Christa Bonhoff

Christa Bonhoff is a German singer of vocal ranges and old mezzo-soprano, which is mainly active as an oratorio singer.

Life

Christa Bonhoff was born in Westphalia. She studied voice at the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg Annie Schoonus. Already during her studies she was a member of the NDR Choir and received guest appearances at the Hamburg State Opera. The focus of her work is the concert singing.

She appeared as a soloist in recordings of Bach's Christmas Oratorio (2002) and St. John Passion (2006 ) with the conductor Michaela Prentl.

In 2002 she founded together with Monika Frimmer, Dante Diwiak and Peter Kooij a quartet named Tanto Canto, the rare songs a cappella as also performs with piano or ensemble. The quartet recorded in 2005 Excerpts from ear vergnügendes and mind - ergötzendes panel Confect (also Augsburger Tafel Confect called ) the composer Valentin Rathgeber and Johann Caspar Seyfert on, led by Jürgen Sonnentheil.

In 2004 she took with the Chamber Choir I Vocalisti, led by Hans- Joachim Lustig, sacred music by Charles Gounod on. In 2005 she sang in St. Peter, Cuxhaven, in Honegger's oratorio King David. In 2007 she sang in Rossini's Petite Messe solennelle led by Matthias Zangerle. In cooperation with the North Schleswig 's Music Association, she sang in 2008 Francesco Durante's Magnificat, Vivaldi and Rossini Confitebor early Messa di Rimini (1809 ), 2009 Haydn's Missa in angustiis and Bach's cantata Erschallet, her songs erklinget, her strings! . In 2009 she sang Haydn's Paukenmesse in a church service to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer in St. Petri in Hamburg. In 2010 she was a soloist in a concert at the University of Hamburg in the oratory The bell of Max Bruch. In 2010 she sang in St. Martin, Idstein, the mezzo- soprano solo in Verdi's Messa da Requiem.

Christa Bonhoff is married to the tenor Dante Diwiak.