Harald Stamm (born 29 April 1938) is a German opera singer (
bass
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) and voice teacher.
Life and career
Born in
Frankfurt, Stamm grew up in
Bingen am Rhein. After the
Abitur
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at the local Stefan-George-Gymnasium and subsequent sport studies, he worked as a teacher and took private singing lessons with
Franz Fehringer.
After his graduation Stamm had engagements on the stages of
Gelsenkirchen
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(1968),
Kassel
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and
Cologne. In 1973 he became a permanent member of the ensemble of the
Hamburgische Staatsoper
The Hamburg State Opera (in German: Staatsoper Hamburg) is a German opera company based in Hamburg. Its theatre is near the square of Gänsemarkt. Since 2015, the current ''Intendant'' of the company is Georges Delnon, and the current ''Gene ...
.
In 1979 he achieved his international breakthrough with Sarastro from ''
The Magic Flute,'' his signature role, at the
Metropolitan Opera. In 1987 he made his debut in
Covent Garden
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as Raimondo in ''
Lucia di Lammermoor''.
In 1988 Stamm was appointed
Kammersänger by the Senate of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
From 1993 to 2003 Stamm was Professor of Singing at the
Berlin University of the Arts. Stamm gave his farewell performance at the Hamburg State Opera on 1 June 2009 as Veit Pogner in Wagner's ''
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
(; "The Master-Singers of Nuremberg"), WWV 96, is a music drama, or opera, in three acts, by Richard Wagner. It is the longest opera commonly performed, taking nearly four and a half hours, not counting two breaks between acts, and is traditio ...
'' and since then has only been active as a teacher.
Publications
''Kraftvoll entspanntes Singen: Anleitung zur Technik nebst einigen Ratschlägen für junge Opern- und Konzertsänger.'',
''Kraftvoll entspanntes Singen: Anleitung zur Technik nebst einigen Ratschlägen für junge Opern- und Konzertsänger''
on Amazon Taschenbuch, Thiasos Musikverlag, October 2002,
References
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1938 births
Living people
Musicians from Frankfurt
Academic staff of the Berlin University of the Arts
German operatic basses
Voice teachers