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Class of 1972, On the Internet: Stephanie FriedeFROM: StephanieFriede.com AND artistsman.com<<Stephanie Friede, one of the most in demand international Sopranos, was born in New York City and is a graduate of Julliard and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Important appearances during the last years include: “Minnie” in Puccini’s LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST, at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, the New York City Opera, at the Vlaamse Opera, Antwerpen, at the Zurich Opera and at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Stephanie Friede has appeared regularly at the Zurich Opera e.g.as “Minneleide” in Pfitzner’s ROSE VOM LIEBESGARTEN, in the title role of Strauss’ SALOME (under Valery Gergiev), “Sieglinde” in DIE WALKÜRE and “Brünnhilde” in SIEGFRIED (Franz Welser–Möst / Robert Wilson). The Deutsche Oper Berlin invited her for “Madeleine” in Giordanos ANDRÉ CHENIER, “Sieglinde” in DIE WALKÜRE (Christian Thielemann), “Marietta” in Korngold’s DIE TOTE STADT. At the Gran Teatro del Liceu Stephanie Friede made her debut with Philipp Boesmann’s WINTERMÄRCHEN (Co- production with La Monnaie, Bruxelles) and was re-invited to sing “Marietta” in DIE TOTE STADT. At the Grand théâtre de Genève the artist sang the title-role of Puccini’s MANON LESCAUT as well as “Katarina Ismailova” in LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK. Marcello Viotti invited Stephanie Friede for several very important and very successful concert performances with the Munich Radio Orchestra e.g. Puccini’s IL TABARRO und SUOR ANGELICA, and Cilea’s ARLESIANA. Further guest appearances: Schulhoff’s FLAMMEN at the Wiener Festwochen (Bertrand de Billy/ Keith Warner), the title–role of Gerald Barry’s THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT at the English National Opera (The Independent: “It’s the music and Stephanie Friede’s vocal prowess in the demanding title role that gave this stage premiere its clout”), “Cio-cio san” in MADAMA BUTTERFLY at the Semperoper Dresden, “Wanda” in SOPHIE’S CHOICE at Covent Garden, London (Simon Rattle), “Amelia” in UN BALLO IN MASCHERA at the Hamburg State Opera, the title-role in SALOME (Fabio Luisi) with the MDR Radio Orchestra as well as “Chrysothemis” in ELEKTRA at the Teatro dell’opera Roma and invitations to the Vienna State Opera, the Berlin State Opera, the Opéra de Bastille Paris, Göteborgs Operan, the Opera North, Leeds, the Miami Grand Opera, the Nationale Reisopera, the Dusseldorf opera and the Cincinatti Opera. She collaborated with conductors such as: Christian Thielemann, Fabio Luisi, Franz Welser-Möst, Bertrand de Billy, Mark Elder, Ulf Schirmer, Simon Rattle, Kurt Masur, Riccardo Chailly, Valery Gergiev, Marcello Viotti and many others. Besides her performances at leading opera houses the artist devotes a big part of her time singing concerts. e.g. Mahler’s 8. Symphony under Riccardo Chailly at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Shostakovich’s 14. Symphony in Zürich, Janaceck’s GLAGOLITIC MASS with the Halle Orchestra under Mark Elder, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony under Kurt Masur with the London Philharmonic Orchestra to name some. Important future engagements include: “Santuzza” in CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA at the German Opera Berlin, “Marta” in d’Alberts TIEFLAND at the Gran Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona, the title-role in LADY MACBETH VON MZENSK at the New National Theatre, Tokyo as well as the “Foreign Princess” in RUSALKA at La Monnaie, de Munt, Bruxelles.>> ******************************************************************* << A native of New York City, soprano Stephanie Friede graduated from Juillard School and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. In 1993, she made her debut at the Vienna State Opera as Mimi in Puccini’s LA BOHEME, followed by a great success in the title role of MADAMA BUTTERFLY at the Berlin State Opera. Her interpretation of Marguerite in Gounod's FAUST at Paris' Opéra Bastille evoked this reaction from the Newspaper 'Le Figaro': "Stephanie Friede fills the role of Marguerite with a breathtaking emotional depth, crowned by a perfectly performed 'jewel-aria'." Since 1995, Stephanie Friede has been moving more and more from the lyrical to the dramatic arena (spinto). She sang a most successful production of MADAMA BUTTERFLY at the newly-built opera house in Göteborg, Sweden. Appearances in the USA followed, with her first performance of TOSCA and her first Lisa in Tchaikovsky's PIQUE DAME. She performed at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with Sergej Leiferkus and other famous colleagues and appeared in concerts with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. She sang the title role in Janacek's masterpiece JENUFA in a new production by Tom Cairns at the Opera North in Leeds, U.K. Stephanie Friede returned to the USA for guest performances at the Miami Opera in a new production of Verdi's UN BALLO IN MASCHERA with tenor Vinson Cole. As part of the celebrated Puccini cycle, staged by Robert Carsen at the Flanders Opera in Antwerp, Ms. Friede's interpretation of Minnie in LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST was enthusiastically received by audiences, ending the season on a note of personal triumph for the soprano. In 1996, she had her decidedly successful debut in Japan, performing songs by Benjamin Britten in Tokyo and Osaka with the NHK Symphony Orchestra. The Tokyo concert was broadcast live to radio and television. In fall 1996, Robert Carsen continued his Puccini cycle in Antwerp with IL TRITTICO and IL TABARRO, and Stephanie Friede again captivated the opera audiences in the role of Giorgetta. She appeared in Munich in an extremely successful Sunday concert with the Bavarian Radio Symphony, under the baton of Fabio Luisi. The programm with excerpts from TOSCA and MADAMA BUTTERFLY was broadcast live by radio. The artist sang MADAMA BUTTERFLY at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, and in February 1997, she appeared for the first time at Rome Opera with an extremely well-received Chrysothemis in Strauss' ELEKTRA. Other highlights of past seasons include the roles of Elisabetta in Donizetti's MARIA STUARDA at the Nationale Reisopera in Enschede (Netherlands), TOSCA and MADAMA BUTTERFLY in Dusseldorf and the title role in the new LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST at Zurich Opera House, where she also triumphed as Elfe Minneleide in a sensational new production of Pfitzner's DIE ROSE VOM LIEBESGARTEN with Francisco Araiza and under the direction of David Pountney. Music critics were unanimous in praising "the effortlessly dramatic flourish of her soprano" and the "youthful and dramatic naturalness" with which she mastered the tricky and dramatically challenging role. In a live television broadcast of the Christmas concert given by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, she sang the role of Giorgetta in TABARRO, with José Cura by her side and with Riccardo Chailly conducting. Singing with Neil Shicoff, Ms. Friede reprised the role of Giorgetta in TABARRO, and sang the title heroine in SUOR ANGELICA for the first time. The occasion was a concert performance of Puccini's two one-act operas by the Bavarian Radio Symphony in Munich, with Marcello Viotti conducting. Critics praised her phrasing, the assurance of her high notes, and her expansive legato arc. They called Ms. Friede an "outstanding lyrical-dramatic soprano for Italian opera". Performing in the United States again, Stephanie Friede sang Marguerite in the well-received new production of Gounod's FAUST at the Cincinnati Opera. Stephanie Friede, who has also been guest artist at the world's greatest opera houses, including Munich, Cologne, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Mexico City, Houston and the New York City Opera, began the new millenium with Mahler's Eighth Symphony under Riccardo Chailly at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in January 2000, followed by the new production of Giulietta/LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN in Antwerp. She returned to the Cincinnati Opera for a new production of SALOME, followed by LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence. She sang the title part in a most successful new production of SALOME at the Opera Zurich with Maestro Valery Gergiev conducting, and there too she performed Sieglinde/WALKÜRE and Brünnhilde/SIEGFRIED in the Robert Wilson production, Franz Welser-Möst conducting. She performed ARLESIANA with the Munich Radio Orchestra under the baton of Marcello Viotti, Minnie in the revival of LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST in Antwerp and at the New York City Opera, a new production of MANON LESCAUT in Geneva, Wanda in SOPHIE’S CHOICE at the Royal Opera Covent Garden, MADAMA BUTTERFLY at Semperoper Dresden, Maddalena/ANDREA CHENIER at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA KANT at the English National Opera London. Her future plans include amongst others: FLAMMEN at the Theater an der Wien, DIE TOTE STADT at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.>> SOURCES: http://www.stephaniefriede.com/index.html AND http://www.artistsman.com/Artistpages/stephanie_friede_biographie_E.htm |
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