Kurt Streit

Kurt Streit ( born October 14, 1959 in Itazuke, Japan) is an American- Austrian opera singer (tenor ).

Life

Kurt Streit was born to American parents in Japan. He studied at the University of New Mexico with Marilyn Tyler.

Dispute began his vocal activity at the opera houses in San Francisco, Santa Fe, Dallas, Texas Opera Theater and the Milwaukee Skylight Comic Opera. In Europe, the first time he went to the Hamburg State Opera in operas by Mozart, Donizetti, and Rossini. He had more appearances at music festivals in Schwetzingen, Aix -en- Provence, Salzburg and Glyndebourne. Armed sang at the Vienna State Opera, at the Theater an der Wien, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, at Covent Garden, and La Scala in Milan, at both the Bastille and the Palais Garnier in Paris, Teatro Real and Zarzuela in Madrid and Munich, Brussels, Leipzig, Dusseldorf and San Francisco. For his recording of Brahms' love songs Waltz, he was nominated for a Grammy. Dispute is known as a Mozart specialist and has appeared in 23 different productions of Mozart's Magic Flute and seven different productions of Mozart's Idomeneo. His repertoire ranges from works by Handel and Monteverdi to Beethoven and composers of the 19th and 20th century such as Wagner, Johann Strauss, Berlioz and Janáček.

In 2005, he was an Austrian citizen and lives with his son in Styria.

Sound recordings (selection)

  • Das Rheingold, Wagner, Oehms OC935 ( Weigle; thickness, Arwady; Stensvold, tasting cups, Frankfurt Museum Orchestra )
  • The Magic Flute, Mozart, Decca 470056-2 ( Östman, Bonney, Jo, Cachemaille, Hagegard, Sigmundsson, Watson, Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra, released on So L'Oiseau -Lyre 440085-2 )
  • Così fan tutte, Mozart, Erato 2292-45475-2 ( Cuberli, Bartoli, Rodgers, Furlanetto, Tomlinson, Berlin Phil, Barenboim )
  • Così fan tutte, Mozart, EMI 5 56170 2 (Sir Simon Rattle; Finley, Allen, Martinpelto, Hagley, Murray )
  • Requiem, Mozart, BMG Classics ( Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Christine Schafer, Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, released on German Harmonia Mundi, 82876 58705 2) *
  • The Abduction from the Seraglio, Mozart, Sony S2K 48053 (Bruno Weil; Studer, Szmytka, Gambill )
  • Symphony No. 9, Beethoven, EMI (Sir Simon Rattle, the Vienna Philharmonic, Barbara Bonney, Thomas Hampson, Birgit Remmert )
  • Mass in D minor, Cherubini, EMI 7243 5 57166 2 ( Riccardo Muti; Tilling, Fulgoni, Tomasson )
  • The Book with Seven Seals, Schmidt, Teldec -8573-81040 ( Harnoncourt, Vienna Philharmonic; Roesch man Hawlata, Lipovsek, Lippert )
  • Liebesliederwalzer, Brahms, EMI 5 55430 2 ( Bonney, Bear, Otter, German )
  • Partenope, trade, Chandos CHAN0717 ( Christian Curnyn; Lawrence Zazzo, Stephen Wallace, Rosemary Joshua, Early Opera Company )
  • The Yeoman of the Guard, Gilbert & Sullivan, Philips 438-138-2 ( Neville Mariner, Terfel, Allen)
  • Othmar Schoeck songs, Schoeck, JD Jecklin 679-2 ( Rieger )
  • Paul Bunyan, Britten, Chandos Chan9781 ( Live Recording Covent Garden, Hickox )
  • The Philosopher's Stone, Mozart, et al, Telarc 80508 - 2CD (Boston Baroque / Pearlman )
  • DVD Idomeneo, Mozart, Dynamic DV33463
  • DVD Rodelinda, trade, Warner Music Vision -3984-23024-2, ( William Christie, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andreas Scholl )
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