Hermine Haselböck (born 7 March 1967 in Melk, Lower Austria) is an Austrian

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...

in opera, concert and

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Career

After graduating from Stiftsgymnasium Melk Haselböck studied with Rita Streich at the Vienna Music Academy and continued at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, with

Ingeborg Ruß Ingeborg Ruß was a German contralto, focused on concert singing, and an academic voice teacher. She record compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, including Bach cantatas such as ''Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'', BWV 190, with the Windsb ...

, finishing with diplomas for both performing and vocal education. She received further vocal training by Brigitte Fassbaender,

Sena Jurinac Srebrenka "Sena" Jurinac () (24 October 1921 – 22 November 2011) was a Bosnian-born Austrian operatic soprano. Biography Jurinac was born in Travnik, Bosnia-Herzegovina (then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia), the daughter of a Croatian fa ...

, Marjana Lipovšek,

Christa Ludwig Christa Ludwig (16 March 1928 – 24 April 2021) was a German mezzo-soprano and occasional dramatic soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, lieder, oratorio, and other major religious works like masses, passions, and solos in symp ...

and Eva Randová, and took master classes with Kurt Equiluz,

Kurt Widmer Kurt Widmer (28 December 1940 – 31 May 2023) was a Swiss baritone and voice teacher, who appeared and recorded internationally. He focused on concert singing, especially of oratorios from the Romantic period. His recordings cover a repertoire ...

and Edith Sélig-Papée. Her operatic career began with the role of Mercedes in ''

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'', when

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt or historically Johann Nikolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt; () (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music ...

discovered her for his production at

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in 2005. She performed Dorabella (

Così fan tutte (''All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers''), K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte w ...

) at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and the Second Lady ('' The Magic Flute'') at the Mozart Festival Reinsberg, the Theater an der Wien and the

Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg The Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, inaugurated in 1964 as the Théâtre Municipal de la Ville de Luxembourg is the city's major venue for drama, opera and ballet.

. 2006 she sang the role Frauenschatten in Erwin Schulhoff's '' Flammen''. Two trouser roles followed, Hansel ('' Hansel and Gretel'', Volksoper Wien) and Ramiro ('' La finta giardiniera'', National Opera Tokyo and Bruckner Festival Linz). 2009 she first sang Magdalene (

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 ...

), 2012 Brangäne ( Tristan und Isolde) and 2013 Azucena ('' Il Trovatore'') at the Tyrolian Festival Erl and Gertrud/Mother, ('' Hansel and Gretel'' at the Graz Opera House. 2013 she debuted as Floßhilde ( Rheingold) in the

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in Rome and made 2014 her debut as Fricka in '' Das Rheingold'' and '' Die Walküre'' at the Tyrolian Festival Erl, Austria. 2015 she performed Flosshilde in '' Das Rheingold'' with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under the conduct of Jaap van Zweden. In 2015, she was singing the role of Fricka at the first staged performance of ''Das Rheingold'' and '' Die Walküre'' in Beijing and Shanghai. In 2016 followed the role of the daughter in the Austrian premiere of Ella Milch-Sheriff's Baruchs Schweigen at the EntarteOpera Festival, Vienna. Haselböck has collaborated with orchestras such as the Wiener Symphoniker, the Münchner Philharmoniker, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de Lille, the RSO Vienna, the MDR Sinfonieorchester, the Hongkong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Residence Orchestra Den Haag, the Dresdner Philharmonie, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, and under conductors such as Bertrand de Billy, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Martin Haselböck, Manfred Honeck, Gustav Kuhn, Fabio Luisi, Kirill Petrenko, Martin Sieghart, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Christian Thielemann, Franz Welser-Möst, Jaap van Zweden. Symphonic and lieder repertoire plays an important role, performed in the Brucknerhaus Linz,

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhatta ...

, Frauenkirche in Dresden, Gewandhaus,

Konzerthaus Vienna The Konzerthaus is a concert hall located in Vienna, Austria, which opened in 1913. It is situated in the third district just at the edge of the first district in Vienna. Since it was founded it has always tried to emphasise both traditional and ...

, Mozarteum Salzburg,

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, Paris, and Teatro San Carlo Naples. Her repertoire includes the major works by Bach, Haydn, Händel, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Mahler, Mozart, Schubert, Zemlinsky (Maeterlinck Songs), Wagner ( Wesendoncklieder) and Verdi (

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). Haselböck is Guest Professor for Voice at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.

Awards

In 2005, Haselböck was awarded for her debut CD "Songs by Zemlinsky" the International Zemlinsky Award at the Musikverein Vienna and the Pasticcio Prize of the Austrian classical radio station. In 2014, Haselböck's CD recording of

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...

's '' Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen'', '' Kindertotenlieder'', ''

Rückert Lieder Rückert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ernst Rückert (1886–1945), German stage and film actor * Feodor Rückert (1840–1917), silversmith, goldsmith, and Fabergé workmaster of German origin *Friedrich Rückert (1788� ...

'', Russell Ryan, piano, 2011: bridge records 9341 received the SUPER SONIC classic music award of the magazin PIZZICATO, Luxemburg.

Discography

: Symphony No. 2, Orchestre National de Lille, C: Jean-Claude Casadesus, Olena Tokar, soprano, Philharmonic Choir of Brno, Petr Fiala, 2016, EVIDENCE EVCD027 *

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

, Das Rheingold, (Flosshilde), Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, Matthias Goerne, Michelle De Young,

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Kwangchul Youn Kwangchul Youn (born 1966) is a South Korean operatic bass and academic voice teacher. He made an international career based in Germany, from 1994 to 2004 at the Berlin State Opera. He has performed leading roles at international opera houses a ...

, Stephen Milling, Kim Begley, Anna Samuil, David Cangelosi, Deborah Humble, Oleksandr Pushniak, Eri Nakamura, 2015 NAXOS 8.660374-75 *Gustav Mahler: '' Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen'', '' Kindertotenlieder'', ''

'', Russell Ryan, piano, 2011: bridge records 9341 *Gustav Mahler: Lieder-Collectors edition, with Elisabeth Flechl, soprano,

Wolfgang Holzmair Wolfgang Holzmair (born 1952 in Vöcklabruck) is an Austrian baritone. Holzmair studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He won 2nd prize in the baritone class of the 's-Hertogenbosch International Vocal Competition in 1981, an ...

, baritone,

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, tenor, Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano,

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, baritone,

Daniel Schmutzhard Daniel Schmutzhard (born 1982) is an Austrian operatic baritone. Life Born in Aldrans, Schmutzhard was a boy soloist with the Wilten Boys' Choir under Johannes Stecher and studied while still at school at the . He continued his studies at the ...

, baritone, Birgid Steinberger, soprano, Christopher Hinterhuber and Russell Ryan, piano, Christian Fennesz: Mahler Remix, Visuals: Annablume,

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, lia, Lillevan, lwz, Valence. 2011, Music DVD, departure 711956 *

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Lieder: Lieder-Collectors edition, with Birgid Steinberger, soprano, Bernhard Berchtold, tenor, Florian Boesch, bass-baritone, Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone, Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano, Michaela Selinger, mezzo-soprano; Georg Beckmann and Russell Ryan, piano, visuals: Victoria Coeln, Timo Novotny, luma.launisch (sound:frame lab), Claudia Rohrmoser; 2011, music DVD, departure 711760 *Gustav Mahler: '' Das Lied von der Erde'', with Bernhard Berchtold, tenor, Markus Vorzellner, piano original version for piano and high or middle voice. 2009: c-avi records 4260085531257 *Ludwig van Beethoven:

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, Haydn Orchestre Bozen/Trient, D: Gustav Kuhn), 2007: col legno 60011 *Songs of

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, with

, baritone, Russel Ryan, piano, 2007: bridge records 9259 *Songs of Alexander Zemlinsky with Florian Henschel, piano, 2006 2nd edition bridge records 9244 *Songs of Alexander Zemlinsky with Florian Henschel, piano, 2003: panclassics pc 10162 *Franz Schubert: Mass in A-flat major, Spirit of Europe, Martin Sieghart, 2007. orf-n cd 034 *Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Haydn Orchestra of Bozen and Trient, D: Gustav Kuhn), 2006:col legno 60005 *Gaetano Donizetti:

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, (Odetta), Haydn Orchestra Bozen and Trient, D: Gustav Kuhn *George Frideric Handel:

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References

Sources

*WWW.FORUMOPERA.COM - Jean-Marcel Humbert, 5.8.2014 (Rhine Gold and Valkyrie) >> „... Hermine Haselböck, a magnificent Fricka, has enormously developed further since her Brangäne 2012, her voice has gained homogeneity and roundness and she is as person and stage appearance an excellent actress with strong presence ...“ THE OPERATIC MUSICOLOGIST - Daniel Url 12.7.2015 >> „As Brangäne Hermine Haselböck once again impressed me with her powerful and still very beautiful voice. She has the perfect voice for Wagner's demanding mezzo roles and has a very warm tender timbre. Her guarding song during the love scene in act 2 was magic and lured the audience into another world. Also her diction is really exemplary and impressively precise.�
The Operatic Musicologist
*Holland, Bernhard (9 September 2006)

'' New York Times'' *Rosenblum, Joshua (March 2012)

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'' *Schweitzer, Vivien (29 March 2007). ttps://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/arts/music/29wolf.html?_r=1 "Smaller Songs, Large in Spirit" ''New York Times'' *Bayley, Lynn René (10 December 2012

MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer. Rückert Lieder. Kindertotenlieder. *White, Bill (10 December 2012)

MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer. Rückert Lieder. Kindertotenlieder *Dubins, Jerry, (9 December 2012

SCHREKER Songs. *White, Bill (9 December 2012

ZEMLINSKY songs. *White, Bill (20 September 2012

Interview
Vous avez cherché hermine haselböck
Alain Steffen, review Mahler song CD, SUPER SONIC classic music award 2014
Earnest singing and dramatic insight in Das Rheingold

External links

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Italartist Austroconcert
„Rheingold“: Richard Wagner erobert Rom
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