Sarah Traubel (born 12 July 1986) is a German
soprano in opera and concert who has performed leading roles at major opera houses and festivals. While focused on
Mozart's operas, she has also performed in contemporary opera, such as Inanna in Jörg Widmann's ''
Babylon'' for the opening of the 2022
Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden
The Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden (International May Festival, IMF) is a theater festival in Wiesbaden, Germany. Established in the late 19th century after the Bayreuth Festival, the festival is one of the most distinguished internationa ...
.
Career
Traubel was born in
Leimen, the great-niece of
Metropolitan Opera
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singer
Helen Traubel
Helen Francesca Traubel (June 16, 1899July 28, 1972) was an American opera and concert singer. A dramatic soprano, she was best known for her Wagnerian roles, especially those of Brünnhilde and Isolde.
Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, ...
.
She studied at the
Universität der Künste Berlin
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, at the
Mozarteum
Mozarteum University Salzburg (German: ''Universität Mozarteum Salzburg'') is one of three affiliated but separate (it is actually a state university) entities under the “Mozarteum” moniker in Salzburg municipality; the International Mo ...
in
Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872.
The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...
with
Barbara Bonney
Barbara Bonney (born April 14, 1956) is an American soprano. She is associated with lyric soprano roles in operas by Mozart and Richard Strauss as well as lieder performances.
Early life
Bonney was born in Montclair, New Jersey. As a child she pr ...
where she graduated with distinction, and at the
Manhattan School of Music. She took master classes with
Francisco Araiza
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, Julie Kaufmann and
Angelika Kirchschlager
Angelika Kirchschlager (born 24 November 1965, Salzburg) is an Austrian mezzo-soprano opera and lieder singer.
Career
Kirchschlager began her musical training at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where she studied percussion and piano. In 1984, she w ...
.
Opera
Traubel was a member of the studio of the
Opernhaus Zürich. During that time, she was recognised when she stepped in at gala performance of Mozart's ''
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
' () ( K. 384; ''The Abduction from the Seraglio''; also known as ') is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's ''Belmont und Constanze, oder Di ...
'' in honour of
Intendant Alexander Pereira;
she performed the leading role of as Konstanze in the first act, while Vilislava Gospodinova, flown in by helicopter, took over in the second act, and in the third act, Traubel acted while Gospodinova sang from the side.
Traubel has collaborated with conductors such as
Ádám Fischer,
Daniele Gatti
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Biography
Gatti was born ...
,
Ingo Metzmacher
Ingo Metzmacher (born 10 November 1957 in Hanover) is a German conductor and artistic director of the festival KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen in Hanover.
Life
Ingo Metzmacher is the son of the cellist Rudolf Metzmacher and the research biol ...
. She appeared in Zürich also as Queen of the Night 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 ...
''),
Titania in Britten's ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream''),
Rosina in Mozart's ''
La finta semplice
''La finta semplice'' (''The Fake Innocent''), K. 51 (46a) is an opera buffa in three acts for seven voices and orchestra, composed in 1768 by then 12-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Young Mozart and his father Leopold were spending the year in ...
'', Amor in Haydn's ''
L'anima del filosofo'' and the Angel in Pfitzner's ''
Palestrina
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''.
She made two role debuts at the
Salzburg Festival
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, as Amor in Gluck's ''
Orfeo ed Euridice'' and as 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 2018/19 season, she first performed the role of Donna Anna in Mozart's ''
Don Giovanni'' at Theater Freiburg, and later first the Countess in Mozart's ''
Le nozze di Figaro
''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...
''.
In 2022, Traubel appeared as Inanna in Jörg Widmann's ''
Babylon'' for the opening of the
Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden
The Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden (International May Festival, IMF) is a theater festival in Wiesbaden, Germany. Established in the late 19th century after the Bayreuth Festival, the festival is one of the most distinguished internationa ...
at the
Staatstheater Wiesbaden.
A reviewer noted the precision of her extreme
coloraturas.
Traubel has collaborated with directors including
Jens-Daniel Herzog and
Harry Kupfer
Harry Alfred Robert Kupfer (12 August 1935 – 30 December 2019) was a German opera director and academic. A long-time director at the Komische Oper Berlin, he worked at major opera houses and at festivals internationally. Trained by Walter Fels ...
.
Concert
In 2020, Traubel performed the soprano solo in Mahler's ''
Symphony No. 4'' with the Mannheimer Philharmoniker, also on a tour.
She appeared in Pergolesi's ''
Stabat Mater'' alongside
Andreas Scholl.
She performed in Beethoven's ''
Ninth Symphony'' with the
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester, and in Mozart's
Requiem in the Mannheim
Mannheimer Rosengarten.
References
External links
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Sarah Traubel(management, in German) felsnerartists.com
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21st-century German women opera singers
1986 births
Living people
People from Rodalben
Berlin University of the Arts alumni
Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni
Manhattan School of Music alumni