Herbert Lippert

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Herbert Lippert (born 7 October 1957) is an Austrian operatic tenor.[1]

Life

Born in Linz, Lippert was a soloist with the Vienna Boys' Choir, studied music teaching at the University of Vienna and graduated with distinction. As a member of the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera he has specialised as a Mozart singer. [2]

He has worked with Sir

Die Schöpfung, Mozart's Don Giovanni and Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg were made. Lippert worked several times with the conductors Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Franz Welser-Möst, Riccardo Muti and Fabio Luisi
.

In 2009/10 he made recordings and gave concerts with Harnoncourt and the

Wiener Philharmoniker, as well as opera appearances at the Vienna Volksoper and at the Graz Opera.[3]

In June 2014, he performed at the Vienna State Opera as the replacement of Peter Seiffert who was indisposed in Act 2 as Siegmund in Wagner's Die Walküre. On 15 November 2014 Lippert appeared as Golizyn in Vienna in a new production of Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina.

Awards

In 1997 he was awarded a

Grammy Award for his interpretation of David in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.[4]

Discography

An extensive discography of Lippert is available (as of 2010) with well over 300 recordings.[5] Recordings include:

  • Tamino in Mozart's
    Die Zauberflöte
    , 1994, conducted by Michael Halász.
  • David in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 1996, conducted by Georg Solti.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Herbert Lippert
  2. ^ Herbert Lippert Archived 2019-01-03 at the Wayback Machine on Operette made in Austria
  3. ^ Herbert Lippert's performances on Wiener Staatsoper
  4. ^ Herbert Lippert on Online Merker
  5. ^ Partial discography on Discogs

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