Eva Lind

Eva Lind ( born June 14, 1966 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian soprano.

Biography and artistic work

Lind began her vocal training at the Tyrolean State Conservatory in Innsbruck in 1983 and won the Austrian Young Musicians Competition. In the same year she made her debut as a flower girl in Richard Wagner's Parsifal at the State Theatre Innsbruck. After high school she studied at the University of Vienna philosophy, journalism and theater studies and finished at the same time their professional training as an opera singer. Your teachers were Marta Lantieri, Ruthilde Boesch and Wilma Lipp.

In 1985 she made ​​her debut at the age of 19 years as Queen of the Night in Mozart's Magic Flute at the Vienna State Opera. In the following years she sang as a member of the ensemble, amongst others, the title role in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, Adele in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss and Sophie in Massenet's Werther.

His international breakthrough came Lind in the season 1985/86 as Lucia di Lammermoor at the Theater Basel. In 1986 she gave her debut at the Salzburg Festival as Italian singer in Capriccio by Richard Strauss as well as in the opera houses of Paris ( The Magic Flute ), Monte Carlo ( Lucia di Lammermoor ), Stuttgart ( Die Fledermaus ), Zurich, Berlin and Munich ( The Magic Flute ). In 1988, she first appeared in London's Royal Albert Hall on as Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff. In 1991 she made ​​her debut as Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto at the side of Alfredo Kraus at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, in 1996 as Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden. In 1998 she made ​​her debut at the Arena di Verona as Oscar in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, and at La Scala as Waldvogel in Wagner's Siegfried. 2003 and 2005 she sang the role of Marcellina in Beethoven's Fidelio, conducted by Riccardo Muti and Werner Herzog there. At the Staatstheater Stuttgart in 2001 she gave her debut as prima donna in Donizetti's Viva la Mamma in the new production of Martin Kušej and sang there in 2002, 2003 and 2004, Konstanze in Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio in the staging of Hans New rock.

Her debut at New York's Carnegie Hall in September 2007 in Washington at the National Gallery of Art in December 2008. 2012 she made her debut as Nedda in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at the Castle Festival Schwerin.

Her stage partners included Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Alfredo Kraus and many others. Several duets and music videos she also took on with Udo Jürgens.

The general public Lind was known for her TV appearances. Her first appearance was in 1983 at the ORF talent show " The big opportunity " .. Under the musical direction of Claudio Abbado in 1985 alongside Montserrat Caballé and Marilyn Horne seen in the TV production " Rossini at Versailles ." In 2002, she presented at the Arte series " Stars of Tomorrow". 2003 and 2004 moderated and sang it for ZDF in the program " Advent sounds from Dresden " in the Dresden Frauenkirche. From 2003 to 2008 Lind moderated in ARD jointly with God Help fishing the Saturday night broadcast of road songs. In 2009, she moderated the MDR television together with Gunther Emmerlich the Dresden Opera Ball. In October 2010, she put in the NDR television show THAT! her book " My Beautiful dog stories " presented. She sang her dog, which she had brought with him, according to his ear, to bring this also to sing. Furthermore, they reported that they have their pet to stop at the baggage claim for flights on a leash, so that on the scale have less weight. Both were especially hard by animal rights activists diskutiert.Seit 2010 Lind presented with Marc Marshall the " choir festivals " in the hr- TV. In December 2012, she appeared in the ZDF as a soloist in the Christmas show " Alle Jahre wieder " by President Joachim Gauck on.

Lind is since July 5, 2011 Ambassador of the CNS - Hannelore Kohl Foundation and support this organization with benefit concerts and philanthropic work.

Awards

The soprano won the European Young Artists Award for outstanding achievements in the field of music.

Discography (selection)

Solo recitals:

  • Voices of Spring - Vienna Volksoper Orchestra, Franz Bauer- Theussl (Philips, 1986)
  • Coloratura Arias - Munich Radio Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg (Philips, 1988)
  • Operatic Duets ( with Francisco Araiza ), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Ralf Weikert (Philips, 1990)
  • I'm in love - Accademia di Montegridolfo, Gustav Kuhn (BMG, 1996)
  • My Romance ( with José Carreras ), The London Musicians Orchestra, David Giménez Carreras ( Erato, 1997)
  • Songs that geh'n to heart - German Film Orchestra Babelsberg Erich Becht ( Koch Classics, 2000)
  • Sentimento - Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Herrmann wine village ( Koch Universal, 2001)
  • Wonder gescheh'n - Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Herrmann wine village ( Koch Universal, 2003)
  • I want to live - Cologne Symphony Orchestra, Erich Becht ( Haenssler Classic, 2005)
  • Mozart runs - The Rennquintett ( Bayer Records, 2006)
  • The great operetta gala ( with Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Thomas Hampson ): Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Marcello Viotti; as a DVD (Sony Classical, 2007)
  • Silent Night - Cologne Symphony Orchestra, Erich Becht (Sony BMG 2006)
  • Magic Moments ( with Tobey Wilson), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Herrmann wine village ( Seven Days Music, 2008)
  • Eva Lind - Your greatest successes of "Street of Songs" ( Koch Universal, 2008), also known as DVD

Opera recordings:

Symphonic Music / Oratorio:

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream ( Mendelssohn ) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir André Previn
  • Nelson Mass ( Haydn ) SWR Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen
  • L' Apocalypse selon Saint -Jean (Jean Françaix ) Göttingen Symphony Orchestra, Christian Simonis
  • La cetra appesa ( Azio Corghi ) Orchestra Sinfonica " Arturo Toscanini ", Will Humburg
  • Missa est ( Helmut Eder) Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Hager
  • Salute to Vienna (1999) with Gregory Peck, The Boys Choir of Harlem, Vienna Boys Choir, among others

Writings

  • Eva Lind: My Beautiful dog stories. 1st edition of Baden- Baden in 2010, Aquensis Publishing, ISBN 978-3-937978-65-9.
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