Elisabeth Kulman

Elisabeth Kulman

Kulman in 2010
Born (1973-06-28) June 28, 1973
Oberpullendorf
Education Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Occupation Classical singer (soprano, mezzo-soprano and contralto)
Organization Wiener Volksoper
Awards Eberhard-Waechter-Medaille

Elisabeth Kulman (born 28 Juni 1973) is an Austrian opera singer who has performed soprano, mezzo-soprano and contralto repertory, at opera houses in Vienna and internationally. From 2015, she has focused on concert singing.

Career

born in Oberpullendorf, Kulman achieved the Matura in 1991. She the studied Russian, Finnougristik and musicology. She was a choir singer in several notable choirs in Vienna, including Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Vocalis Wien, Wiener Singakademie, Wiener Kammerchor and Chorus sine nomine. She began voice studies in 1995 at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien with Helena Lazarska.[1] She completed her studied in both Oper and Lied und Oratorium as a master of arts mit Auszeichnung. She was immediately engaged to appear as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at the Wiener Volksoper in 2001,[2] followed by other Mozart roles such as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni.[1]

In 2004, Kulman changed to mezzo-soprano,[2] with the title role of Suppé's Boccaccio, staged by Helmuth Lohner. She appeared as Orpheus in Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice at the Opéra National de Paris in June 2005. In the New Year's Eve 2006 production of Die Fledermaus, she was Prince Orlofsky, a performance that garnered her the Eberhard-Waechter-Medaille. She sang the title role of Bizet's Carmen at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2007. In 2010, she appeared as Gora in the premiere of Aribert Reimann's Medea at the Vienna State Opera.[2] In 2011 she appeared in Berlin again as Smeton in Donizetti's Anna Bolena, alongside Anna Netrebko in the title role and Elīna Garanča as Giovanna Seymour.[1]

In the field of historically informed performance, she appeared in two opera revivals at the Schwetzingen Festival, both conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock, in 2005 in Alessandro Scarlatti's Telemaco, and in 2007 the title role of Giovanni Legrenzi's Il Giustino.[1]

As a Lied singer, often with Walter Moore as the pianist, she has focused on unusual repertory such as Mussorgsky Dis-Covered, a project of Tscho Theissing, and Mahler arrangements with the ensemble Amarcord Wien.[1]

She recorded Bach's Christmas Oratorio on DVD, conducted by Peter Schreier, and took part in a recording of Mahler's Second Symphony, conducted by Christian Arming.

From April 2015, she has focused on concerts.[3]

Awards

Roles

Mezzo.soprano and contralto (from 2004)

Soprano (1998–2004)

Discography

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DVD:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Elisabeth Kulman". styriarte. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Elisabeth Kulman" (in German). Bavarian State Opera. 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Mitteilung auf der Website von Elisabeth Kulman retrieved 15 April 2015
  4. ↑ Preisträger auf El Blog de Atticus retrieved 15 April 2015
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