Univ.-Prof.ⁱⁿ KSⁱⁿ Angelika Kirchschlager, Mezzosopran
Ordinariate for Art Song|Oratorio|Concert
kirschlager@mdw.ac.at

The mezzo-soprano began her musical training at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and studied singing with Walter Berry and Gerhard Kahry at the mdw (then Vienna Music Academy) from 1984. Angelika Kirchschlager is one of the outstanding singers in her field. For years, the Salzburg native has sung at the world's great opera houses and concert halls, demonstrating her great vocal diversity. She has set international standards in trouser roles such as Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro or as Octavian in Strauss' Rosenkavalier. She embodied title roles in operas such as Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande or in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia and caused an international sensation with her interpretation of Sophie in Nicholas Maw's opera Sophie's Choice. In 2007 Angelika Kirchschlager was appointed Kammersängerin of the Vienna State Opera, and in 2009 she became an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in London. Angelika Kirchschlager devotes herself with special attention to lied and concert singing. Performances take her to the great concert halls in Europe, Japan and the USA. Her extensive repertoire ranges from Bach, Brahms, Debussy and Korngold, to Mahler, Mendelssohn and Rossini, to Schubert, Schumann, Weill and Wolf. She has won a variety of awards, including several ECHO classical music trophies and a Grammy.

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