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Elisabeth Kulman (born 28 June 1973) is an Austrian classical singer who has performed operatic roles in soprano, mezzo-soprano and contralto repertory. She has appeared at opera houses in Vienna and internationally. She has performed early operas such as Legrenzi's ''
Il Giustino '' Il Giustino'' is an opera in three acts by composer Giovanni Legrenzi. The work uses an Italian language libretto by Nicolò Beregan based on the life of Emperor Justin I. The opera premiered on 7 February 1683 at the Teatro San Salvador in ...
'' as well as new works, creating the role of Gora in the premiere of Reimann's ''
Medea In Greek mythology, Medea (; grc, Μήδεια, ''Mēdeia'', perhaps implying "planner / schemer") is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, a niece of Circe and the granddaughter of the sun god Helios. Medea figures in the myth of Jason an ...
'' at the
Vienna State Opera The Vienna State Opera (, ) is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August ...
. She recorded Lieder by
Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...
, Bach's ''
Christmas Oratorio The ''Christmas Oratorio'' (German: ''Weihnachtsoratorium''), , is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It is in six parts, each part a cantata intended for performance on one of ...
'' with
Peter Schreier Peter Schreier (29 July 1935 – 25 December 2019) was a German tenor in opera, concert and lied, and a conductor. He was regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century. Schreier was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor conduct ...
and Beethoven's ''
Missa solemnis {{Audio, De-Missa solemnis.ogg, Missa solemnis is Latin for Solemn Mass, and is a genre of musical settings of the Mass Ordinary, which are festively scored and render the Latin text extensively, opposed to the more modest Missa brevis. In French ...
'' with Nikolaus Harnoncourt. From 2015, she has focused on concert singing.


Career

Born in
Oberpullendorf Oberpullendorf (; hr, Gornja Pulja or ; hu, Felsőpulya) is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is the administrative center of the district of Oberpullendorf. Geography Oberpullendorf is a municipality in the middle of the Burgenland. It con ...
, Kulman achieved the
Matura or its translated terms (''Mature'', ''Matur'', , , , , , ) is a Latin name for the secondary school exit exam or "maturity diploma" in various European countries, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, C ...
in 1991. She studied Russian, and musicology. She was a choir singer in several notable choirs in Vienna, including
Arnold Schoenberg Chor The Arnold Schoenberg Choir (german: Arnold Schoenberg Chor) is a Viennese/Austrian choir which was founded 1972 by Erwin Ortner, who is still its artistic director. The choir has a high reputation both among conductors and among critics and the ...
, Concentus Vocalis Wien,
Wiener Singakademie The Wiener Singakademie is a choir in Vienna, Austria. History As the first mixed choir in Vienna, the Wiener Singakademie was founded in 1858 to establish a "Singübungsanstalt" - an institution for the training of voices. It aims to promote th ...
, Wiener Kammerchor and . She began voice studies in 1995 at the
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...
with Helena Lazarska. She completed her studies 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 ''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 ...
'' at the Wiener Volksoper in 2001, followed by other Mozart roles such as the Countess in ''
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 ...
'' and ''Donna Elvira'' in ''Don Giovanni''. In 2004, Kulman changed to mezzo-soprano, with the title role of Suppé's ''
Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was some ...
'', staged by
Helmuth Lohner Helmuth Lohner (24 April 1933 – 23 June 2015) was an Austrian actor, theatre director, and from 1997 to 2006 director of the Theater in der Josefstadt. Early life Born in Vienna, Lohner initially trained as a commercial artist, while also taki ...
. She appeared as Orpheus in Gluck's '' Orphée et Eurydice'' at the
Opéra National de Paris The Paris Opera (, ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be ...
in June 2005. In the New Year's Eve 2006 production of ''
Die Fledermaus ' (, ''The Flittermouse'' or ''The Bat'', sometimes called ''The Revenge of the Bat'') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874. Background The original li ...
'', she was Prince Orlofsky, a performance that garnered her the . 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 In Greek mythology, Medea (; grc, Μήδεια, ''Mēdeia'', perhaps implying "planner / schemer") is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, a niece of Circe and the granddaughter of the sun god Helios. Medea figures in the myth of Jason an ...
'' at the
Vienna State Opera The Vienna State Opera (, ) is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August ...
. In 2011 she appeared in Berlin again as Smeton in Donizetti's ''
Anna Bolena ''Anna Bolena'' is a tragic opera (''tragedia lirica'') in two acts composed by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Ippolito Pindemonte's ''Enrico VIII ossia Anna Bolena'' and Alessandro Pepoli's ''Anna Bolena'', bo ...
'', alongside Anna Netrebko in the title role and
Elīna Garanča Elīna Garanča (born 16 September 1976) is a Latvian mezzo-soprano. She began to study singing in her hometown of Riga in 1996 and continued her studies in Vienna and in the United States. By 1999 she had won first place in a significant compe ...
as Giovanna Seymour. In the field of historically informed performance, she appeared in two opera revivals at the
Schwetzingen Festival The Schwetzingen Festival (German: Schwetzinger Festspiele, now Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele) is an early summer festival of opera and other classical music presented each year from May to early June in Schwetzingen, Germany. In 1952, the broadc ...
, both conducted by
Thomas Hengelbrock Thomas Hengelbrock (born 9 June 1958) is a German violinist, musicologist, stage director and conductor. Born in Wilhelmshaven, Hengelbrock studied the violin with Rainer Kussmaul. He started his career in Würzburg and Freiburg im Breisgau. ...
, in 2005 in Alessandro Scarlatti's '' Telemaco'', and in 2007 in the title role of Giovanni Legrenzi's ''
Il Giustino '' Il Giustino'' is an opera in three acts by composer Giovanni Legrenzi. The work uses an Italian language libretto by Nicolò Beregan based on the life of Emperor Justin I. The opera premiered on 7 February 1683 at the Teatro San Salvador in ...
''. 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 , and Mahler arrangements with the ensemble Amarcord Wien. She recorded Bach's ''
Christmas Oratorio The ''Christmas Oratorio'' (German: ''Weihnachtsoratorium''), , is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It is in six parts, each part a cantata intended for performance on one of ...
'' on DVD, conducted by
Peter Schreier Peter Schreier (29 July 1935 – 25 December 2019) was a German tenor in opera, concert and lied, and a conductor. He was regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century. Schreier was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor conduct ...
who also performed the part of the Evangelist, with the
Münchener Bach-Chor Münchener Bach-Chor is a mixed choir for concert and oratorio in Munich. Performances, international tours and recordings with Karl Richter and the Münchener Bach-Orchester made the choir internationally known. History Heinrich-Schütz-Krei ...
, the Bach Collegium München,
Sibylla Rubens Sibylla Rubens is a German classical concert soprano. Career Sibylla Rubens studied voice (concert and opera) at the Staatliche Musikhochschule in Trossingen and at the Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt and in master classes with Edith Mathi ...
,
Martin Petzold Martin Petzold (25 June 1955 – 19 April 2023) was a German classical tenor who performed internationally in opera and concert. He was for decades a member of the Leipzig Opera, performing more than 80 roles such as Pedrillo in Mozart's ''Die ...
and Andreas Scheibner. In 2013, she recorded Beethoven's ''
Missa solemnis {{Audio, De-Missa solemnis.ogg, Missa solemnis is Latin for Solemn Mass, and is a genre of musical settings of the Mass Ordinary, which are festively scored and render the Latin text extensively, opposed to the more modest Missa brevis. In French ...
'', conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, with the Netherlands Radio Choir, the
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ( nl, Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, ) is a Dutch symphony orchestra, based at the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw (concert hall). Considered one of the world's leading orchestras, Queen Beatrix conferred the " ...
and alongside
Marlis Petersen Marlis Petersen (born 3 February 1968)Heinrich (2018) is a German operatic coloratura soprano. Career Born in Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Marlis Petersen won six important piano competitions before eventually going to the Stuttgart Conserv ...
,
Werner Güra Werner Güra (born 1964) is a German classical tenor in opera, concert and Lied, also an academic teacher in Zurich. Career Güra was born in Munich. He studied at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. He continued his studies with Kurt Wi ...
and
Gerald Finley Gerald Hunter Finley, (born January 30, 1960) is a Canadian baritone opera singer. Early life Finley was born in Montreal and studied music at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Ottawa, the University of Ottawa, King's College, Cambridge and the Ro ...
. From April 2015, she has focused on concerts.


Awards

* 2007: Eberhard-Waechter-Medaille * 2014: ''Helga de Oro'' as best mezzo-sopranoPreisträger auf ''El Blog de Atticus''
retrieved 15 April 2015


Roles


Mezzo-soprano and contralto (from 2004)

* Flora Bervoix – Verdi: '' La Traviata'' –
Volksoper The Vienna Volksoper (''Volksoper'' or ''Vienna People's Opera'') is an opera house in Vienna, Austria. It produces three hundred performances of twenty-five German language productions of opera, operetta, musicals, and ballet, during an annual s ...
2004 * Boccaccio – Suppé: ''
Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was some ...
'' – Volksoper 2004, 2005 and 2006 * Erifile/Antiope – A. Scarlatti: '' Telemaco'' –
Schwetzingen Festival The Schwetzingen Festival (German: Schwetzinger Festspiele, now Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele) is an early summer festival of opera and other classical music presented each year from May to early June in Schwetzingen, Germany. In 1952, the broadc ...
2005 * Orfeo – Gluck: '' Orfeo ed Euridice'' –
Paris Opéra The Paris Opera (, ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be k ...
2005, 2008;
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 ...
2010 * Prinz Orlofsky – J. Strauss: ''
Die Fledermaus ' (, ''The Flittermouse'' or ''The Bat'', sometimes called ''The Revenge of the Bat'') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874. Background The original li ...
'' – Volksoper 2005 and 2007,
Vienna State Opera The Vienna State Opera (, ) is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August ...
2006 to 2015 * Carmen – Bizet: '' Carmen'' – Volksoper 2005 and 2007;
Staatsoper Unter den Linden The (), also known as the Berlin State Opera (german: Staatsoper Berlin), is a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic center of Berlin, Germany. The opera house was built by order of Prussian king Frederick the Great from ...
2007 * Hänsel – Humperdinck: '' Hänsel und Gretel'' – Volksoper 2005 and 2006 * Dritte Dame – Mozart: ''
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 ...
'' – Volksoper 2005, 2006 and 2007; Vienna State Opera 2006 to 2009 * Suzuki – Puccini: '' Madama Butterfly'' – Volksoper 2006; Vienna State Opera 2007/08 * Nancy – Flotow: ''
Martha Martha (Hebrew: מָרְתָא‎) is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness ...
'' – Volksoper Wien 2006 * Hippolyta – Britten: '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' – Volksoper 2006 * Magdalena – Kienzl: ''
Der Evangelimann ''Der Evangelimann'' (''The Evangelist'') is an opera in two acts by the Austrian composer Wilhelm Kienzl. The libretto, by the composer, is based on short story "". It was adapted in 1924 as a silent film '' The Evangelist''. Composition hi ...
'' – Volksoper 2007 * Giustino – Legrenzi: ''
Il Giustino '' Il Giustino'' is an opera in three acts by composer Giovanni Legrenzi. The work uses an Italian language libretto by Nicolò Beregan based on the life of Emperor Justin I. The opera premiered on 7 February 1683 at the Teatro San Salvador in ...
'' – Schwetzingen Festival 2007 * Fenena – Verdi:
Nabucco ''Nabucco'' (, short for Nabucodonosor ; en, "Nebuchadnezzar") is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The libretto is based on the biblical books of 2 Kings, J ...
– 2007; Vienna State Opera 2008/09; Bavarian State Opera 2011 * Marina Mnischek – Mussorgsky: '' Boris Godunow'' – Vienna State Opera 2007 and 2009 * Mrs. Quickly – Verdi: ''
Falstaff Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays '' Henry IV, Part 1'' and '' Part 2'', w ...
'' – Vienna State Opera 2008 und 2009; Salzburg Festival 2013 * Polina – Tschaikowsky: '' Pique Dame'' – Vienna State Opera 2008 and 2009 * Zweite Norn – Wagner: ''
Götterdämmerung ' (; ''Twilight of the Gods''), WWV 86D, is the last in Richard Wagner's cycle of four music dramas titled (''The Ring of the Nibelung'', or ''The Ring Cycle'' or ''The Ring'' for short). It received its premiere at the on 17 August 1876, as ...
'' – Vienna State Opera 2008/09; Bukarest/Enescu Festival 2013 * Ulrica – Verdi: ''
Un ballo in maschera ''Un ballo in maschera'' ''(A Masked Ball)'' is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, '' Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué''. Th ...
'' – Vienna State Opera 2009 * Brigitta – Korngold: ''
Die tote Stadt ' (German for ''The Dead City''), Op. 12, is an opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold set to a libretto by Paul Schott, a collective pseudonym for the composer and his father, Julius Korngold. It is based on the 1892 novel '' Bruges-la-Mo ...
'' – Vienna State Opera 2009 * Floßhilde – Wagner: ''
Das Rheingold ''Das Rheingold'' (; ''The Rhinegold''), WWV 86A, is the first 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 ...
'' – Vienna State Opera 2009 * Grimgerde – Wagner: ''
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 ...
'' – Vienna State Opera 2009 * Olga – Tschaikowsky: '' Eugen Onegin'' – Vienna State Opera 2009 * Clairon – R. Strauss: '' Cappriccio'' – Vienna State Opera 2009 * Herodias – R. Strauss: '' Salome'' – Vienna State Opera 2009, 2015 * Waltraute – Wagner: ''Götterdämmerung'' – Vienna State Opera 2009, 2013; Bamberg 2013; Lucerne 2013; Bukarest/Enescu Festival 2013 * Gora – Reimann: ''
Medea In Greek mythology, Medea (; grc, Μήδεια, ''Mēdeia'', perhaps implying "planner / schemer") is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, a niece of Circe and the granddaughter of the sun god Helios. Medea figures in the myth of Jason an ...
'' (premiere) – Vienna State Opera 2010 * Fricka – Wagner: ''Das Rheingold'' – Vienna State Opera 2010, 2014;
Bavarian State Opera The Bayerische Staatsoper is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bayerische Staatsorchester. History The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under Ele ...
2013, 2015 * Fricka – Wagner: ''Die Walküre'' – Vienna State Opera 2010, 2014; Bavarian State Opera 2013, 2015; Lucerne 2013; Bukarest/Enescu Festival 2013; Valencia 2013 * Smeton – Donizetti: ''
Anna Bolena ''Anna Bolena'' is a tragic opera (''tragedia lirica'') in two acts composed by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Ippolito Pindemonte's ''Enrico VIII ossia Anna Bolena'' and Alessandro Pepoli's ''Anna Bolena'', bo ...
'' – Vienna State Opera 2011 * Ludmila – Smetana: '' Die verkaufte Braut'' – styriarte 2011 * Gaea – R. Strauss: ''
Daphne Daphne (; ; el, Δάφνη, , ), a minor figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. There are several versions of the myth in whi ...
'' – Vienna State Opera 2011 * Witwe Begbick – Weill: '' Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny'' – Vienna State Opera 2012 * Boulotte – Offenbach: '' Barbe-bleue'' – styriarte 2013 * Brangäne – Wagner: ''
Tristan und Isolde ''Tristan und Isolde'' (''Tristan and Isolde''), WWV 90, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the 12th-century romance Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg. It was comp ...
'' – Vienna State Opera 2013 * Cherubino – Mozart: ''
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 ...
'' –
Theater an der Wien The is a historic theatre in Vienna located on the Left Wienzeile in the Mariahilf district. Completed in 1801, the theatre has hosted the premieres of many celebrated works of theatre, opera, and symphonic music. Since 2006, it has served prima ...
2014 * Despina – Mozart: '' Così fan tutte'' – Theater an der Wien 2014 * Erda – Wagner: ''Das Rheingold'' – Opera Nomori Festival Tokio 2014


Soprano (1998–2004)

* Susanna – Mozart: ''Le nozze di Figaro'' –
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...
1998 and 1999 * Frau Fluth – Nicolai: ''
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' (German: ''Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor'') is an opera in three acts by Otto Nicolai to a German libretto by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal based on the play ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' by William Shakespeare. The ...
'' – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien 2000 * Contessa Almaviva – Mozart: ''Le nozze di Figaro'' – 4. Grazer Gartenfestival 2000; Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien 2001; Volksoper Wien 2003 and 2004 * Mme Euterpova – Menotti: '' Help! Help! The Globolinks!'' – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien 2001 * Rosalinde – Strauss: ''Die Fledermaus'' – Akademie für Musik Krakau 2001 * Alcina – Handel: ''
Alcina ''Alcina'' (Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis, HWV 34) is a 1735 opera seria by George Frideric Handel. Handel used the libretto of ''L'isola di Alcina'', an opera that was set in 1728 in Rome by Riccardo Broschi, which he acquired the year after during ...
'' – Junge Oper St. Pölten 2001 * Pamina – Mozart: ''Die Zauberflöte'' – Volksoper Wien 2001, 2002 and 2003; Stadttheater St. Gallen 2012 * Fraarte – Handel: '' Radamisto'' – Salzburger Pfingstfestspiele 2002 * Don Pedro – Massenet: ''
Don Quichotte ''Don Quichotte'' (''Don Quixote'') is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Caïn. It was first performed on 19 February 1910 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Massenet's ''comédie-héroïque'', like many dramatiz ...
'' – Wiener Klangbogen 2002 * Vera – Mascagni: '' Si'' – Volksoper Wien 2002 * Olga – Vives: ''
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'' – Volksoper Wien 2002 and 2003 * Donna Elvira – Mozart: ''Don Giovanni'' – Volksoper Wien 2002 and 2004


Discography

CD: * Franz Liszt: ''
Via crucis The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows or the Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The stations grew out of imitati ...
'' S 53, Wiener Kammerchor, – Label: Carus * Liszt: 23 Lieder (''Liszt – Roots & Routes''), with (Klavier) – Label:
Preiser Records Preiser Records is an independent Austrian record label. It was founded in 1952 by Otto G. Preiser (1920–1996). The label is particularly important for recordings from the Viennese cabaret scene, especially from the 1950s and 1960s (Helmut Qua ...
, 2011 * Gustav Mahler: ''Lieder'', with Ensemble Amarcord Wien – Label: material records, 2009 *
Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...
: Lieder (''Mussorgsky Dis-Covered''), with Tscho Theissing, Arkady Shilkloper, Miki Skuta and Georg Breinschmid – Label: Preiser Records, 2010 * Mussorgsky: ''Lieder'' ('' Kinderstube''), with
Kirill Gerstein Kirill Gerstein (russian: Кирилл Герштейн) (born 23 October 1979) is a Russian-American concert pianist. He is the sixth recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award. Born in the former Soviet Union, Gerstein is an American citizen based i ...
(Klavier) – Label: Preiser Records, 2012 * Hans Sommer: ''Orchesterlieder''; with Bo Skovhus (baritone),
Bamberger Symphoniker The Bamberg Symphony (German: Bamberger Symphoniker – Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie) is a German orchestra based in Bamberg. It is one of the most prestigious orchestras in Germany. The orchestra was formed in 1946 mainly from German musicians ...
, conductor:
Sebastian Weigle Sebastian Weigle (born 1961, in East Berlin) is a German conductor and horn player. He is currently ''Generalmusikdirektor'' of the Oper Frankfurt and principal conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. Biography Weigle is a nephew of ...
– Label: Tudor, 2012 * ''frauen.leben.liebe'' – Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner – with Eduard Kutrowatz (Klavier) – Label: Preiser Records, 2014 * ''Wer wagt mich zu höhnen? – Ein Ständchen für Richard Wagner und Giuseppe Verdi'' – with Amarcord Wien – Label: ORF, 2014 DVD: * Bach: ''
Christmas Oratorio The ''Christmas Oratorio'' (German: ''Weihnachtsoratorium''), , is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It is in six parts, each part a cantata intended for performance on one of ...
'' BWV 248,
Münchener Bach-Chor Münchener Bach-Chor is a mixed choir for concert and oratorio in Munich. Performances, international tours and recordings with Karl Richter and the Münchener Bach-Orchester made the choir internationally known. History Heinrich-Schütz-Krei ...
, Bach-Collegium München,
Peter Schreier Peter Schreier (29 July 1935 – 25 December 2019) was a German tenor in opera, concert and lied, and a conductor. He was regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century. Schreier was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor conduct ...
– Label: Obligat, 2005 (2 DVD) * Beethoven: ''
Missa solemnis {{Audio, De-Missa solemnis.ogg, Missa solemnis is Latin for Solemn Mass, and is a genre of musical settings of the Mass Ordinary, which are festively scored and render the Latin text extensively, opposed to the more modest Missa brevis. In French ...
'',
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ( nl, Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, ) is a Dutch symphony orchestra, based at the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw (concert hall). Considered one of the world's leading orchestras, Queen Beatrix conferred the " ...
, Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Label: Unitel Classica, 2013 * Donizetti: ''
Anna Bolena ''Anna Bolena'' is a tragic opera (''tragedia lirica'') in two acts composed by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Ippolito Pindemonte's ''Enrico VIII ossia Anna Bolena'' and Alessandro Pepoli's ''Anna Bolena'', bo ...
'' (role: Smeton), Wiener Staatsoper, Evelino Pidò – Label: Deutsche Grammophon, 2011 (2 DVD) * Aribert Reimann: ''
Medea In Greek mythology, Medea (; grc, Μήδεια, ''Mēdeia'', perhaps implying "planner / schemer") is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, a niece of Circe and the granddaughter of the sun god Helios. Medea figures in the myth of Jason an ...
'' (role: Gora), Wiener Staatsoper,
Michael Boder Michael Boder (born 9 November 1958) is a German conductor of opera and concert who works internationally. The chief conductor of the Royal Danish Theatre, he has conducted regularly at the Vienna State Opera, including the premieres of Cerha's ' ...
– Label: Arthaus, 2010 (DVD) * Smetana: '' Die verkaufte Braut'' (Rolle: Ludmila), styriarte, Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Label: Styriarte Festival Edition, 2012 (DVD) * Verdi: ''
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'' (role: Fenena), Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen, Robert Herzl – Label: Euroarts, 2007 (DVD) * Verdi: ''
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'' (role: Mrs. Quickly), Salzburg Festival, Zubin Mehta – Label: Unitel Classica, 2013 (DVD)


References


External links

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Elisabeth Kulman
Operabase

Bach Cantatas Website

Münchner Philharmoniker
Interview, 01/2008: Elisabeth Kulman, Der Beruf hat mich gewählt
(interview, in German) Der neue Merker, January 2008
"Salzburg zahlt wieder"
(interview, (in German) crescendo.de
Mussorgsky Dis-Covered

Photos
projects.kinderfotografie.at
Ein köstliches Pasticcio
(in German) Kleine Zeitung, 7 July 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kulman, Elisabeth Austrian operatic sopranos Austrian operatic mezzo-sopranos Musicians from Vienna People from Oberpullendorf District University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni 1973 births Living people 21st-century Austrian women opera singers