Hans Sotin (born 10 September 1939) is a German operaticbass.
He was born in Dortmund and studied at the Dortmund Hochschule für Musik. He made his operatic debut in 1962 in Essen as the Police Commissioner in Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. He joined the Hamburg State Opera in 1964 where he was made a Kammersänger.[1] He had a long career in which he sang most of the major bass roles in many opera houses, both in Europe and America. He made numerous appearances at the Bayreuth Festival over several decades.[2]
He sang, and recorded, some of the heroic ballads and odes by Carl Loewe.
Since 1992, he has been a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. His retirement from the stage was celebrated on 1 June 2012 at the Richard Wagner Festival in Wels.[5]
References
^Sotin biography, bach-cantatas.com; accessed 17 January 2016.
^"Aufführungsdatenbank: Hans Sotin". Bayreuther Festspiele (in German). 16 January 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^"Hans Sotin Interview with Bruce Duffie . . . . . . ". www.bruceduffie.com.
hans, sotin, born, september, 1939, german, operatic, bass, born, dortmund, studied, dortmund, hochschule, für, musik, made, operatic, debut, 1962, essen, police, commissioner, strauss, rosenkavalier, joined, hamburg, state, opera, 1964, where, made, kammersän. Hans Sotin born 10 September 1939 is a German operatic bass He was born in Dortmund and studied at the Dortmund Hochschule fur Musik He made his operatic debut in 1962 in Essen as the Police Commissioner in Strauss s Der Rosenkavalier He joined the Hamburg State Opera in 1964 where he was made a Kammersanger 1 He had a long career in which he sang most of the major bass roles in many opera houses both in Europe and America He made numerous appearances at the Bayreuth Festival over several decades 2 His signature roles were Sarastro and the major Wagnerian noble bass roles including King Marke Gurnemanz the Landgrave and Veit Pogner He occasionally played Baron Ochs and Hunding He played Wotan a few times 3 Sotin made numerous recordings of operatic sacred and symphonic works including the Verdi Requiem the Rossini Stabat Mater Beethoven s Choral Symphony Missa Solemnis and Mass in C Mahler s Symphony of a Thousand Mozart s Mass in C minor Haydn s Paukenmesse and Creation Bach s Saint Matthew Passion and the roles of Sarastro and the Second Armed Man in two recordings of The Magic Flute King Marke in Tristan und Isolde King Heinrich der Vogler in Lohengrin and Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte He can be seen on video as Sarastro as Gurnemanz and as the Landgrave 4 He sang and recorded some of the heroic ballads and odes by Carl Loewe Since 1992 he has been a professor at the Hochschule fur Musik Koln His retirement from the stage was celebrated on 1 June 2012 at the Richard Wagner Festival in Wels 5 References Edit Sotin biography bach cantatas com accessed 17 January 2016 Auffuhrungsdatenbank Hans Sotin Bayreuther Festspiele in German 16 January 2020 Retrieved 2 September 2021 Hans Sotin Interview with Bruce Duffie www bruceduffie com Hans Sotin Buy recordings Presto Classical Gala Performance Stage Farewell of KS Hans Sotin Archived 18 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine wagner festival wels net 1 June 2012 External links EditNicolas Slonimsky Baker s Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians New York Schirmer 1997 ISBN 978 0 02 871271 0 Short biography and discography on the Stadtische Buhnen Munster site Biography on the Camerata vocale site Interview with Hans Sotin 25 October 1980 Hans Sotin singing Carl Loewe s ballad Odin s Meeres Ritt on YouTube The voice of the Almighty Pogner the Goldsmith in MEISTERSINGER Wagner Osmin from THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO This article about a German opera singer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hans Sotin amp oldid 1056715519, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
