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Maria Radner
Maria Radner, c. 2011
Born(1981-01-01)January 1, 1981
Düsseldorf, Germany
DiedMarch 24, 2015(2015-03-24) (aged 34)
Prads-Haute-Bléone, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
Cause of deathPlane crash
Germanwings Flight 9525
NationalityGerman
Websitehttp://www.ia-ac.com/MariaRadner

Maria Friderike Radner (1 January 1981 – 24 March 2015) was a German contralto and internationally renowned opera singer.

Early life and education (1981–2008)

Radner was born in Düsseldorf.[1] In 2000, she finished her high school education at the St Ursula Gymnasium in Düsseldorf.[2]

She studied music at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf.[3] At a 2006 singing competition she won third prize in the concert division (not opera), €3,000 and a scholarship by the Richard Wagner Association, Bayreuth to attend the 2007 Bayreuth Festival.[4] At a Bayreuth singing competition named Cantilena in 2007, she won second place in the division concert out of 120 vocalists from 19 countries.[5] According to the biography on her management company website, Radner was still a student in 2008 when she made her first public appearance under Zubin Mehta at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia singing Martin y Soler's oratorio Philitaei a Jonatha disperse and a recital in June 2008.[1]

In August 2008, she performed the title role of Handel's Solomon at the Bregenzer Festspiele; she was praised in the local newspapers as "outshining" the other, more established British soloists (Vorarlberger Nachrichten, August 19, 2008) and as possessing the "rare pitch of a true alto, having an impressive charisma and great musicality" (Vorarlberger Neue Tageszeitung, 20 August 2008).[6]

She participated in a then new production of Parsifal under Lorin Maazel in Valencia, and Arthur Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher under the direction of Antonio Pappano at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome. She sang the third lady in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte under Tomáš Netopil at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich.[7]

Career (2009–2015)

After graduating with distinction, she performed Schumann's Faust-scenes under Jesús López-Cobos at the Teatro Real Madrid. She sang in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 conducted by Gianandrea Noseda at the Teatro Regio Torino. Conductor Sir Simon Rattle won her for the roles of First Norn and Flosshilde in Götterdämmerung at the 2009 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and again at the Salzburger Osterfestspiele in 2010.

In 2009 and 2010 she was part of a new production of Stravinsky's Rossignol by the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto. She then sang Beethoven's Missa Solemnis under Philippe Herreweghe at Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and in December 2009 returned for five performances of the Zauberflöte at the Bayerische Staatsoper München.[7]

In 2010, she performed the role of Erda for the first time in a concert performance of Rheingold at the Leipzig Opera, a role she was invited to perform every year until her death, per Operabase.[8] then Mahler's Symphony No 2 under Antonio Pappano in Rome and Milano. In the summer of 2010 she was part of a new production of Elektra at her first summer Salzburg Festival under Daniele Gatti and Die Frau ohne Schatten, conducted by Christian Thielemann.[7]

In 2011 she performed in at least seven different operas, four of those in Salzburg: in March/April the third lady in Die Zauberflöte at the Scala, under Roland Böer; in April Rheingold's Erda in Essen conducted by Stefan Soltesz, in July and August at the Salzburger Festspiele as 'Eine Stimme von oben' and 'servants' in Die Frau ohne Schatten under Christian Thielemann, in August the Martha in Tchaicovsky's Iolanta, and 'death' in Le Rossignol both under Ivor Bolton; and lastly Siegfried's Erda in Leipzig under Ulf Schirmer.[8]

In January 2012, Radner had her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in Götterdämmerung. The 5 year making of the opera was documented in a movie by Robert Lepage[9]and the February 11, 2012 performance was recorded and radio broadcast.[10] In March 2012, she participated in Richard Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten at La Scala under Marc Albrecht. In the fall of 2012, she was in London performing in three Wagner operas conducted by Pappano: the Erda in Siegfried and Rheingold during September and October, and the first norn in Götterdämmerung during October and November.[8]

In January 2013, she played the Schwertleite in Die Walküre at the Teatro Comunale Florence, Italy under Zubin Mehta, and in March the Erda at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher.[8]

In April 2014, she performed the role of Anna in the Berlioz opera Les Troyens.[11] In May she played the Erda in Das Rheingold for the last time at the Grand Théâtre de Genève under Ingo Metzmacher.[8]

Death

Radner died on 24 March 2015 along with her husband, their infant son, and her colleague Oleg Bryzhak, in the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash, which occurred near Prads-Haute-Bléone, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. Her family and Bryzhak were returning from performances of Richard Wagner's Siegfried at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain.[12]

Discography

References

  1. ^ a b Italartist Austroconcert Kulturmanagement GmbH (2014). "Maria Radner, contralto biography". medea production gmbh. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. ^ Erzbischöfliches St.-Ursula-Gymnasium Düsseldorf: Schuljahr 2011/12. Schulnachrichten Nr. 59, February 2012 , 24 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Trauer um Maria Radner". Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  4. ^ "35. Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin 2006 Oper Operette Konzert Preisträger". Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin e. V. 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  5. ^ Junge Musiker: Maria Friderike Radner Cantilena Gesangswettbewerb 2007, junge-musiker-stiftung.de, 24 March 2015.
  6. ^ Italartist Austroconcert Kulturmanagement GmbH (2014). "Maria Radner, contralto Reviews". medea production gmbh. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  7. ^ a b c Veranstaltungskalender – Richard-Wagner-Museum (16 August 2009). "16.08.2009 Festspiel-Soirée in Wahnfried, 19:30 Uhr Liederabend mit Maria Radner (Alt) und Alexander Schmalcz (Klavier) mit Werken von Schubert, Brahms, Liszt und Wagner". Bayern-Online. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Maria Radner". Operabase. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Der Ring des Nibelungen and, "Wagner's dream" : the making of the Ring" (DVD). WorldCat. Deutsche Grammophon. 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Götterdämmerung : radio broadcast, 2012-02-11". World Cat. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  11. ^ Elena Habermann (26 April 2014). "MAILAND/ Teatro alla Scala: LES TROYENS – 5 ½ Stunden und kein Bisschen Langeweile". ONLINE-MERKER. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  12. ^ John Shammas (24 March 2015). "Germanwings Airbus A320 plane crash: First pictures of opera singers Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak among 150 dead". mirror. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

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