Stella Doufexis

Stella Doufexis ( Greek Στέλλα Ντουφεξή , born April 15, 1968 in Frankfurt am Main ; † December 15, 2015 in Berlin ) was a German opera, lied and concert singer with a mezzo-soprano voice .

Life and artistic work

The daughter of the Greek director Stavros Doufexis and a German mother, sang as a student in Frankfurt pop bands. On the advice of her mother, she took lessons and eventually studied singing at the Berlin University of the Arts with Ingrid Figur . She also completed master classes with Aribert Reimann and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau . She completed her training with the English contralto Anna Reynolds .

From 1995 to 1997 she was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Theater der Stadt Heidelberg , where she made her debut in the trouser role of Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro . Guest appearances at home and abroad followed. She guested z. B. in Munich , Salzburg , Barcelona , Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Glasgow , Antwerp and Brussels . In 2005 she became a permanent member of the ensemble of the Komische Oper Berlin , where she sang important roles in her field: Cherubino , Dorabella , Nikla s and Rosenkavalier- Octavian . Her portrayal of the title role in the world premiere (June 2009) of the opera Hamlet, composed by her husband Christian Jost , and her appearance at the Grand Théâtre de Genève as Muse ( Niklas ) in the opera Hoffmanns Erzählungen by Jacques Offenbach (2012) attracted attention .

Stella Doufexis was a song and concert singer. She has made guest appearances at the festivals in Lucerne and Berlin, the Schubertiade Hohenems , the Ruhr Piano Festival , the Aldeburgh Festival , the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival , the Jerusalem Chamber Festival , the Beethoven Festival in Bonn, and the Halle Handel Festival . She gave concert and song evenings a. a. in Barcelona, Salzburg, Berlin, London, Paris, Moscow and Washington. Her repertoire included songs by Franz Schubert , Robert Schumann , Maurice Ravel , Alessandro Scarlatti , Peter Cornelius , Arnold Schönberg , Richard Strauss , Francis Poulenc .

Stella Doufexis lived in Berlin and was married to the composer and conductor Christian Jost.

She died on December 15, 2015 at the age of 47 after a long illness in Berlin.

personal data
SURNAME	Doufexis, Stella
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ντουφεξής, Στέλλα (ElS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German opera, song and concert singer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 15, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH	December 15, 2015
Place of death	Berlin