Silvia Weiss

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Silvia Weiss

Silvia Weiss (* in Wiesbaden ) is a German opera and concert singer ( soprano ).

Life

Silvia Weiss was born in Wiesbaden, where her musical talent was already noticed while she was still at school. Very soon she sang in the children's and youth choir of the Hessian State Theater in Wiesbaden , where she had her first appearances and in Kurhaus concerts. After graduating from high school, she began studying singing at the Berlin University of the Arts with Donald Grobe . There she was also in Aribert Reimann's lieder class , which gave her a decisive influence on contemporary music. Yet his student days, she debuted at the Berlin Chamber Opera as Elisabeth room in Hans Werner Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers and baroque operas by Reinhard Keizer and Francesco Cavalli , sang once in a production at the theater on Hallesches Ufer Sophie Scholl in Udo Zimmermann's White Rose and was Finalist and scholarship holder of the VDMK national singing competition. She received further artistic support from Irmgard Hartmann-Dressler and Ileana Cotrubas (Viennese master classes), Josef Metternich (Münchner Singschul '), Klesie Kelly (International Bach Academy Stuttgart) and Reri Grist (Hamburg).

After completing her studies, she initially concentrated on concert singing and was successful in Europe, Russia and the USA. She sang an extensive repertoire spanning almost all epochs and styles and worked with renowned concert choirs and orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt , the German Symphony Orchestra and the Dresden Philharmonic under Marek Janowski , the Munich Radio Orchestra under Jun Märkl , the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Jahja Ling, the International Bach Academy under Helmuth Rilling , the Thomanerchor Leipzig , the Berlin and Munich Radio Choirs. Important points were u. a .: The seasons of Joseph Haydn with the Berlin Konzerthausorchester under Michael Gielen and Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu with the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg under Ivor Bolton and regular concerts with the Dresdner Kreuzchor under Roderich Kreile (e.g. Christmas Oratorio by JS Bach , Requiem by Gabriel Fauré). Silvia Weiss also devoted herself to chamber music, with baroque ensembles such as the Schuppanzigh Quartet , the Concerto Köln , the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and contemporary ensembles such as the Sharoun Ensemble, the Ensemble Neue Musik Berlin, the Ensemble Avantgarde Leipzig and the Musica Viva Dresden.

Her real operatic career began in 1997 with the role of Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni in Katharina Thalbach's first opera production . Shortly afterwards she sang the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor in Honduras and in 1999 was heard at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in Götz Friedrich's production of Moses and Aron by Arnold Schönberg under the musical direction of Christian Thielemann . This was followed by engagements at the Brandenburg Theater (Romilda in Handel's Serse under Michael Helmrath) and in the Wiener Schauspielhaus (Tisbe in Johann Adolf Hasse's Piramo e Tisbe with the Vienna Academy under Simon Schouten) and in 2002 at the Théatre de la Monnaie in Brussels in the world premiere of Luca Francesconis Ballata (Kasushi Ono was the musical director, Achim Freyer directed ). Constanze from Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail , which she sang in many productions, became a central role . B. 2004 in the new production at the Wuppertaler Bühnen under Enrico Delamboye, director: Johannes Weigand, at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden , at the Mainfrankentheater Würzburg, to name but a few. Other important leading roles are Gilda in Rigoletto and Violetta in La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi. With the role of Cyane in Proserpina by Joseph Martin Kraus (musical direction: Christoph Spering , direction: Georges Delnon ), she once again demonstrated her affinity for classical baroque at the Schwetzingen Festival in 2006, but was then able to attend the Théatre du Capitole Toulouse in Die Frau ohne Schatten under Pinchas Steinberg (director: Nicolas Joel) as the voice of the falcon and guardian of the threshold also highlight her suitability for Richard Strauss. This was followed by a re-invitation for a recital (Midi du Capitole) and as Käthe in the world premiere of Faust by Philippe Fénelon under Bernhard Kontarsky (director: Pet Halmen ). At the end of 2007 u. a. the debut at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples as 1st squire and flower girl in Richard Wagner's Parsifal under Asher Fisch (director: Federico Tiezzi) and in 2008 another Mozart role, namely Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Dresden State Operetta .

Silvia Weiss lives in Berlin , is married to a surgeon and has two sons.

Festivals

Silvia Weiss was and is a guest at the following festivals:

Salzburg Easter Festival , Biennale di Venezia , Varazdiner Baroque Evenings, Dresden Music Festival , Berlin Festival Weeks, Biennale of Early Music Berlin, Grazer Styriarte , Berlin Ultrasound Festival, Ruhr Classic Festival, Potsdam Palace Festival , Ludwigsburg Palace Festival , Schwetzingen Festival .

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personal data
SURNAME Weiss, Silvia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera and concert singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden