Sophie Koch

Sophie Koch (* 1969 in Versailles , France ) is a French opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ).

Life

Sophie Koch studied at the Paris Conservatory under Jane Berbié. In 1994 she won first prize at the singing competition in s'Hertogenbosch . In 2001 she was awarded the Christel Goltz Prize at the Semperoper .

She made her international debut in 1998 at London's Royal Opera House , Covent Garden , as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia . Other important roles include Cherubino ( Le nozze di Figaro ), Zerlina ( Don Giovanni ), Dorabella ( Così fan tutte ), Cinderella ( La Cenerentola ), the composer ( Ariadne auf Naxos ) and Octavian ( Der Rosenkavalier ).

Her career has taken her to the Paris opera houses, the Semperoper Dresden , the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden , the Deutsche Oper Berlin , the Bavarian State Opera , the Vienna State Opera , the Milan Scala , the New York Metropolitan Opera as well as the Schwetzingen and Salzburg festivals .

On March 3, 2016, Sophie Koch was awarded the professional title of Austrian Chamber Singer .

Repertoire (selection)

• The Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss (Octavian)
• Salome by Richard Strauss (Hérodias)
• Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner (Venus)
• The Valkyrie from Richard Wagner (Fricka)
• The Rheingold by Richard Wagner (Fricka)
• Parsifal by Richard Wagner (Kundry)
• Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz (Didon)
• Werther by Jules Massenet (Charlotte)
• Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc (Mère Marie)
• Oedipe by George Enescu (Jocaste)

literature

• Manuel Brug: The new singers' voices . Hensche, Berlin, ISBN 3-89487-452-X , p. 273
• Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . 3rd edition 1997-2000, Vol. 6, p. 105.

Web links

• Sophie Koch at Operissimo  on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon (English)
• Sophie Koch in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
• Sophie Koch on the website of the Salzburg Festival
• Sophie Koch ( memento from March 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Bavarian State Opera
• Sophie Koch at Operabase (engagements and dates)
• Sophie Koch's appearances at the Vienna State Opera

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to other sources, she was born in 1971: Sophie Koch in the Bavarian Musicians Lexicon Online (BMLO)
2. ↑ Manuel Brug: The new singer voices . Henschel, Berlin, ISBN 3-89487-452-X , p. 273
3. ↑ International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch - Prize winners ( Memento from June 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Foundation for the Promotion of the Semperoper - The Prize Winners ( Memento of October 3, 2002 in the web archive archive.today )
5. ^ Vienna State Opera: SOPHIE KOCH
6. ↑ Sophie Koch appointed chamber singer . In: salzburg.com , from: APA , March 3, 2016, accessed on March 5, 2016.
7. ^ Sophie Koch, mezzo-soprano. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .