Eike Wilm Schulte

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Eike Wilm Schulte
Born (1939-10-13) 13 October 1939 (age 84)
Musikhochschule Köln
OccupationOperatic baritone
Years active1966 (1966)–present
Organizations
AwardsGoethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen

Eike Wilm Schulte (born 13 October 1939) is a German operatic

Bayerische Staatsoper, he made an international career, singing more than 100 parts at major opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, and at festivals including the Bayreuth Festival
. He participated in several premieres of contemporary opera.

Career

Schulte was born in

Bayerische Staatsoper. During his career, he sang more than a hundred different parts.[6]

Schulte appeared as a guest at the

Gran Teatre del Liceu, among others.[1]

He performed at the Bayreuth Festival, beginning in 1988 as the Heerrufer (The King's Herald) in Lohengrin, from 1992 as Wolfram von Eschenbach in Tannhäuser,[1] and in 1998 he stepped in as Gunther in Götterdämmerung, singing but not acting.[7]

Throughout his career, he took part in contemporary opera, including premieres. In 1969, he sang in the premiere of Giselher Klebe's Das Märchen von der schönen Lilie at the Schwetzingen Festival in the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen. He appeared in operas by Volker David Kirchner, as Henrik in Die Trauung in Wiesbaden in 1974, as Babel in Die fünf Minuten des Isaak Babel in Wuppertal in 1980, and as Ezechiel in Das kalte Herz in Wiesbaden in 1981.[1]

Schulte has appeared in recitals and concerts.[1]

He can be seen on video as the Heerrufer[8] and as Beckmesser.[9]

Awards

Schulte is honorary member of the Hessisches Staatstheater.

Hessian Ministry for Science and the Arts
.

Sources

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Eike Wilm Schulte" (in German). Bayreuth Festival. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. ^
    Hamburgische Staatsoper. Archived from the original
    on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. ^ La Bohème (in German). Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. 4 October 1978.
  4. ^ Hoffmnns Erzählungen (in German). Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. 13 January 1980.
  5. ^ Mosè (in German). Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. 28 January 1982.
  6. Bayerische Staatsoper
    . Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Götterdämmerung / Besetzung 1998" (in German). Bayreuth Festival. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  8. ^ Richard Wagner: Lohengrin, from the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth. Copyright 1991 by Unitel. Catalog number 440 070 536-3
  9. ^ Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Deutsche Oper Berlin Opera d'Oro, catalog number OPD-112
  10. ^ "Theaterleitung" (in German). Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

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