Ulrich Reß
Ulrich Reß (born October 29, 1956 in Augsburg ) is a German opera , operetta , lied and oratorio singer with a tenor voice . He is the brother of Wolfgang Reß .
Life
In his hometown he studied singing from 1975 to 1978 at the Leopold Mozart Conservatory there with Franz Kelch . He also took singing lessons from Leonore Kirschstein . He received his first engagement as a performance tenor at the Augsburg Theater . With the 1984/85 season Ulrich Reß moved to the Bavarian State Opera , of which he is still a member of the ensemble . In 1994 the artist was appointed Bavarian Chamber Singer .
Ulrich Reß made his debut in 1988 as David in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Bayreuth Festival . Guest performances have taken him to the music stages of Hamburg , Berlin , Stuttgart , Dresden , Mannheim , Barcelona , Athens , Strasbourg , Nice and Japan .
His roles include Scaramuccio in Ariadne auf Naxos , Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus , Bishop of Budoja in Palestrina , Knusperhexe in Hansel and Gretel , Walther von der Vogelweide in Tannhäuser and the Singers' War on the Wartburg , Valzacchi in Der Rosenkavalier , Junker Spärlich in Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor , Pong in Turandot , Monostatos in The Magic Flute and Jacquino in Fidelio , Mime in Das Rheingold , Mime in Siegfried .
In addition to his international work as an opera singer, Ulrich Reß is a sought-after song and oratorio singer. For example, he appeared on October 31, 2009 in the Herz-Jesu-Kirche at the side of Sophia Brommer and Michael Volle as Uriel in the oratorio The Creation by Joseph Haydn .
Discography
literature
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Third, expanded edition. Saur, Munich 1999. Volume 4: Moffo-Seidel, p. 2896, ISBN 978-3-598-11419-9 .
Web links
- Works by and about Ulrich Reß in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ulrich Reß on the homepage of the Bayreuth Festival
- Ulrich Reß in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Ulrich Reß on the homepage of the Bavarian State Opera
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Reß is a conductor, pianist and director of the Augsburg Philharmonic Choir
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reß, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera, operetta, lied and oratorio singer in tenor voice |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |