Petra Schmidt

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This article is about the soprano. For the actress, see Petra Schmidt-Schaller.

Petra Schmidt
Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen, where the soprano is a member of the ensemble
Born (1963-03-18) 18 March 1963 (age 61)
Nordhorn, Germany
OccupationOperatic soprano
Organizations

Petra Schmidt (born 18 March 1963)[1] is a German operatic soprano and academic. A member of the Musiktheater im Revier (MiR), she has appeared in title roles such as Dvořák's Rusalka and Ponchielli's La Gioconda. She has also worked as a voice teacher at the Kassel University.

Career

Petra Schmidt was born in

Die Zauberflöte. The same year, she took part in the premiere of Volker Blumenthaler [de]'s Jason und Medea at the Staatstheater Nürnberg.[1]

She was a member of the Staatstheater Kassel from 1997 to the 2003/04 season.[3] Her first role there was Wellgunde in Wagner's Das Rheingold.[3] She appeared in leading roles, as Elettra in Mozart's Idomeneo, as Desdemona in Verdi's Otello, as Tatjana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, as Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen, as Mimì in Puccini's La bohème and as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss. She also appeared as Ortlinde in Wagner's Die Walküre.[3] From 2005, she was a lecturer for voice and scenic action (Gesang und Szenisches Spiel) at the Kassel University.[2]

Schmidt has been a member of the

Dialogues des Carmélites, conducted by Rasmus Baumann.[7]

References

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    ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5
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  2. ^ a b c "Petra Schmidt" (in German). Musiktheater im Revier. 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Petra Schmidt" (in German). Neue Philharmonie Westfalen. 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Petra Schmidt". revierpassagen.de (in German). 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. Der Westen
    (in German). Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ^ Schulte im Walde, Christoph (18 March 2016). "Opfer des Systems: Amilcare Ponchiellis La Gioconda in Gelsenkirchen in neuem Licht". revierpassagen.de (in German). Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  7. ^ Schulte im Walde, Christoph (5 February 2018). "Großer Opernabend von enormer emotionaler Dichte – Francis Poulencs Dialogues des Carmélites am Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 June 2018.

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