Gerd Nienstedt (10 July 1932 – 14 August 1993) was a German and Austrian opera singer, bass and bass-baritone. After an international career at major opera houses and the Bayreuth Festival, he was also a theatre director, stage director and academic voice teacher.
Karl Gustav Gerhard Nienstedt was born in Hanover.[1] He studied voice at the Opernschule there with Otto Köhler. His first engagement was in 1954 at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven, where he made his debut as the king in Lohengrin. He sang in Gelsenkirchen from 1955 to 1959, with the Staatstheater Wiesbaden to 1961, with the Cologne Opera from 1962 to 1972, and with the Frankfurt Opera.[2][3] In 1965, he participated in the premiere of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Die Soldaten in Cologne,[4] singing the part of Haudy. He performed also in the Frankfurt production of the opera.[4]
From 1973, Nienstedt worked in the direction of the Bielefeld Opera, of the Theater Hof from 1981 to 1985. and of the Landestheater Detmold from 1985 to 1987. Nienstedt was director and artistic director of the Eutiner Festspiele [de] from 1982 to 1988. He appeared occasionally, for example in 1980 as the narrator in a performance of Honegger's König David by the Rheingauer Kantorei and the Radiosinfonieorchester Frankfurt in the Marktkirche Wiesbaden, with soloists Klesie Kelly and Claudia Eder.[10]
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Gerd Nienstedt 10 July 1932 14 August 1993 was a German and Austrian opera singer bass and bass baritone After an international career at major opera houses and the Bayreuth Festival he was also a theatre director stage director and academic voice teacher Gerd NienstedtBorn 1932 07 10 10 July 1932Hannover GermanyDied14 August 1993 1993 08 14 aged 61 Vienna AustriaOccupationsOpera singer bass bass baritone Theatre director Academic voice teacher Contents 1 Career 2 Selected recordings 3 References 4 External linksCareer editKarl Gustav Gerhard Nienstedt was born in Hanover 1 He studied voice at the Opernschule there with Otto Kohler His first engagement was in 1954 at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven where he made his debut as the king in Lohengrin He sang in Gelsenkirchen from 1955 to 1959 with the Staatstheater Wiesbaden to 1961 with the Cologne Opera from 1962 to 1972 and with the Frankfurt Opera 2 3 In 1965 he participated in the premiere of Bernd Alois Zimmermann s Die Soldaten in Cologne 4 singing the part of Haudy He performed also in the Frankfurt production of the opera 4 Nienstedt performed at the Bayreuth Festival every summer from 1962 to 1976 in 14 parts such as Klingsor in Parsifal Gunther in Gotterdammerung Donner in Das Rheingold Hunding in Die Walkure Fafner the dragon in Siegfried and Kothner in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg 2 He was a member of the Vienna State Opera from 1964 to 1973 became an Austrian citizen and was awarded the title Kammersanger He performed at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels several times between 1964 and 1983 including the parts Orest in Elektra by Strauss Rocco in Beethoven s Fidelio Marke in Tristan und Isolde and Gurnemanz in Parsifal 5 He sang in 1968 at the Bayerische Staatsoper the part of King Wladislaw in Smetana s Dalibor conducted by Rafael Kubelik 6 and in 1971 at La Scala the title role of Alban Berg s Wozzeck conducted by Claudio Abbado and alongside Evelyn Lear as Marie 7 In concert Nienstedt sang the bass part in Bach s St Matthew Passion at the 1977 Osterfestspiele Salzburg Herbert von Karajan conducted the Wiener Singverein and the Berlin Philharmonic with Peter Schreier as the Evangelist and Jose van Dam as the vox Christi 8 In 1979 he performed in the premiere of the three act version of Alban Berg s Lulu the parts of the animal tamer and Rodrigo staged by Patrice Chereau and conducted by Pierre Boulez a performance recorded on DVD 9 Again with Boulez he was in 1987 a soloist in Schoenberg s Gurre Lieder in the Royal Albert Hall From 1973 Nienstedt worked in the direction of the Bielefeld Opera of the Theater Hof from 1981 to 1985 and of the Landestheater Detmold from 1985 to 1987 Nienstedt was director and artistic director of the Eutiner Festspiele de from 1982 to 1988 He appeared occasionally for example in 1980 as the narrator in a performance of Honegger s Konig David by the Rheingauer Kantorei and the Radiosinfonieorchester Frankfurt in the Marktkirche Wiesbaden with soloists Klesie Kelly and Claudia Eder 10 As a teacher he taught voice at the opera class of the Peter Cornelius Conservatory of Mainz from 1987 acting at the opera class of the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie Detmold now Hochschule fur Musik Detmold and as professor of voice at the Konservatorium der Stadt Wien now Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversitat He died in Vienna 2 Selected recordings editAlban Berg Lulu Rodrigo Orchestre de l Opera de Paris Pierre Boulez 1979 DVD Gustav Mahler Das Klagende Lied London Symphony Orchestra Pierre Boulez 1970 W A Mozart Requiem BBC Symphony Orchestra Colin Davis 1967 Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto Monterone Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera Carlo Franci 1970 Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Kothner Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival Silvio Varviso 1974 Kothner Wiener Philharmoniker dirigiert von Georg Solti 1975 Wagner Tannhauser Reinmar Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival Wolfgang Sawallisch 1962 Reinmar Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival Otmar Suitner 1964 Biterolf Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival Carl Melles 1966 Wagner Das Rheingold Gurzenich Orchestra Wolfgang Sawallisch 1962 Donner Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival Karl Bohm 1966 Wagner Die Walkure Hunding Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival Karl Bohm 1967 Wagner Tristan und Isolde Steuermann Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival Karl Bohm 1966 Wagner Parsifal Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival Hans Knappertsbusch Wagner Lohengrin Heerrufer Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival Rafael Kubelik 1971 Bernd Alois Zimmermann Die Soldaten Haudy Gurzenich Orchestra Michael Gielen 1965 WERGO References edit Nienstedt Gerd eig Karl Gustav Gerhard in German Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon Retrieved 11 August 2014 a b c Gerd Nienstedt in German Bayreuth Festival Retrieved 10 August 2014 Gerd Nienstedt Bass Baritone Bach Cantatas Website 2012 Retrieved 10 August 2014 a b Gerd Nienstedt Der Spiegel in German 23 August 1993 Retrieved 10 August 2014 Nienstedt Gerd La Monnaie Retrieved 11 August 2014 Steiger Karsten 2008 Opera Discography Complete Catalogue of Audio and Video Recordings of Complete Operas Walter de Gruyter ISBN 978 3 11 095596 5 Retrieved 11 August 2014 Herbert von Karajan ne jp Retrieved 11 August 2014 Herbert von Karajan Wiener Singverein Retrieved 11 August 2014 Phillips John Alban Berg Lulu orchestration of Act 3 completed by Friedrich Cerha musicweb international com Retrieved 11 August 2014 Arthur Honegger Konig David Marktkirche Wiesbaden 1980 External links editLiterature by and about Gerd Nienstedt in the German National Library catalogue Nienstedt Gerd permanent dead link Bibliotheken Archive Museen Gerd Nienstedt operadepot com Gerd Nienstedt at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gerd Nienstedt amp oldid 1133652907, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
