Wolf Matthias Friedrich Explained

Wolf Matthias Friedrich
Birth Place:Schönheide, Germany
Education:Musikhochschule Leipzig
Website:wolfmatthiasfriedrich.de

Wolf Matthias Friedrich is a classical singer of baritone and bass roles, especially of Early music and Baroque music.

Friedrich studied at the Musikhochschule Leipzig.[1] In 1980, he was the winner of the International Dvorák Competition in Karlovy Vary.[2] From 1982 to 1986 Friedrich was a member of the Opera Studio of the Dresden State Opera. The bass has made guest appearances at the Dresden Music Festival, the Handel Festival in Halle, the Schwetzingen Festival as well as in Berlin, Hanover, Potsdam, Edinburgh and Australia. In 2000, he performed the role of Pluto in the first modern revival of Giovanni Legrenzi's La divisione del mondo at the Schwetzingen Festival.[3] He has focused on Baroque operas.[4] He has often collaborated with the conductor Alessandro De Marchi. In 2002/03, he appeared as Licomede in Handel's Deidamia at the Handel Festival in Halle, conducted by De Marchi. In the 2006/07 season Friedrich performed the role of Publio in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito in a production by Ursel and, and under the musical direction of De Marchi at the Estates Theatre in Prague. He worked with Norman Shetler in various lied projects, including Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn and Carl Loewe). His recordings have included Schubert’s Schwanengesang. He works regularly with the ensembles Musica Fiata and Cantus Cölln, also as a member of Cantus Cölln.[5] [6] In 2002, Friedrich was one of the co-founders of the Kerll-Rosenmüller Festival, which was held annually from 2002 to 2006 to promote the musical heritage of the Baroque composers Johann Caspar Kerll, Johann Rosenmüller and Sebastian Knüpfer.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wolf Matthias Friedrich . Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden . de . 6 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Wolf Matthias Friedrich · Duisburger Philharmoniker · Spielzeit 2020/2021 . Duisburger Philharmoniker · Spielzeit 2020/2021 . de . 6 July 2021.
  3. Review: La divisione del mondo. Early Music Review. 66. 2000. 10–11.
  4. Web site: Wolf Matthias Friedrich . Theater und Orchester Heidelberg . 6 July 2021 . de . 6 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Cantus Cölln, Abschiedstournee mit Motetten von Johann Sebastian Bach . Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden . de . 6 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Biographie . CANTUS CÖLLN . de . 6 July 2021.
  7. Web site: Wolf Matthias Friedrich – Biographie . CANTUS CÖLLN . de . 6 July 2021.
  8. Web site: Wolf Matthias Friedrich . Freunde Alter Musik Basel . 20 June 2018 . de . 6 July 2021.
  9. Web site: Miller . Andrew . Monteverdi's L'Orfeo with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra . Hudson-Housatonic Arts . 25 September 2012 . 6 July 2021.
  10. Web site: Dafne . Opéra Baroque . 6 July 2021 . fr . 6 July 2021.
  11. Web site: La Divisione del Mondo . Opéra Baroque . 6 July 2021 . fr . 6 July 2021.
  12. Web site: Halle: Händel-Festspiele 2002 . Deidamia / Online Musik Magazin . 19 June 2000 . de . 6 July 2021.
  13. Web site: Wallach . Larry . McGegan and the Philharmonia Baroque Doing Handel’s Orlando at Tanglewood—Less is More . Hudson-Housatonic Arts . 23 August 2011 . 6 July 2021.
  14. Web site: Admeto . Kulturstiftung des Bundes . de . 6 July 2021.
  15. Web site: Wolf Matthias Friedrich . Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina . 6 July 2021.
  16. Web site: Vatermord – Kammeroper in neun Episoden . db.musicaustria.at . de . 6 July 2021.

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