Jump to content

Maria Radner: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
added IPA
Line 16: Line 16:
| website = http://www.ia-ac.com/MariaRadner}}
| website = http://www.ia-ac.com/MariaRadner}}


'''Maria Friderike Radner''' (7 May 1981 – 24 March 2015) was a German [[contralto]] and internationally renowned opera singer. After studying at the [[Robert Schumann Hochschule]] in Düsseldorf, she appeared internationally in opera and concert. She was considered to be an extremely talented interpreter of [[Richard Wagner]]'s music. Possessing the "rare pitch of a true alto", she regularly performed the part of Erda in Wagner's ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' at the [[Leipzig Opera]], the part of Schwertleite in ''[[Die Walküre]]'' at the [[Teatro Comunale Florence]] with [[Zubin Mehta]], and Mahler's [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 2]] "Resurrection", conducted by [[Antonio Pappano]], in Rome and Milan.
'''Maria Friderike Radner''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|æ|d|n|ər|}}; 7 May 1981 – 24 March 2015) was a German [[contralto]] and internationally renowned opera singer. After studying at the [[Robert Schumann Hochschule]] in Düsseldorf, she appeared internationally in opera and concert. She was considered to be an extremely talented interpreter of [[Richard Wagner]]'s music. Possessing the "rare pitch of a true alto", she regularly performed the part of Erda in Wagner's ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' at the [[Leipzig Opera]], the part of Schwertleite in ''[[Die Walküre]]'' at the [[Teatro Comunale Florence]] with [[Zubin Mehta]], and Mahler's [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 2]] "Resurrection", conducted by [[Antonio Pappano]], in Rome and Milan.


Her debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in 2012 in ''[[Götterdämmerung]]'' was part of the documentation of the production in the film ''[[Wagner's Dream]]''.
Her debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in 2012 in ''[[Götterdämmerung]]'' was part of the documentation of the production in the film ''[[Wagner's Dream]]''.

Revision as of 02:38, 7 April 2015

Maria Radner
Maria Radner, c. 2011
Born
Maria Friderike Radner

(1981-05-07)7 May 1981
Düsseldorf, Germany
Died24 March 2015(2015-03-24) (aged 33)
Prads-Haute-Bléone, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
Cause of deathKilled onboard Germanwings Flight 9525
NationalityGerman
EducationRobert Schumann Hochschule
OccupationClassical contralto
Websitehttp://www.ia-ac.com/MariaRadner

Maria Friderike Radner (/ˈrædnər/; 7 May 1981 – 24 March 2015) was a German contralto and internationally renowned opera singer. After studying at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, she appeared internationally in opera and concert. She was considered to be an extremely talented interpreter of Richard Wagner's music. Possessing the "rare pitch of a true alto", she regularly performed the part of Erda in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Leipzig Opera, the part of Schwertleite in Die Walküre at the Teatro Comunale Florence with Zubin Mehta, and Mahler's Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection", conducted by Antonio Pappano, in Rome and Milan.

Her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2012 in Götterdämmerung was part of the documentation of the production in the film Wagner's Dream.

Early life and education (1981–2008)

Radner was born in Düsseldorf,[2] as one of three children. Klaus Radner and his wife immigrated from Austria and started a trading company. They were not particularly interested in music. During the long car rides traveling back to Austria, Maria could sing for hours. At school she was an "inconspicuous and popular student" with difficulties in math; her singing talent remained undiscovered. When she was 14 years old her parents introduced her to voice teacher Angelo Melzani. After her first audition he told her "I will get you to the opera". As a teen she was immersed in the local carnival tradition, the Rhenish Carnival and each July the Largest Fair on the Rhine ('Große Rheinkirmes'). Her father remembered her calling him once excitedly about having won the first prize in a beer tent Karaoke competition. Yet after Radner's first and only engagement with the Theater in Hagen, she said that it "was not her world". Not because it was no fun, but her salary as a young soloist was nothing like enough. She decided to go independent thus following the family tradition.[3] In 2000, she finished her high school education at the St Ursula Gymnasium in Düsseldorf.[4]

She studied German language for one semester and quit. She started training in import export business and had best grades at the vocational school, but did not feel right. She applied at the Robert Schumann Hochschule for music in Düsseldorf. She was one of seven chosen out of 200 applicants.[3] Her voice teacher was Michaela Krämer who judged her to be mezzosoprano.[5] Radner's father felt that a good education requires financial investment, so she took additional voice lessons with Jeannette Zaraou in Düsseldorf, later with Mezzosoprano Marga Schiml, both of whom were experts in ancient music and song. They recognized the contralto in their student. In 2003 Radners mother died after a long illness. Nearly one year later Radner earned her diploma.[3] At a 2006 singing competition she won third prize in the concert division (not opera), €3,000 and a scholarship from the Richard Wagner Association, Bayreuth to attend the 2007 Bayreuth Festival.[6] At a Bayreuth singing competition named Cantilena in 2007, she won second place in the division concert out of 120 vocalists from 19 countries.[7] According to the biography on her management company website, Radner was still a student in 2008 when she made her first public appearance under Zubin Mehta at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia singing Martin y Soler's oratorio Philitaei a Jonatha disperse[8] and a recital in June 2008.[2]

In August 2008, she performed the title role of Handel's Solomon at the Bregenzer Festspiele;[8] she was praised in the local newspapers as "outshining" the other, more established British soloists (Vorarlberger Nachrichten, August 19, 2008) and as possessing the "rare pitch of a true alto, having an impressive charisma and great musicality" (Vorarlberger Neue Tageszeitung, 20 August 2008).[9]

She participated in a then new production of Parsifal under Lorin Maazel in Valencia, and Arthur Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher under the direction of Antonio Pappano at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome. She sang the third lady in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte under Tomáš Netopil at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich.[10]

Career (2009–2015)

After graduating with distinction, Radner performed Schumann's Faust-scenes under Jesús López-Cobos at the Teatro Real Madrid. She sang in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 conducted by Gianandrea Noseda at the Teatro Regio Torino. She performed a recital at Wahnfried on 16 August 2009 with works by Schubert, Brahms, Liszt and Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder.[10] Conductor Sir Simon Rattle won her for the roles of First Norn and Flosshilde in Götterdämmerung at the 2009 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and again at the Salzburger Osterfestspiele in 2010.[8][11]

In 2009 and 2010 Maria Radner was part of a new production of Stravinsky's Rossignol by the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto. She then sang Beethoven's Missa Solemnis under Philippe Herreweghe at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and in December 2009 returned for five performances of the Zauberflöte at the Bayerische Staatsoper.[10]

In 2010, she performed the role of Erda for the first time in a concert performance of Rheingold at the Leipzig Opera, a role she was invited to perform every year until her death, per Operabase.[12] then Mahler's Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" under Antonio Pappano in Rome and Milano. In the summer of 2010 she was part of a new production of Elektra at her first summer Salzburg Festival under Daniele Gatti and Die Frau ohne Schatten, conducted by Christian Thielemann.[10]

In 2011 she performed in March/April the third lady in Die Zauberflöte at La Scala, under Roland Böer; in April Rheingold's Erda in Essen conducted by de [Stefan Soltesz], in July and August at the Salzburg Festival as 'eine Stimme von oben' and 'servants' in Die Frau ohne Schatten under Christian Thielemann, and 'death' in Le Rossignol both under Ivor Bolton; and Siegfried's Erda in Leipzig under Ulf Schirmer.[12] At the Salzburg Festival 2011 she also performed Martha in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta,[13]

In January 2012, Radner made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in Götterdämmerung. The production of the opera was documented in the film Wagner's Dream by Robert Lepage[14] and the 11 February 2012 performance was recorded and radio broadcast.[15] In March 2012, she participated in Richard Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten at La Scala under Marc Albrecht. In the fall of 2012, she was at the Royal Opera House in London performing in three Wagner operas conducted by Pappano: the Erda in Siegfried and Rheingold during September and October, and the first norn in Götterdämmerung during October and November. In January 2013, she performed the part of the valkyrie Schwertleite in Die Walküre at the Teatro Comunale Florence under Zubin Mehta, and in March again Erda at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher.[12]

In April 2014, she performed the role of Anna in the Berlioz opera Les Troyens.[16] In May she was Erda in Das Rheingold for the last time at the Grand Théâtre de Genève under Ingo Metzmacher.[12]

Maria Radner's former colleague, the opera singer Karen Cargill, recalled her friend a couple of days after the death:

"Hysterical laughter, an obsession with all things Burberry, unadulterated passion for [FC] Bayern Munich and the warmest of hugs were things you could always be guaranteed of when you were with her. ...Maria was an incredible musician who you felt spoke directly to you – she was a true communicator. Her voice had a beautiful bronzed hue, full and round; the warmth of her personality always shone through. She loved singing, it was who she was. A more elegant and poised woman you couldn’t hope to find and yet underneath was someone whose laughter was deep, guttural and contagious, who loved cheesy pop music and had the stamina to dance all night. Her delightfully wicked sense of humour was infectious."[17]
Karen Cargill, quoted on 26 March 2015

Death

Radner died on 24 March 2015, along with her husband Sascha Schenk and their infant son, Felix,[1] and colleague Oleg Bryjak, when Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed near Prads-Haute-Bléone, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. She and Bryjak were returning from performances of Wagner's Siegfried at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.[18][19]

Radner's voice teacher Michaela Krämer said about her posthumously, that "she was a magnificent artist and yet remained unassuming, helpful and natural".[5]

Discography

References

  1. ^ a b "Musikwelt trauert um Altistin Maria Radner (33) – sie starb mit Mann und Sohn (2) beim Absturz". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). March 26, 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b Italartist Austroconcert Kulturmanagement GmbH (2014). "Maria Radner, contralto biography". medea production gmbh. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Michael S. Zerban (31 March 2015). "Das Glück währt kurz im Leben". Opernetz, Zeitschrift fuer Musiktheater und Oper. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. ^ Erzbischöfliches St.-Ursula-Gymnasium Düsseldorf: Schuljahr 2011/12. Schulnachrichten, Nr. 59, February 2012, 24 March 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Trauer um Maria Radner". Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015. „Bereits im achten Semester hat Maria in der Chefetage gesungen", sagt Michaela Krämer über ihre ehemalige Studentin.„Sie war eine großartige Künstlerin und blieb trotzdem bescheiden, hilfsbereit und natürlich."
  6. ^ "35. Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin 2006 Oper Operette Konzert Preisträger". Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin e. V. 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  7. ^ Junge Musiker: Maria Friderike Radner Cantilena Gesangswettbewerb 2007, junge-musiker-stiftung.de, 24 March 2015.
  8. ^ a b c Tim Ashley (25 March 2015). "Opera world pays tribute to Germanwings crash victims Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  9. ^ Italartist Austroconcert Kulturmanagement GmbH (2014). "Maria Radner, contralto Reviews". medea production gmbh. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  10. ^ a b c d Veranstaltungskalender – Richard-Wagner-Museum (16 August 2009). "16.08.2009 Festspiel-Soirée in Wahnfried, 19:30 Uhr Liederabend mit Maria Radner (Alt) und Alexander Schmalcz (Klavier) mit Werken von Schubert, Brahms, Liszt und Wagner". Bayern-Online. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  11. ^ "R. Wagner Götterdämmerung" (PDF). Salzburger Osterfestspiele. 5 April 2010. p. 7. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  12. ^ a b c d "Maria Radner". Operabase. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  13. ^ a b "Germanwings-Unglück / Die Opernwelt trauert" (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  14. ^ "Der Ring des Nibelungen and, "Wagner's dream": the making of the Ring" (DVD). WorldCat. Deutsche Grammophon. 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  15. ^ "Götterdämmerung: radio broadcast". World Cat. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  16. ^ Elena Habermann (26 April 2014). "Mailand / Teatro alla Scala: Les Troyens – 5 ½ Stunden und kein Bisschen Langeweile". Der Neue Merker. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  17. ^ Karen Cargill (26 March 2015). "Maria Radner, my beloved friend". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  18. ^ John Shammas (24 March 2015). "Germanwings Airbus A320 plane crash: First pictures of opera singers Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak among 150 dead". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  19. ^ Garry Humphreys (26 March 2015). "Maria Radner: Internationally acclaimed contralto who was due to make her Bayreuth Festival debut later this year". The Independent. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Maria_Radner&oldid=655285993"