Gabriele Schnaut
German classical singer (1951–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gabriele Schnaut (24 February 1951 – 19 June 2023) was a German classical singer who started her operatic career as a mezzo-soprano in 1976 and changed to dramatic soprano in 1985. She performed at the Bayreuth Festival from 1977, in the filmed Jahrhundertring, to 2000. After a breakthrough performance as Richard Wagner's Isolde at the Hamburgische Staatsoper in 1988, she became a leading dramatic soprano on the stages of the world in roles such as Wagner's Brünnhilde and Richard Strauss' Elektra. From 2008, she ventured into dramatic mezzo-soprano character roles such as Klytämnestra in Elektra, Herodias in Salome and Kostelnicka Buryjovka in Leoš Janáček's Jenufa.
Gabriele Schnaut | |
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Born | (1951-02-24)24 February 1951 |
Died | 19 June 2023(2023-06-19) (aged 72) |
Education | |
Occupation(s) | Classical singer (mezzo-soprano and dramatic soprano) |
Years active | 1976–2019 |
Organizations | |
Title | Kammersängerin |
Awards | Bavarian Order of Merit |
She performed and recorded works by composers of the 20th century and appeared in the world premieres of operas by Wolfgang Rihm and Jörg Widmann. She portrayed her roles with "dramatic conviction".[1]