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Esther Dierkes
Esther Dierkes (born 9 February 1990) is a German operatic, concert and lied soprano. Life and career Born in Münster, Dierkes received her first voice lessons at the age of 13. She achieved first prize in the national competition Jugend musiziert. From 2009 to 2015, she studied opera singing at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in Hedwig Fassbender's class. In the autumn of 2014 Dierkes went with the North Rhine-Westphalia under the direction of Hubert Buchberger on a concert tour through Poland with concerts in the , the Kraków Philharmonic and in the University of Warsaw. The concert with works by Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Schubert, Alban Berg and Max Reger was broadcast by the radio station WDR 3 under the title . Dierkes attended master classes with Gerd Uecker, Rudolf Piernay, Edith Wiens and Helmut Deutsch. She is a regular guest at the Kölner Philharmonie, Berliner Philharmonie, Gewandhaus Leipzig, the Alte Oper Frankfurt and worked with conduct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Esther is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther. In the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus seeks a new wife after his queen, Vashti, is deposed for disobeying him. Hadassah, a Jews, Jewess who goes by the name of Esther, is chosen to fulfill this role due to her beauty. Ahasuerus' grand vizier, Haman, is offended by Esther's cousin and guardian, Mordecai, due to his refusal to Proskynesis, prostrate himself before Haman. Consequently, Haman plots to have all the Jewish subjects of Persia killed, and convinces Ahasuerus to permit him to do so. However, Esther foils the plan by revealing Haman's eradication plans to Ahasuerus, who then has Haman executed and grants permission to the Jews to kill their enemies instead, as royal edicts (including the order for eradication issued by Haman) cannot be revoked under Persian law. Her story provides the traditional explanation for the Jewish holidays, Jewish holiday of Purim, celebrated on the date given in the story for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
