Ursula Reinhardt-Kiss
Ursula Reinhardt-Kiss (born November 30, 1938 in Letmathe , now the city of Iserlohn ) is a German opera singer with a coloratura soprano voice .
Life
Ursula Reinhardt-Kiss studied with Ellen Bosenius in Cologne and Irma Beilke in Berlin .
She made her debut in 1967 at the Saarbrücken State Theater as Marie in Albert Lortzing's Der Waffenschmied . She stayed there until 1969 and was a member of the Aachen Theater ensemble from 1969 to 1971 .
She then had a successful career as a lyric coloratura soprano, which took her to Lübeck , Cologne , Zurich and Antwerp . As a permanent guest she also worked at the State Opera and the Komische Oper Berlin , the State Opera Dresden and the Leipzig Opera , the Scala Milan , the Royal Opera in Copenhagen , the Opera in Rome , the Opera Liège (1985 as Salomé in the Hérodiade by Jules Massenet ) and at the Grand Opéra in Paris .
At the Dresden State Opera she sang Aminta in the Schweigsame Frau by Richard Strauss , at the Komische Oper Berlin she sang Susanna in Walter Felsenstein's last production ( Figaro's Wedding , 1975) and as Lulu by Alban Berg in the production by Joachim Herz .
In 1977 she sang at the Zurich Opera House in the world premiere of Rudolf Kelterborn's An Angel Comes to Babylon . In 1983 she appeared at the Drottningholm Palace Theater in Domenico Cimarosa's Il fanatico burlato . In 1985 she sang at the reopening of the Graz Opera in the opera Angelica Vincitrice di Alcina by Johann Joseph Fux , and then finally in September 1987 in the world premiere of Friedrich Cerha's opera Der Rattenfänger .
Reinhardt-Kiss' stage repertoire primarily includes roles by Mozart and Richard Strauss, but she has always proven to be a skilled interpreter of modernism. She was also successful in concert and oratorios.
Records
- Philips (church music by Mozart)
- Eterna ( Lazarus by Franz Schubert ; contemporary compositions by Luigi Nono , including epitaph for García Lorca )
- Pelca ( Le roi David by Arthur Honegger ).
Filmography
- 1976: The Marriage of Figaro (theater recording)
literature
- Ilse Kobàn (eds.), Joachim Herz (foreword): Routine destroys the play or Die Sau has no theater blood: From letters and introductory reports on Felsenstein's work. For the 50th anniversary of the Komische Oper Berlin . Märkischer Verlag, Wilhelmshorst 1997, ISBN 3-931329-13-5 .
Web links
- Ursula Reinhardt-Kiss with Bach Cantatas (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reinhardt-Kiss, Ursula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (coloratura soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Letmathe , now Iserlohn |