Wolfgang Millgrams

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Wolfgang Millgramm (born April 16, 1954 in Kühlungsborn ) is a German opera singer ( tenor ) and singing teacher .

Life

Millgramm received his training at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin and studied with Günther Leib , chamber singer Peter Gougaloff and maestro Pier Miranda Ferraro in Milan. The Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin engaged him while he was still a student, from 1984 to 1992 he was a permanent member of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, and was also a guest of the house. In 1990 he was appointed chamber singer by the Berlin State Opera .

The Heldentenor sang the great dramatic tenor roles during John Dew's directorship at the Dortmund Opera : Euryanthe ( Adolar ), Oberon ( Hüon ), Andrea Chénier ( Andrea Chenier ), Tannhäuser ( Tannhäuser ), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ( Stolzing ), Otello , Il trovatore ( Manrico ) and La juive ( Eleazar ). With Siegfried ( Götterdämmerung ), Hoffmann ( Hoffmanns Erzählungen ), Bacchus ( Ariadne auf Naxos ), Tristan , Florestan ( Fidelio ) and above all Tannhäuser he made guest appearances at the Bayreuth Festival , the Roman Opera, the National Theater in Prague , the New Israeli Opera, at the Opera de Oviédo, the Stuttgart Opera , the Royal Stockholm Opera , the New National Theater Tokyo and La Scala in Milan . It is worth mentioning his frequent interpretation of Doctor Marianus in Symphony No. 8 by Gustav Mahler , among others in Vienna, Bratislava, Madrid, Las Palmas and Montpellier.

A new production of " Tristan und Isolde " at the Royal Stockholm Opera was decisive for his career . The production, directed by Leif Segerstam , was released as a complete recording by Naxos. He recorded the rarely recorded opera “ The First People ” by Rudi Stephan under the direction of Mikko Franck with the Orchester National de France in Paris.

Millgramm has worked with conductors such as Otmar Suitner , Christian Thielemann , Jiri Kout , Heinz Fricke , Stefan Soltesz , Hans Wallat , Fabio Luisi , Mikko Franck, Michael Halàsz , Milan Horvat , Anton Reck and Wolfgang Rennert .

In 2006 Millgramm was appointed full professor at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. He lives with his family in Berlin.

Discography

  • Tristan and Isolde , Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Millgramm, Brigitte Fassbender, Lennard Forsén, Magnus Kyhle / Leif Segerstam, NAXOS, Stockholm 2004
  • The first people , Rudi Stephan, Millgramm, Nancy Gustafson, Donny Ray Albert, Franz Hawlata / Mikko Franck, Radio France, 2004
  • Symphony No. 8 , Gustav Mahler, Brigitte Hahn, Eva Jenis, Livia Agh, Doris Soffel, Jolana Fogasova, Wolfgang Millgramm, Karsten Mewes, Manfred Hemm / Ernst Senff Choir, MDR Choir, MDR Children's Choir / MDR Symphony Orchestra. / Fabio Luisi
  • Ariadne auf Naxos , Richard Strauss, Norman, Gruberova, Varady, Frey, Bär, Millgramm / Kurt Masur, Philips 1988

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vita of Prof. Wolfgang Millgramm, Folkwang University of the Arts. Retrieved June 21, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Millgrams, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German tenor
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Kühlungsborn