Dagmar Schellenberger

Dagmar Schellenberger ( born June 8, 1958 in Oschatz ) is a German opera, operetta, musical, song and concert singer in the vocal range soprano as well, since the 2013 season, Artistic Director of Mörbisch.

Life and work

Schellenberger studied singing at the Academy of Music in Dresden. There was her authoritative voice teacher, Ilse Hahn. While still a student, she won the International Antonín Dvořák Competition in Karlovy Vary. This was the beginning of their Karriere.1983 began her theatrical career at the State Theatre Altenburg / Thuringia. as Annie in Freischütz, directed by Peter Konwitschny. While still a student, she made her debut as Xenia in Boris Godunov at the Komische Oper Berlin, to which it belonged until 1997 as an ensemble member. There she sang at the beginning of their careers in a number of productions Harry Kupfer's mainly lots of Mozart, Handel, later belonged to her repertoire works of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. From 2006 to 2009 she was a member at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.

The artist sang at many major national and international music stages, for example in Dresden, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Zurich, New York, Milan, Brussels, Rome, Jerusalem and Tokyo. She has worked with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Yakov Kreizberg, Kurt Masur, Riccardo Muti, Rolf Reuter, Christian Thielemann and Franz Welser -Möst.

Schellenberger also appeared in many operettas. So she sang, for example at the 2004 Seefestspiele Mörbisch the Countess Mariza and a year later she made her debut as Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow.

The chamber singer since September 2012 Artistic Director of Mörbisch.

In addition, the artist has been a jury member of various national and international singing competitions and a visiting professor of voice at the University of Arts Berlin.

Repertoire (selection)

  • Xenia in Boris Godunov
  • Arianna in Giustino
  • Pamina in The Magic Flute
  • Susanna and the Countess in "The Marriage of Figaro "
  • Olympia, Giulietta, Antonia, Stella in " Tales of Hoffmann"
  • Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte
  • Agathe and Annie in Der Freischütz
  • Donna Anna and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni
  • Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus
  • Elisabeth in Tannhäuser
  • Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
  • Countess in Capriccio
  • Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier

Discography (selection)

  • Mozart arias, 1993
  • Lullabies, 1994
  • Eugen d' Albert The Dead Eyes 1999
  • Robert Stolz flower songs, 2000
  • Wilhelm Kienzl songs, 2002
  • Countess Maritza, 2004
  • The king's children, 2005
  • The pagan king, 2005
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