Julia Hamari

Julia ( Julia ) Hamari ( born November 21, 1942 in Budapest) is a Hungarian song, oratorio and opera singer in the vocal range mezzo- soprano and alto. She was one of the most important song and oratorio singers of her generation. Their excellent vocal technique she let in classical arias for coloratura Old particular triumphs celebrate ( coach / belt 1987, Sp 1230).

Artistic work

Julia Hamari learned in early childhood piano. She studied at the Budapest Academy of Music. Their music teachers were Fatima Martins and Jeno Sipos. At the age of 22, she later won the International Ference Erkel singing competition and a year the Franz Liszt singing competition. The trained graduate singer and singing teacher continued her studies at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart (now the University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart ) away.

1966 Julia Hamari debuted in Vienna, inter alia, on the side of singers such as Hermann Prey, Peter Schreier and Theresa stitch Randall, in the St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach and singing in the same year in Rome in the Alto Rhapsody by Johannes Brahms. Julia Hamari sang in many major concert halls under renowned conductors such as Herbert von Karajan, Karl Richter, Vittorio Gui, Georg Solti, Karl Böhm, Rafael Kubelik, to name just a few of the many. Your Konzert-/Liedrepertoire includes works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Gustav Mahler, Claudio Monteverdi, Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, Joseph Haydn, etc.

Julia Hamari was also a well-known opera singer. Her operatic debut in 1967 at the Salzburg Festival. There she sang alongside Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers and Mirella Freni the role of Mercedes in the opera Carmen. A year later she sang Carmen at the Stuttgart Opera. During the season 1973/1974 she was a member of the Deutsche Oper Rhine. Here she sang great roles in their field.

Julia Hamari guested on known opera stages in Germany and abroad, including in Milan, Munich, London, Paris, Vienna, Madrid, Dallas, New York, San Francisco and Cologne. Her operatic repertoire included Cherubino, Dorabella, Despina, Carmen, Octavia, Rosina and Hansel.

1989 Julia Hamari was appointed Professor of Singing at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart. She holds master classes at home and abroad. Many of her students are now themselves known singers like Regine Hermann, Katja Boost, Peter Schüler, Kathrin Koch, Marion Eckstein, Sarah Dirkens and Patrick Van Goethem.

Discography (selection)

  • St. Matthew Passion Label: Electrola
  • Ernani Label: RCA
  • Roméo et Juliette Label: DGG
  • Hansel and Gretel Label: Decca
  • Julia Hamari Label: Hungaroton
  • Giulio Cesare Label: German Grammophon
  • Gypsy Baron Label: DGG
  • Eugene Onegin Munich Opera 1972
  • St. John Passion German Grammophon
  • Carmen German Grammophon
Franz Liszt Academy of Music Karl Richter (conductor) Rafael Kubelík Integrated Authority File
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