Britta Stallmeister is a German operatic soprano. A member of the
Oper Frankfurt
The Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera) is a German opera company based in Frankfurt.
Opera in Frankfurt am Main has a long tradition, with many world premieres such as Franz Shrek's ''Der ferne Klang'' in 1912, '' Fennimore und Gerda'' by Frede ...
from 1998 to 2015, she has appeared in major European opera houses and international festivals. She has performed in premieres, and in recitals and recordings.
Career
Stallmeister studied voice at the
Musikhochschule Hannover with Carl-Heinz Müller.
She was a member of the
Oper Frankfurt
The Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera) is a German opera company based in Frankfurt.
Opera in Frankfurt am Main has a long tradition, with many world premieres such as Franz Shrek's ''Der ferne Klang'' in 1912, '' Fennimore und Gerda'' by Frede ...
from 1998, where she made her debut as Pamina in Mozart's ''
Die Zauberflöte
''The Magic Flute'' (German: , ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a ''Singspiel'', a popular form during the time it was written that includ ...
''.
She performed more than 50 roles there, including Hekuba in ''
Les Troyens'' by Berlioz.
After she left the company in 2015, she has still appeared as a guest. Some of the Frankfurt productions were recorded, with her as Woglinde in Wagner's ''
Die Walküre
(; ''The Valkyrie''), WWV 86B, is the second of the four music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). It was performed, as a single opera, at the National Theatre Munich on ...
'', as Ighino in Pfitzner's ''
Palestrina
Palestrina (ancient ''Praeneste''; grc, Πραίνεστος, ''Prainestos'') is a modern Italian city and ''comune'' (municipality) with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about east of Rome. It is connected to the latter by the Via Pre ...
'', and as Cordelia in Aribert Reimann's ''
Lear''.
In 2001, she appeared at the
Bayreuth Festival as Waldvogel in Wagner's ''
Siegfried''
and as Blumennädchen in his ''
Parsifal
''Parsifal'' ( WWV 111) is an opera or a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition. Wagner's own libretto for the work is loosely based on the 13th-century Middle High German epic poem ''Parzival ...
''. The following year, she performed at the
Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival (german: Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Ama ...
the role of Europa in ''
Die Liebe der Danae
''Die Liebe der Danae'' (''The Love of Danae'') is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a February 1937 German libretto by Joseph Gregor, based on an outline written in 1920, "Danae, or The Marriage of Convenience", by Hugo von Hofmannsth ...
'' by Richard Strauss.
On 16 September 2017, she appeared in the premiere of
Søren Nils Eichberg's ''Schönerland'' at the
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
The Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden ('Hessian State Theatre Wiesbaden') is a German theatre located in Wiesbaden, in the German state Hesse. The company produces operas, plays, ballets, musicals and concerts on four stages. Known also as the ...
, in the role of the ''Stückeschreiberin'' (librettist).
On 31 May 2018, she performed the leading female role of Germa in the first performance of the chamber version of Stephan Peiffer's ''Vom Ende der Unschuld'' at the
Wiebaden Schlachthof as part of the
Internationale Maifestspiele.
She recorded the role of Ilia in Mozart's ''
Idomeneo
' (Italian for '' Idomeneus, King of Crete, or, Ilia and Idamante''; usually referred to simply as ''Idomeneo'', K. 366) is an Italian language opera seria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted by Giambattista Varesco from a Frenc ...
'' in the arrangement by
Richard Strauss, alongside
Robert Gambill
Robert Gambill (born March 31, 1955 in Indianapolis) is an opera singer (Heldentenor).
Biography
Gambill studied mathematics at Purdue University (1973-1976) before becoming an exchange student at Hamburg University in Germany, where he ad ...
in the title role,
Iris Vermillion
Iris Vermillion (born 1960) is a German operatic mezzo-soprano. A member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1988, she has enjoyed an international career, appearing in Amsterdam with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and at the Salzburg Festival, among others. ...
as Idamante and
Camilla Nylund
Camilla Nylund (born 11 June 1968) is a Finnish operatic soprano. She appears internationally in lyric-dramatic roles such as Beethoven's Leonore, Verdi's Elisabetta, and Wagner's Elisabeth and Sieglinde. She is especially known for portrayin ...
as Ismene, conducted by
Fabio Luisi
Fabio Luisi (born 17 January 1959) is an Italian conductor. He is currently principal conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and chief conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
B ...
, in 2008.
In concert, she appeared in recitals and recorded songs by
Hans Pfitzner
Hans Erich Pfitzner (5 May 1869 – 22 May 1949) was a German composer, conductor and polemicist who was a self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera ''Palestrina'' (1917), loosely based on the life of the ...
, among others. In 2000, she recorded the soprano part in Bach's ''
St Matthew Passion'' with the
EuropaChorAkademie, conducted by
Joshard Daus, alongside
Andreas Wagner
Andreas Wagner (born 26 January 1967) is an Austrian/US evolutionary biologist and professor at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. He is known for his work on the role of robustness and innovation in biological evolution. Wagner is professor ...
as the
Evangelist,
Friedemann Kunder as the
vox Christi
Vox (Latin for 'voice') may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters
* Vox (DC Universe character), Mal Duncan
* Vox, several characters in the anime series '' Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne''
* Gleeman Vox, from the ''Ratch ...
, and contralto
Hedwig Fassbender
Hedwig Fassbender (born 23 October 1954) is a German operatic mezzo-soprano and academic voice teacher. She has appeared in leading roles at major European opera houses, including some soprano roles such as Wagner's Isolde and Sieglinde.
Care ...
.
In 1997, she won a prize at the
Deutscher Musikwettbewerb
The Deutscher Musikwettbewerb (German music competition; ) is a national music competition in Germany for classical soloists and chamber music ensembles held annually by the Deutscher Musikrat (German Music Council). It was first held in 1975 a ...
.
References
External links
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Operabase
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Britta Stallmeister (Soprano)Bach Cantatas Website, 2002
Daedalus Company
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Wiesbadener Kurier
The ''Wiesbadener Kurier'' (also known as the WK) is a regional, daily newspaper published by the ''Wiesbadener Kurier GmbH & Co. Verlag und Druckerei KG'' for the area in and around the state capital of Hesse, Wiesbaden in Germany
Ge ...
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German operatic sopranos
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20th-century German women opera singers
21st-century German women opera singers
Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover alumni
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