Marjana Lipovšek
Lipovšek (born 3 December 1946 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian concert and opera singer (mezzo- soprano) and actress.
Life
Lipovšek, daughter of composer Marijan Lipovšek (1910-1995), who was from 1968 to 1970 Rector of the Academy of Music in Ljubljana ( Academia za glass ins v Ljubljani ), the subjects took there music education and singing. After graduating in 1970, she studied until 1977 at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz opera and concert singing, from 1978 at the Opera Studio in Vienna. A grant from the Walter Kaminsky Foundation enabled her in 1980 also completed a course in voice training at Charlotte Kaminsky ( 1904-1989 ) and Prof. Erik Werba.
Her career as an opera singer, she began at the Vienna State Opera in 1979, in 1981 she was also engaged at the Hamburg State Opera. She also appeared in the episode at many major opera houses, including Munich, Berlin, Stuttgart, Frankfurt / M., Barcelona, Milan, London, Chicago, New York, San Francisco.
For international festivals, she was invited to Berlin, Bregenz, Vienna, Edinburgh, Florence, Prague, Salzburg.
In her performances she has worked with renowned conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Colin Davis, Michael Gielen, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, Helmuth Rilling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Georg Solti and Horst Stein.
She has also appeared in films such as Jacob the Liar and The Grey Zone, as well as TV productions of Daphne, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die Walküre and Tristan und Isolde.
Marjana Lipovsek is married to the opera singer Alfred Burgstaller. Today she lives in Vienna and Salzburg and has also worked as a singing teacher.
Repertoire (selection)
Opera
- Alban Berg, Wozzeck: Marie; and Lulu: Countess GESCHWITZ
- Béla Bartók, Bluebeard's Castle: Judith
- Georges Bizet, Carmen: Carmen
- Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Kontschakowna
- Friedrich Cerha, Baal: Emilia
- George Enescu, Oedipe: Sphinx
- Claudio Monteverdi, L' incoronazione di Poppea: Octavia
- W. A. Mozart, Così fan tutte: Dorabella
- Modest Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Marfa and Boris Godunov: Marina
- Krzysztof Penderecki, The Black Mask: Pink Sacchi
- Camille Saint- Saëns, Samson et Dalila: Dalila
- Richard Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: nurse; Elektra: Clytemnestra and Der Rosenkavalier: Octavian
- Giuseppe Verdi, Aida: Amneris; Il trovatore: Azucena; Falstaff and Mrs. Quickly Un ballo in maschera: Ulrica
- Richard Wagner, Tristan and Isolde: Brangäne; Das Rheingold: Fricka and Parsifal: Kundry
Concert
- JS Bach, St. John Passion, St Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio and the B Minor Mass
- Gustav Mahler, The Song of the Earth
- Arnold Schoenberg, Gurrelieder.
Song
In its recitals it is especially devoted to works by Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Joseph Marx, Modest Mussorgsky, Franz Schreker, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf and Slovenian composers, as well as the compositions of her father.
Awards
- Prešeren Award 1988
- Bavarian Kammersängerin 1993
- Silver Medal of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia 1994
- Kammersängerin the State Opera in Vienna 1996
- Gold Medal Gustav Mahler in 1996
- Golden Badge of Honour for Science and Art of the Republic of Austria 2001
- Honorary Member of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra in 2002.