Yoko Kawahara
Yoko Kawahara | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 September 1939 Tokyo, Japan |
| Other names | Yoko Kawahara-Stobinski |
| Education | Musikhochschule Köln |
| Occupation | Operatic soprano |
Yoko Kawahara (born 3 September 1939) is a Japanese operatic soprano who made a career first in Germany, then also appearing internationally at opera houses and festivals. Her repertory includes parts by Mozart as well as contemporary music, in both opera and concert.
Career
Kawahara was born in Tokyo. She studied voice with Toshiko Toda, and made her debut in 1958 as Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Nikikai Opera Company in Tokyo.[1]
She moved to Germany and continued her studies at the
Kawahara appeared at the Bayreuth Festival, first in 1972 as Voice of the Forest Bird in Siegfried, Woglinde in Der Ring des Nibelungen, and a Flower Maiden in Parsifal.[1] She performed the first two parts in the production Jahrhundertring, celebrating the festival's centenary in 1976, conducted by Pierre Boulez and staged by Patrice Chéreau.[3]
On 3 October 1979 she was the soprano soloist in the first concert of Max Reger's unfinished
References
- ^ ISBN 3-598-11598-9.
- ^ "Concerts 1972". Wiener Singakademie. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Yoko Kawahara". Bayreuth Festival. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Requiem WoO V/9" (in German). Max-Reger-Institut. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "The Wondrous Cobbler's Wife". Breitkopf & Härtel. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Musik in Deutschland 1950–2000 / Teil: Musiktheater, Serie / Oper, Operette, Musical, Oper 1977–1987 : Nach- und Nachtgesänge" (in German). German National Library. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ISBN 9783598440885. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
External links
- "Geburtstage im September 2014 / 3.9. Yoko Kawahara wird 75" (in German) Der Neue Merker
