Mechthild Bach

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Mechthild Bach
Born30 November 1949
Limburg an der Lahn
Died24 January 2011
Bad Salzdetfurth
NationalityGerman
Occupation
AwardsPreis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik

Mechthild Bach is a German soprano and a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Trossingen.

Biography and career[]

Bach was born in Limburg an der Lahn, where she was a member of the Limburg Cathedral's girl choir from a very young age. After her abitur, she began her studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, under Elsa Cavelti's tutelage. During her time there she also made her operatic debut at the Staatstheater Darmstadt.[1]

Since then, Bach has performed in such opera houses such as the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Nationaltheater München, and the Theater der Stadt Heidelberg, with conductors Reinhard Goebel, Peter Neumann, Ton Koopman, and Helmuth Rilling, among others.[2] Additionally, she has performed the soprano parts in Mahler's symphonies, as Antigona in Handel's Admeto, and as Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff.[3] She has also performed with the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the Berlin Philharmonic. Bach is a professor at the  [de]. She is married to the German pianist and conductor  [de].

Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Biography". Mechthild Bach Official Website (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Gerald Permantier. "Mechthild Bach (Soprano)". Bach Cantatas. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Mechthild Bach, Soprano". Israeli Opera. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  4. ^ "CD: Thomaskantoren vor Bach". Cantus Cölln (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Mechthild Bach - Gesang". Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Trossingen (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2017.

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