Robert Gambill

Robert Gambill ( born March 31, 1955 in Indianapolis, USA) is an opera singer ( heroic tenor ).

Biography

1973 Robert Gambill first began at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, to study mathematics and came in 1976 as an exchange student at the University of Hamburg. There he studied German as well as singing at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Hamburg with Prof. Hans Kagel. Even as a 25 - year-old he made ​​his debut at La Scala in the title role of " Michael" in Karlheinz Stockhausen's world premiere Thursday of light directed by Luca Ronconi.

From 1984 to 1987 he sang in the ensemble of the Zurich Opera House, the lyrical bel canto specialist and the great Mozart roles. His repertoire included Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Tamino in The Magic Flute, as well as Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor, or that Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville. In 1987 he celebrated his international breakthrough in Rossini's L' Italiana in Algeri in the Zurich production by Michael Hampe. It was followed by appearances at major European houses as well as overseas, including the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Paris Opera, the German Opera Berlin, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and the Festival Glyndebourne and Aix -en- Provence.

In 1995, Robert Gambill under the supervision of Prof. Irmgard Hartmann Dressler ( 1924-2013 ) in the heavy German specialist. In the role of the artist in Berg's Lulu at the Salzburg Festival or as Narraboth in Strauss' Salome in Stuttgart and London, he made quick attention. He soon gained international recognition as an operatic tenor. His games include Tannhäuser, Tristan, Siegmund and Parsifal. With conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Claudio Abbado, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Simon Rattle or Zubin Mehta, he sang the heroic tenor roles, among others at the opera houses in New York, London, Paris, San Francisco, Chicago, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Milan, and at Carnegie Hall and at the Salzburg Festival (Easter and Summer), Aix -en- Provence, Tanglewood and Glyndebourne.

Robert Gambill is one of the few tenors who brought it in both the lyrical bel canto specialist as well as a heroic tenor to a major international career.

Special mention:

  • Tannhäuser in 1999 at the Berlin State Opera under the baton of Daniel Barenboim and directed by Harry Kupfer
  • Tristan and Isolde 2003 Glyndebourne Festival under the baton of Jiri Belohlavek and in a production by Nikolaus Lehnhoff
  • Parsifal in 2004 with the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Claudio Abbado
  • Peter Grimes in 2005 at the Salzburg Easter Festival under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, directed by Trevor Nunn

Professorship

In 2006 he was appointed to the University of the Arts Berlin ( University of Arts ) as a full professor.

Discography LP / CD

  • Thursday from light, Stockhausen, DGG 1979
  • Stabat Mater, Gioacchino Rossini, Catherine Malfitano, Agnes Baltsa, Robert Gambill, Gwynne Howell; Riccardo Muti, EMI 1981
  • Acis and Galatea, Handel / Mozart, Edith Mathis, Anthony Rolf Johnson, Robert Gambill, Robert Lloyd: Peter Schreier, Orfeo 1982
  • Manon Lescaut Giacomo Puccini, Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Kurt Rydl, Robert Gambill: Giuseppe Sinopoli, DGG 1984
  • The Messiah, Georg Friedrich Handel, Lucia Popp, Brigitte Fassbender, Robert Gambill, Robert Holl: Neville Marriner, EMI 1984
  • Les Ballets Russe, Vol 6, Igor Stravinsky, " Pulcinella ", Arleen Augér, Robert Gambill, Gerolf Scheder: Christopher Hogwood, HÄNSSLER CLASSIC 1985
  • Paradis und die Peri, Robert Schumann, Edith Wiens, Ann Gjevang, Robert Gambill: Armin Jordan, ERATO 1988
  • Fierrabras, Franz Schubert, Robert Holl, Karita Mattila, Thomas Hampson, Laszlo Polgar, Josef Protschka, Cheryl Studer: Claudio Abbado DGG 1988
  • Les Pèlerins de la Mecque, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Robert Gambill, Julie Kaufmann, Iris Vermillion, Ulrich Ress, Jan- Hendrik Rootering: Leopold Hager, Orfeo 1991
  • The Abduction from the Seraglio, W. A. Mozart, Cheryl Studer, Elzieta Szmytka, Kurt Streit, Robert Gambill, Günther Missenhardt: Bruno Weil, SONY 1992
  • Messa di Gloria, Gioacchino Rossini, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Bernadette Manca di Nissa, Francisco Araiza, Robert Gambill, Pietro Spagnoli: Salvatore Accardo, Riccordi, 1992
  • Die Frau ohne Schatten, Richard Strauss, Hildegard Behrens, Placido Domingo, Julia Varady, José van Dam: Georg Solti, Decca, 1992
  • The Seasons, Joseph Haydn, Ruth Ziesak, Robert Gambill, Alfred Muff: Wolfgang Sawallisch, Haenssler Classic 1994
  • Cleopatra & Cesare, Carl Heinrich Graun, Janet Williams, Iris Vermillion Lynne Dawson, Robert Gambill, Ralf Papkin, Jeffrey Francis: René Jacobs Harmonia Mundi, 1996
  • Moses, Max Bruch, Michael Volle, Robert Gambill: Claus Peter Flor, Orfeo 1999
  • The Valkyrie, Richard Wagner, Robert Gambill, Angela Denoke, Attila Jung, Renate Behle, Ticina Vaughn, Jan- Hendrik Rootering: Lothar Zagrosek, NAXOS 2003
  • The Nine Symphonies, Ludwig van Beethoven, " Symphony no. 9 ", Soile Isokoski, Rosemarie Lang, Robert Gambill, René Pape: Daniel Barenboim, Teldec 2004
  • Symphony No. 8, Mahler, Sylvia Greenberg, Lynne Dawson, Robert Gambill, Detlef Roth, Jan- Hendrik Rootering: Kent Nagano, HARMONIA MUNDI 2005

Discography DVD

  • L' italiana in Algieri, Gioacchino Rossini, Gunther of cans, Nuccia Focile, Robert Gambill, Doris Soffel, Enric Serra: Ralf Weikert / Michael Hampe, Arthaus 1987
  • L' occasione fa il ladro, Gioacchino Rossini, Susan Patterson, Robert Gambill, Natale de Carolis, Monica Bacelli: Ganluigi Gelmetti / Machael Hampe, EUROARTS 1992
  • Salome, Richard Strauss, Catherine Malfitano, Bryn Terfel, Kenneth Riegel, Anja Silja, Robert Gambill: Christoph von Dohnányi / Luc Bondy, Decca 1997
  • The Valkyrie, Richard Wagner, Robert Gambill, Angela Denoke, Attila Jung, Renate Behle, Ticina Vaughn, Jan- Hendrik Rootering: Lothar Zagrosek / Christoph Nel, EUROARTS 2003
  • Tristan and Isolde, Richard Wagner, Nina Stemme, Robert Gambill, Katarina Karnéus, Bo Skovhus, René Pape: Jirí Belohlávek / Nikolaus Lehnhoff, OPUS ARTE, 2008
  • The Valkyrie, Richard Wagner, Robert Gambill, Eva -Maria Westbroek, Mikhail Petrenko, Eva Johansson, Lilli Paasikivi, Willard White: Simon Rattle / Stéphane Braunschweig, BELAIR CLASSIQUES 2008
  • Tannhäuser, Richard Wagner, Robert Gambill, Camilla Nylund, Waltraud Meier, Roman Trekel, Stephen Milling: Philippe Jordan / Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Arthaus 2008
  • Elektra, Richard Strauss, Iréne Theorin, Waltraud Meier, Eva -Maria Westbroeck, Robert Gambill, René Papa: Daniele Gatti / Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Arthaus 2010
  • Opera singer
  • Tenor
  • Born in 1955
  • Man
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