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==Career==
==Career==
SHE THINKS SHE IS REALLY GOOD AT SINGING BUT SHE REALLY ONLY GOES TO WIENER FESTS.
Kirchschlager began her musical training at the [[Mozarteum]] in Salzburg, where she studied percussion and piano. In 1984, she went to the Vienna Music Academy, where she studied with Gerhard Kahry and [[Walter Berry (opera singer)|Walter Berry]].<ref name="Ashley">{{cite news | author=Tim Ashley | url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/feature/0,,735644,00.html | title=The accidental diva | work=The Guardian | date=2002-01-18 | accessdate=2007-02-08}}</ref> Her first engagements were at the Wiener Kammeroper and the Graz Opera House. Kirchschlager won third prize in the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in 1991. Her stage debut was in [[Graz]] in 1993 as Octavian (''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'').<ref name="Ashley"/> In 1993, she became a member of the [[Vienna State Opera]], and made her debut there as Cherubino (''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'').

In 2002, Kirchschlager sang the role of Sophie in the world première of [[Nicholas Maw]]'s opera ''Sophie's Choice'' at the [[Royal Opera House]] in London,<ref>{{cite news | author=Tim Ashley | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2002/dec/09/classicalmusicandopera.artsfeatures2 | title=Sophie's Choice (Royal Opera House, London) | work=The Guardian | date=2002-12-09 | accessdate=2009-04-08}}</ref> and the American premiere of the revised version of the opera at the [[Washington Opera]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Anne Midgette | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/arts/music/23soph.html | title=A Novel Transformed Into Opera, Its Heartbreaking Story Intact | work=The New York Times | date=2006-09-23 | accessdate=2009-04-08}}</ref> She is a regular guest of the annual Lieder festival ''Schubertiade Schwarzenberg'' in Vorarlberg, Austria. Her regular collaborators include Helmut Deutsch and [[Simon Keenlyside]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Tim Ashley | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2002/sep/12/classicalmusicandopera.artsfeatures1 | title=Kirchschlager/Keenlyside (Wigmore Hall, London) | work=The Guardian | date=2002-09-12 | accessdate=2009-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Tim Ashley | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/nov/07/keenlyside-kirchschlager-minkowski-review | title=Keenlyside/Kirchschlager/Minkowski (Barbican, London) | work=The Guardian | date=2008-11-07 | accessdate=2009-04-08}}</ref>
In 2002, Kirchschlager sang the role of Sophie in the world première of [[Nicholas Maw]]'s opera ''Sophie's Choice'' at the [[Royal Opera House]] in London,<ref>{{cite news | author=Tim Ashley | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2002/dec/09/classicalmusicandopera.artsfeatures2 | title=Sophie's Choice (Royal Opera House, London) | work=The Guardian | date=2002-12-09 | accessdate=2009-04-08}}</ref> and the American premiere of the revised version of the opera at the [[Washington Opera]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Anne Midgette | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/arts/music/23soph.html | title=A Novel Transformed Into Opera, Its Heartbreaking Story Intact | work=The New York Times | date=2006-09-23 | accessdate=2009-04-08}}</ref> She is a regular guest of the annual Lieder festival ''Schubertiade Schwarzenberg'' in Vorarlberg, Austria. Her regular collaborators include Helmut Deutsch and [[Simon Keenlyside]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Tim Ashley | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2002/sep/12/classicalmusicandopera.artsfeatures1 | title=Kirchschlager/Keenlyside (Wigmore Hall, London) | work=The Guardian | date=2002-09-12 | accessdate=2009-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Tim Ashley | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/nov/07/keenlyside-kirchschlager-minkowski-review | title=Keenlyside/Kirchschlager/Minkowski (Barbican, London) | work=The Guardian | date=2008-11-07 | accessdate=2009-04-08}}</ref>


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Angelika Kirchschlager at the Wiener Festwochen, 2008

Angelika Kirchschlager (born 1965, Salzburg) is an Austrian mezzo-soprano opera and lieder singer.

Career

SHE THINKS SHE IS REALLY GOOD AT SINGING BUT SHE REALLY ONLY GOES TO WIENER FESTS. In 2002, Kirchschlager sang the role of Sophie in the world première of Nicholas Maw's opera Sophie's Choice at the Royal Opera House in London,[1] and the American premiere of the revised version of the opera at the Washington Opera.[2] She is a regular guest of the annual Lieder festival Schubertiade Schwarzenberg in Vorarlberg, Austria. Her regular collaborators include Helmut Deutsch and Simon Keenlyside.[3][4]

Kirchschlager resides in Vienna. She has a son, Felix, from her marriage to the baritone Hans Peter Kammerer.[5] Kirchschlager and Kammerer are currently separated.[6]

Roles

References

  1. ^ Tim Ashley (2002-12-09). "Sophie's Choice (Royal Opera House, London)". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
  2. ^ Anne Midgette (2006-09-23). "A Novel Transformed Into Opera, Its Heartbreaking Story Intact". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
  3. ^ Tim Ashley (2002-09-12). "Kirchschlager/Keenlyside (Wigmore Hall, London)". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
  4. ^ Tim Ashley (2008-11-07). "Keenlyside/Kirchschlager/Minkowski (Barbican, London)". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ashley was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Hugh Canning (2009-04-05). "Down-to-earth diva Angelika Kirschlager [sic]". The Times. London. Retrieved 2009-04-08.

Further reading

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