Lars Woldt
Lars Woldt (born 15 December 1972) is a German operatic bass and voice teacher.
Life
Born in
After a first engagement at the
His repertoire includes parts of the feature bass like Figaro, Baron Ochs, van Bett, Kezal, Falstaff, Plumkett, Don Magnifico and Zsupán - but also serious bass parts by
A main focus of his activity is 20th century music with roles such as Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Benjamin Britten), Director Hummel in Die Gespenstersonate (Aribert Reiman) and Ratefreund in Die Vögel (Walter Braunfels). Several composers have dedicated works to him, including Giselher Klebe, whose Michelangelo Songs world premiered in 2001.[4]
His concert repertoire includes Monteverdi's
Among others, he has performed with the
Woldt has participated in several radio and CD recordings, including the recording of Richard Strauss' Elektra conducted by Semyon Bychkov) and Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht conducted by Helmuth Rilling.[7]
In November 2007, he made his debut as Mesner in Tosca at the Vienna State Opera. Since the 2010/2011 season, he has been a member of the ensemble of the State Opera, where he has successfully appeared among others as Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier, Waldner in Arabella, Rocco in Fidelio and Biterolf in Tannhäuser.
In 2014, he sang, to high acclaim, Baron Ochs in
Since October 2011, Woldt has been professor of singing at the
Awards
In 1997, he received a scholarship from the International Association of Wagner Societies, and in 2004 he was awarded the Eberhard Waechter Medal as a sponsorship prize from the Vienna State Opera. For the best male lead role in Der Wildschütz at the Volksoper Wien as Baculus he received the Austrian Music Theatre Award 2014.[10]
References
- ^ Lars Woldt on Opera de Paris
- ^ Lars woldt on Bach Cantatas Website
- ^ Lars Woldt Biography on Royal Opera House
- ^ Lars Woldt on Operabase
- ^ Lars Woldt on OperaOnline
- ^ Lards Woldt on semperoper.de
- ^ Lars Woldt übernimmt Gesangsprofessur in München on musikhochschule-muenchen.de
- ^ Lars Woldt on woldtkehlchen.de
- ^ Lars Woldt on Glyndebourne.com
- ^ The Winners 2014 on the website of the Austrian Music Theatre Award, retrieved 24 July 2021.