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Michael Kraus (baritone)

August 25, 2023

Michael Kraus (born 17 January 1957[1][2]) is an Austrian operatic baritone.

Life Edit

Early years Edit

Born in Vienna, Kraus first studied acting, historiography and Romance studies and worked for several years as an actor at "Die Komödianten" theatre in Vienna, where he was also responsible as director for the Austrian premiere of Herbert Achternbusch's Ella (1979). He also studied singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Kammersänger (KS) Otto Edelmann and KS Josef Greindl and the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with Hanno Blaschke. He won several prizes at singing competitions (among others the International Hugo Wolf Academy [de], Vienna 1980, and the International Lieder Competition, Vienna 1982). Afterwards he finally decided to become a singer. He had his first stage engagements as a beginner at the Theater Aachen (1981–1984) and at the Theater Ulm (1984–1987).

In 1987, Kraus made his debut at the Vienna Volksoper as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte. From 1988 to 1992, he was a permanent ensemble member at the house and continued to appear regularly as a guest thereafter. In the course of the years he impersonated there as leading roles among others Papageno in The Magic Flute, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Leporello and the title role in Don Giovanni, Falke and Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, Sixtus Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, the Music Teacher in Ariadne auf Naxos (new production, premiere: June 2009) and the title role in Gianni Schicchi (2012/13 season). In the 1991/92 season he sang the role of the poacher Haraschta in Janáček's opera The Cunning Little Vixen at the Vienna Volksoper. He also sang there in operettas, among others in the 1988/89 season the landlord Benozzo in Gasparone and in the 1989/90 season Fassbinder Lotteringhi in a new production of Boccaccio.

In the 1991/92 season, he also sang at the Vienna State Opera.[3] In the following years, Papageno in particular became his international starring role.

Guest appearances Edit

In 1988, Kraus sang the role of Leporello in a new production of Mozart's Don Giovanni under Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Amsterdam.[4] In later ones he made guest appearances there as Stolzus in the Die Soldaten by Bernd Alois Zimmermann (2003 and 2010), as Franz/Fritz in Die tote Stadt (2005) as well as Faninal in Der Rosenkavalier (2011).

In the summer of 1988 he made a guest appearance at the Seefestspiele Mörbisch as Pappacoda in the operetta A Night in Venice. In 1991, he made his US debut at the San Francisco Opera with the role of Papageno.[2] In 1993, he debuted at La Scala as Scherasmin in Oberon, where he later also appeared in Der Freischütz (2017) and Die Fledermaus (2018).

From 1994, Kraus was a regular guest at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp and Ghent, where he first enjoyed great success, among others, in the title role of Britten's opera Billy Budd (1994 and 1997). In the following years, he sang Fritz in The Dead City (1995), Dandini in La Cenerentola (1999), Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (2002), Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte (2003) and Jaroslav Prus in Věc Makropulos (2016).[5]

From 2000, Kraus was also a permanent guest at the Komische Oper Berlin for several years (including Lescaut in Manon Lescaut, Enrico Ashton in Lucia di Lammermoor, Marcello in La Bohème, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette). In 2000, he made his role debut as Conte di Luna in Verdi's opera Il trovatore in concert performances in Zagreb and Ljubljana. In the opening premiere of the 2000/01 season, he sang the title role in the world premiere of the opera Don Quixote en Barcelona by José Luis Turina at the Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona.[2] In the 2004/05 season, Kraus sang the double role of Frank/Fritz in a new production of the opera Die tote Stadt at De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam (conductor: Ingo Metzmacher, director: Willy Decker).[2]

In the 2009/10 season, he sang the role of Don Carlo di Vargas in La forza del destino at the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin. In November 2010 he took on the role of Stolzius in die Soldaten at the Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam (musical director: Hartmut Haenchen; director: Willy Decker). In the 2011/12 season, he sang Eisenstein in the operetta Die Fledermaus at the Oper Frankfurt. In March/April 2012, he sang the role of Schlachter in the premiere of Rumor, the new opera by Christian Jost (director: Guy Joosten [de]).[6]

In 2012/13 he also made guest appearances at the Berlin State Opera (among others as Faninal under Sir Simon Rattle). At the Oper Leipzig, he made his role debut in the 2012/13 season as Donner in Das Rheingold under the musical direction of Ulf Schirmer. In 2013, Kraus made his debut at the Zurich Opera House (die Soldaten), where he also sang the Heerrufer in Lohengrin and Orest in Elektra.

In 2014, he made his debut at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera as Faninal, which he repeated there in 2018. In 2015, he sang Thoas in Iphigénie en Tauride at the Salzburger Pfingst- und Sommerfestspiele. This was followed in 2016 by debuts at the Paris Opéra Bastille (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) and the Royal Opera House London (Tannhäuser) and at the Semperoper Dresden (as Donner in Das Rheingold). Since 2017, Kraus has participated in a new production of Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, where he sings Alberich for the first time.[7]

Kraus has made further guest appearances at the Hamburg and Munich State Operas, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Finnish National Opera and Ballet, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro Regio di Torino, among others. He has sung in France, Hungary, Sweden, Greece (1991 in Athens), Israel, Brazil, Chile and Japan. He has also performed in concert and recital.

Repertoire and recordings Edit

Kraus initially sang lyric baritone roles with a focus on Mozart (Papageno, Guglielmo, Don Giovanni). In the course of his career, his voice changed over the course of his career from cavalier baritone (such as Valentin in Faust, Conte di Luna in Il Trovatore, Don Carlos di Vargas in La forza del destino or Germont in La Traviata) to character baritone (among others, Jago in La Traviata). Iago in Otello).

In 1990, Kraus sang Papageno in a recording of Mozart's The Magic Flute with the Vienna Philharmonic under the conduct of Sir Georg Solti (Decca). He also appeared several times in the Decca series Entartete Musik in Jonny spielt auf by Ernst Krenek, Der gewaltige Hahnrei by Berthold Goldschmidt (Cannes Classic Award nomination), in the title role of The Emperor of Atlantis by Viktor Ullmann, Die Vögel by Walter Braunfels (1998 nomination for the Grammy Award), in The Betrothal in a Dream by Hans Krása and Requiem Ebraico by Erich Zeisl.

Other complete opera recordings with Michael Kraus include Turandot by Ferruccio Busoni under Kent Nagano (Virgin Classics), Der Rosenkavalier under Bernard Haitink (EMI) and Die Harmonie der Welt under Marek Janowski (Wergo).

In addition to his performances as a singer, Kraus has also worked as an opera director and translator of opera libretti (Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy and Elisir d'amore by Donizetti). In 2016, he submitted a dissertation on Musical Modernism at the Opera Houses of Berlin and Vienna 1945–1989 to the Department of Contemporary History of the University of Vienna, which was published in book form in 2017.

Publications Edit

  • Michael Kraus: Die musikalische Moderne an den Staatsopern von Berlin und Wien 1945–1989. Paradigmen nationaler Kulturidentitäten im Kalten Krieg, Springer Verlag: Berlin/Heidelberg/New York 2017. ISBN 978-3-476-04353-5.

References Edit

  1. ^ Michael Kraus Vita; in Karl J. Kutsch and Leo Riemens: Großes Sängerlexikon. Vierte, erweiterte und aktualisierte Auflage. Munich 2003. Vol. 4: Kainz–Menkes, p. 2497. ISBN 3-598-11598-9. Auszüge bei Google Books. Retrieved 15 July 2021
  2. ^ a b c d Vita; Offizielle Internetpräsenz der Wiener Volksoper. Retrieved 15 July 2021
  3. ^ Michael Kraus'performances at the Wiener Staasoper
  4. ^ Michael H. Eisenblätter: MÄNNERSACHE. Performance review. In Orpheus. 5 May 1988 edition, p. 384.
  5. ^ Michael KRAUS: „Ich hatte das Glück, berufen zu werden“ on Onlinemerker
  6. ^ Michael Kraus on Bayerische Staatsoper
  7. ^ "Michael Kraus: Deutsche Oper am Rhein Ensemble". Retrieved 15 July 2021.

Further reading Edit

External links Edit

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Michael Kraus born 17 January 1957 1 2 is an Austrian operatic baritone Contents 1 Life 1 1 Early years 1 2 Guest appearances 2 Repertoire and recordings 3 Publications 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksLife EditEarly years Edit Born in Vienna Kraus first studied acting historiography and Romance studies and worked for several years as an actor at Die Komodianten theatre in Vienna where he was also responsible as director for the Austrian premiere of Herbert Achternbusch s Ella 1979 He also studied singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Kammersanger KS Otto Edelmann and KS Josef Greindl and the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with Hanno Blaschke He won several prizes at singing competitions among others the International Hugo Wolf Academy de Vienna 1980 and the International Lieder Competition Vienna 1982 Afterwards he finally decided to become a singer He had his first stage engagements as a beginner at the Theater Aachen 1981 1984 and at the Theater Ulm 1984 1987 In 1987 Kraus made his debut at the Vienna Volksoper as Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte From 1988 to 1992 he was a permanent ensemble member at the house and continued to appear regularly as a guest thereafter In the course of the years he impersonated there as leading roles among others Papageno in The Magic Flute Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte Leporello and the title role in Don Giovanni Falke and Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus Sixtus Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg the Music Teacher in Ariadne auf Naxos new production premiere June 2009 and the title role in Gianni Schicchi 2012 13 season In the 1991 92 season he sang the role of the poacher Haraschta in Janacek s opera The Cunning Little Vixen at the Vienna Volksoper He also sang there in operettas among others in the 1988 89 season the landlord Benozzo in Gasparone and in the 1989 90 season Fassbinder Lotteringhi in a new production of Boccaccio In the 1991 92 season he also sang at the Vienna State Opera 3 In the following years Papageno in particular became his international starring role Guest appearances Edit In 1988 Kraus sang the role of Leporello in a new production of Mozart s Don Giovanni under Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Amsterdam 4 In later ones he made guest appearances there as Stolzus in the Die Soldaten by Bernd Alois Zimmermann 2003 and 2010 as Franz Fritz in Die tote Stadt 2005 as well as Faninal in Der Rosenkavalier 2011 In the summer of 1988 he made a guest appearance at the Seefestspiele Morbisch as Pappacoda in the operetta A Night in Venice In 1991 he made his US debut at the San Francisco Opera with the role of Papageno 2 In 1993 he debuted at La Scala as Scherasmin in Oberon where he later also appeared in Der Freischutz 2017 and Die Fledermaus 2018 From 1994 Kraus was a regular guest at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp and Ghent where he first enjoyed great success among others in the title role of Britten s opera Billy Budd 1994 and 1997 In the following years he sang Fritz in The Dead City 1995 Dandini in La Cenerentola 1999 Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg 2002 Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte 2003 and Jaroslav Prus in Vec Makropulos 2016 5 From 2000 Kraus was also a permanent guest at the Komische Oper Berlin for several years including Lescaut in Manon Lescaut Enrico Ashton in Lucia di Lammermoor Marcello in La Boheme Mercutio in Romeo et Juliette In 2000 he made his role debut as Conte di Luna in Verdi s opera Il trovatore in concert performances in Zagreb and Ljubljana In the opening premiere of the 2000 01 season he sang the title role in the world premiere of the opera Don Quixote en Barcelona by Jose Luis Turina at the Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona 2 In the 2004 05 season Kraus sang the double role of Frank Fritz in a new production of the opera Die tote Stadt at De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam conductor Ingo Metzmacher director Willy Decker 2 In the 2009 10 season he sang the role of Don Carlo di Vargas in La forza del destino at the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin In November 2010 he took on the role of Stolzius in die Soldaten at the Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam musical director Hartmut Haenchen director Willy Decker In the 2011 12 season he sang Eisenstein in the operetta Die Fledermaus at the Oper Frankfurt In March April 2012 he sang the role of Schlachter in the premiere of Rumor the new opera by Christian Jost director Guy Joosten de 6 In 2012 13 he also made guest appearances at the Berlin State Opera among others as Faninal under Sir Simon Rattle At the Oper Leipzig he made his role debut in the 2012 13 season as Donner in Das Rheingold under the musical direction of Ulf Schirmer In 2013 Kraus made his debut at the Zurich Opera House die Soldaten where he also sang the Heerrufer in Lohengrin and Orest in Elektra In 2014 he made his debut at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera as Faninal which he repeated there in 2018 In 2015 he sang Thoas in Iphigenie en Tauride at the Salzburger Pfingst und Sommerfestspiele This was followed in 2016 by debuts at the Paris Opera Bastille Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg and the Royal Opera House London Tannhauser and at the Semperoper Dresden as Donner in Das Rheingold Since 2017 Kraus has participated in a new production of Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf where he sings Alberich for the first time 7 Kraus has made further guest appearances at the Hamburg and Munich State Operas the Grand Theatre de Geneve the Finnish National Opera and Ballet the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Teatro Regio di Torino among others He has sung in France Hungary Sweden Greece 1991 in Athens Israel Brazil Chile and Japan He has also performed in concert and recital Repertoire and recordings EditKraus initially sang lyric baritone roles with a focus on Mozart Papageno Guglielmo Don Giovanni In the course of his career his voice changed over the course of his career from cavalier baritone such as Valentin in Faust Conte di Luna in Il Trovatore Don Carlos di Vargas in La forza del destino or Germont in La Traviata to character baritone among others Jago in La Traviata Iago in Otello In 1990 Kraus sang Papageno in a recording of Mozart s The Magic Flute with the Vienna Philharmonic under the conduct of Sir Georg Solti Decca He also appeared several times in the Decca series Entartete Musik in Jonny spielt auf by Ernst Krenek Der gewaltige Hahnrei by Berthold Goldschmidt Cannes Classic Award nomination in the title role of The Emperor of Atlantis by Viktor Ullmann Die Vogel by Walter Braunfels 1998 nomination for the Grammy Award in The Betrothal in a Dream by Hans Krasa and Requiem Ebraico by Erich Zeisl Other complete opera recordings with Michael Kraus include Turandot by Ferruccio Busoni under Kent Nagano Virgin Classics Der Rosenkavalier under Bernard Haitink EMI and Die Harmonie der Welt under Marek Janowski Wergo In addition to his performances as a singer Kraus has also worked as an opera director and translator of opera libretti Mozart Da Ponte trilogy and Elisir d amore by Donizetti In 2016 he submitted a dissertation on Musical Modernism at the Opera Houses of Berlin and Vienna 1945 1989 to the Department of Contemporary History of the University of Vienna which was published in book form in 2017 Publications EditMichael Kraus Die musikalische Moderne an den Staatsopern von Berlin und Wien 1945 1989 Paradigmen nationaler Kulturidentitaten im Kalten Krieg Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 2017 ISBN 978 3 476 04353 5 References Edit Michael Kraus Vita in Karl J Kutsch and Leo Riemens Grosses Sangerlexikon Vierte erweiterte und aktualisierte Auflage Munich 2003 Vol 4 Kainz Menkes p 2497 ISBN 3 598 11598 9 Auszuge bei Google Books Retrieved 15 July 2021 a b c d Michael Kraus Vita Offizielle Internetprasenz der Wiener Volksoper Retrieved 15 July 2021 Michael Kraus performances at the Wiener Staasoper Michael H Eisenblatter MANNERSACHE Performance review In Orpheus 5 May 1988 edition p 384 Michael KRAUS Ich hatte das Gluck berufen zu werden on Onlinemerker Michael Kraus on Bayerische Staatsoper Michael Kraus Deutsche Oper am Rhein Ensemble Retrieved 15 July 2021 Further reading EditKarl Josef Kutsch Leo Riemens Grosses Sangerlexikon Fourth expanded and updated edition Munich 2003 volume 4 Kainz Menkes p 2497 ISBN 3 598 11598 9 Kurschners Musiker Handbuch 2006 K G Saur Verlag Munich 2006 p 253 ISBN 3 598 24212 3 Michael Kraus Interview in Opernglas April 1991 edition pp 16 19 External links EditLiterature by and about Michael Kraus baritone in the German National Library catalogue Kraus Michael on BMLO Michael Kraus Vita Wiener Volksoper Michael Kraus Vita Salzburger Festspiele Michael Kraus Agentur Michael Kraus discography at Discogs Michael Kraus on Operabase Portals Opera Austria Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Kraus baritone amp oldid 1168506008, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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