Rotraud Hansmann

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Rotraud Hansmann
Born (1940-03-01) 1 March 1940 (age 84)
Graz Conservatory
OccupationOperatic soprano
Organizations

Rotraud Hansmann (born 1 March 1940) is an Austrian

University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
.

Career

Born in

Die Zauberflöte. In 1964 she joined the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.[1]

Hansmann recorded Monteverdi's

Monteverdi-Chor, conducted by Jürgen Jürgens. She also recorded Bach cantatas,[1] sacred music by Mozart and Mendelssohn's Lobgesang.[1] She appeared as one of the Flower Maidens in Georg Solti's 1972 recording of Parsifal, with René Kollo in the title role.[2]

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who conducted pioneering recordings of Monteverdi's operas and Bach's Mass in B minor

Hansmann was a singer in recordings by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, pioneering historically informed performances. She appeared in Monteverdi's operas, as La Musica and Euridice in L'Orfeo, alongside Lajos Kozma as Orfeo.[3] A reviewer noted: "Rotraud Hansmann as Euridice sings beautifully with crisp diction and much attention to inflection."[4] She performed the parts of Amore and Minerva in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, with Sven-Olof Eliasson [sv] in the title role, and as Virtù and Drusilla in L'incoronazione di Poppea, alongside Helen Donath as Poppea, Elisabeth Söderström as Nerone, Cathy Berberian as Ottavia and Paul Esswood as Ottone.[3] In 1968 Hansmann recorded the first soprano part of Bach's Mass in B minor.[1]

Hansmann was a professor of voice at the

University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna,[5] teaching singers such as Theresa Grabner [de], Yasushi Hirano [de] and Jan Petryka [de
].

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Rotraud Hansmann (Soprano)". Bach-Cantatas. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Solti Conducts The Wagner Operas". arkivmusic.com. 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b Forsling, Göran (2015). "Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) / Complete Operas". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  4. ^ Rohr, Jonathan (2005). "Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) / L'Orfeo". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  5. University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
    . Retrieved 16 March 2016.

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