Michael Schopper

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Michael Schopper
Born (1942-05-28) 28 May 1942 (age 82)
Germany
EducationRegensburger Domspatzen
Occupations
Organizations
  • Richard Strauss Conservatory
  • Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main
AwardsARD International Music Competition

Michael Schopper (born 28 May 1942) is a German bass-baritone in opera and concert, and an academic teacher.

Michael Schopper was educated with the

Der fliegende Holländer, and Wotan in Der Ring des Nibelungen.[1]

He turned more to Lied and oratorio, with a focus on historically informed performances conducted by Philippe Herreweghe, Ton Koopman and Gustav Leonhardt, among others.[1]

On 23 June 1990 he was a soloist in the premiere of Wilfried Hiller's oratorio Schulamit at the festival Landshuter Hofmusiktage.[3] In 2002 Schopper performed the part of Haman in a concert version of Handel's Esther at the Halle Handel Festival, with the Collegium Vocale Gent and La Stagione Frankfurt conducted by Michael Schneider.[4]

Schopper was a bass soloist in the first recording with period instruments of Bach's St Matthew Passion, conducted in 1970 by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, singing the chorus II parts.[5][6][failed verification] He recorded with the Salzburger Hofmusik Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's oratorio Die Israeliten in der Wüste.[7] He recorded the part of Seneca in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea with René Jacobs in 1990.[8]

Schopper is a professor of voice at the

Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Michael Schopper (Bass-Baritone)". bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Preisträger Gesang beim ARD-Musikwettbewerb" (in German). Bayerischer Rundfunk. 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ Schulamit / Lieder und Tänze der Liebe (in German). Wilfried Hiller.[full citation needed]
  4. ^ Appold, Juliette (2002). "Händelfestspiele 2002: G. F. Händel "Esther"" (in German). Leipzig-Almanach. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Bach: Matthäus-Passion (No. 63)". bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  6. Goldberg Early Music Magazine
    . No. 39. pp. 48–59. Retrieved 13 September 2021 – via academia.edu.
  7. ^ "Die Israeliten in der Wüste / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach" (in German). Salzburger Hofmusik. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  8. ^ "L'Incoronazione di Poppea". Operone. Archived from the original on 19 May 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

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