Margit Neubauer

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Margit Neubauer
Born1951 (age 69–70)
Linz, Austria
EducationAnton Bruckner Conservatory
OccupationOperatic mezzo-soprano
OrganizationOper Frankfurt (1977–2016)

Margit Neubauer (born 1951)[1] is an Austrian operatic mezzo-soprano who was for decades a member of the Oper Frankfurt. She appeared at international festivals such as the Salzburg Festival. Her repertory ranges from Baroque opera to premieres of new works.

Career[]

Born in Linz, Upper Austria, Neubauer took voice lessons from age 16 and then studied at the Anton Bruckner Conservatory in Linz.[1][2] She was from 1974 to 1977 engaged at the Landestheater Linz, where she participated on 2 September 1976 in the premiere of Helmut Eder's opera Der Aufstand.[3]

She was from 1977 to 2016 a member of the Oper Frankfurt. In 1978, she performed the part of Sesto in Handel's Giulio Cesare, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.[4] She appeared as Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro in 1981, alongside Hildegard Heichele as Susanna and Roland Hermann as the Count.[5]

Neubauer appeared from 1981 at the Bayreuth Festival, as a Flower Maiden in Parsifal from 1981 to 1985, and as Siegrune in Die Walküre in 1985 and 1986.[3] She appeared at the Salzburg Festival of 1995 as Annina in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss. Her roles included Dalila in Samson et Dalila by Saint-Saëns, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, Bostana in Der Barbier von Bagdad by Peter Cornelius, Brigitte in Korngold's Die tote Stadt, and the title role in by Antonio Bibalo.[3]

She was in 1979 the alto soloist in a recording by Helmuth Rilling of Bach's cantata Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10, alongside Arleen Augér, Aldo Baldin and Wolfgang Schöne.[6] She appears as Emilia in Verdi's Otello in a 1982 live recording conducted by  [sl], alongside Spas Wenkoff in the title role.[7]

Neubauer was awarded the title Kammersängerin in 1993. She retired from the stage in 2016.[4]

Margit Neubauer is married to the Austrian opera singer Franz Mayer. The couple joined the Oper Frankfurt together in 1977 and both retired in 2016.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Margit Neubauer (Mezzo-soprano)". Bach Cantatas Website. 2001. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  2. ^ John, Julia (29 November 2011). "Erfolgreiche Absolventen des BORG Linz: Margit Neubauer" (PDF) (in German). Borg: Linz. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Margit Neubauer" (in German). Bayreuth Festival. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Hierholzer, Michael (10 July 2016). "Oper Frankfurt / "Es gibt so selten wirkliche Stimmenkenner"" (in German). FAZ. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Zeitmosaik / Die Künste". Die Zeit (in German). 9 January 1981. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ^ Oron, Aryeh (2014). "Cantata BWV 10 Meine Seel erhebt den Herren". Bach-Cantatas. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  7. ^ Steiger, Karsten (2008). Opern-Diskographie: Verzeichnis aller Audio- und Video-Gesamtaufnahmen. Walter de Gruyter. p. 549. ISBN 9783110955965.
  8. ^ Schubert, Felicitas (2 July 2016). "Franz Mayer und Margit Neubauer" (in German). Weltexpresso. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

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