin singer, accessed on January 18, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.staatsoper-berlin.de
  7. ^ "Wagner interpreters world-famous voices at Tannhäuser " , Berliner Morgenpost November 29, 2012, accessed on January 18, 2014.
  8. ^ "KS Peter Seiffert" in Vienna State Opera Singer, accessed on January 18, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Barenboim's Tristan at the Met with Dalayman and Seiffert" of November 26, 2008, accessed on January 19, 2014
  10. ↑ "The End of the Prompter's Box: Peter Seiffert First Singer To Use Earpiece @ Metropolitan Opera" , operachic of November 26, 2008, accessed on January 19, 2014
  11. ↑ Tannhäuser ( Memento of the original from February 1, 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. , Otello , accessed January 18, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.opernhaus.ch
  12. ^ "Profile Peter Seiffert" on onlinefilm.org, accessed on January 18, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Classic Grammy Only an Award for German Artists" ( Memento of the original from February 2, 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. , Stern , accessed January 18, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stern.de
  14. ↑ Johannes Schenke: "Vienna State Opera: Tristan and Isolde - June 18, 2013. Highly dramatic - in lyrical beauty" . In: Der neue Merker , accessed on July 1, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Peter Seiffert is honored as a Berliner Kammersänger" . In: Die Welt , September 12, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Seiffert, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf