Florian Boesch

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Florian Boesch
Born (1971-05-17) 17 May 1971 (age 52)
Saarbrücken, West Germany
EducationMusikhochschule Wien
Occupation

Florian Boesch (born 17 May 1971) is an Austrian bass-baritone, voice teacher and opera singer, who is especially known as a Lieder interpreter.

Life

Boesch was born in Saarbrücken, West Germany, and is the son of Christian Boesch.[1] He took his first singing lessons from his grandmother, Kammersängerin Ruthilde Boesch, and later studied lied and oratorio at the Musikhochschule Wien with Robert Holl from 1997.[2][3]

He made his debut with a recital in the Vienna

Staatsoper Hamburg, the Theater an der Wien, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Los Angeles Opera and in Tokyo.[6]

Boesch gave recitals at the

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and in Mendelssohn's Elijah, conducted by both Paul McCreesh and Ivor Bolton.[8]

He has been associated with the

Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.[9]

At the Theater an der Wien he sang in Handel's Messiah in spring 2009 and in Schubert's Lazarus in autumn 2013 – both in staged versions by Claus Guth. In January 2013, he appeared at the house as Tiridate with conductor René Jacobs and the Freiburger Barockorchester. In 2011, he made his role debut as Alban Berg's Wozzeck at the Cologne Opera.[10]

In 2015, the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna appointed Boesch as professor for lied and oratorio.[11][12][13]

Recordings

Boesch's recordings include Schubert's

lieder albums of recent years".[15] Others include Bach cantatas conducted by Martin Haselböck,[16] Bach's St Matthew Passion conducted by Roger Norrington[17] and Dvořák's Stabat Mater conducted by Philippe Herreweghe.[18]

Awards

References

  1. ISBN 3-7001-3043-0
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  2. ^ "Florian Boesch". Lucerne Festival (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Florian Boesch". Staatsoper Berlin. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b Musil, Stefan (27 January 2021). "Florian Boesch und das Lied als Trojaner in die Individualität". Bühne (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Florian Boesch" (in German). Schubertiade. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Florian Boesch" (in German). Berliner Festspiele. 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Florian Boesch". Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. ^ "The 'Spell' of Florian Boesch". Vancouver Classical Music. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Florian Boesch, bass". Concertgebouworkest. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  10. ^ Schubert / Voyage d’hiver on philharmoniedeparis
  11. ^ "Florian Boesch". deropernfreund.de (in German). 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Univ.-Prof. Florian Boesch, Bariton". Institut für Gesang und Musiktheater (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Florian Boesch" (in German). Salzburg Festival. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Boesch Martineau". Winterreise (in German). 6 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  15. ^ Ashley, Tim (22 March 2012). "Florian Boesch/Malcolm Martineau – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Martin Haselbock – Discography". Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Matthaus-Passion BWV 244 – conducted by Roger Norrington". Bach Cantatas Website. 1 April 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  18. S2CID 162441665
    . Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Der "Goldene Schikaneder"". Wien Holding (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  20. ^ "Wien / Theater an der Wien: Verleihung "Der goldene Schikaneder" – Musiktheaterpreis". Online Merker (in German). 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  21. ^ "Musiktheaterpreis "Goldener Schikaneder"". oe1.orf.at (in German). 25 February 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  22. ^ "Florian Boesch". grammy.com. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

External links

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