Julia Kleiter, Soprano


The young German soprano Julia Kleiter sings 200200/8 ‘Pamina’ (“Die Zauberflöte”) in Zurich, Beethoven’s C major mass conducted by Marc Minkowski in Einsiedeln, pieces by Cherubini and Haydn conducted by Riccardo Muti in Vienna, Bach cantatas conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Vienna, Paris und Budapest, Bach’s “Weihnachtsoratorium” in Vienna, “Orfeo ed Euridice” in Paris, Bach cantatas conducted by Ingo Metzmacher in Berlin, a new production of “Fidelio” (‘Marzelline’) in Ferrara, Baden-Baden and Madrid conducted by Claudio Abbado, Händel’s “Acis and Galathea” in concert form in Göttingen (with a CD recording) and gives her operatic debut at the Styriarte Graz in the part of ‘Ilia’ (“Idomeneo”) conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Later in 2008 she will sing ‘Marzelline’ in Paris conducted by Sylvain Cambreling as well as a concert tour with Haydn’s “Schöpfung” conducted by René Jacobs, 2009 are scheduled, among others, a song recital in Basel and a new production of Haydn’s “Il mondo della Luna” conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Theater an der Wien.

Julia Kleiter made her operatic debut at the Opéra-Bastille in Paris as ‘Pamina‘ in Bob Wilson’s production of “Die Zauberflöte“ conducted by Jiri Kout in 2004.

 

2005 she sang concert performances of “Daphne“ on tour conducted by Semyon Bychkov, ‘Pamina‘ in new productions of “Die Zauberflöte“ in Paris and Madrid conducted by Marc Minkowski, ‘Papagena‘ in a new production of “Die Zauberflöte“ conducted by Claudio Abbado in Ferrara, Baden-Baden and Modena, ‘Xenia‘ in a new production of “Boris Godunov“ in Florence conducted by Semyon Bychkov and made her debut as ‘Giunia‘ (“Lucio Silla“ by Johann Christian Bach) conducted by Theodor Guschlbauer with the Opernhaus Zürich in Winterthur.

Her 2006 debut in the part of ‘Serpetta’ in a new production of “La Finta Giardiniera” conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Zurich was followed by two other debuts: 'Susanna' (“Le Nozze di Figaro”) in Verona and Reggio Emilia and ‘Celia’ (“Lucio Silla” by Mozart) conducted by Tamas Netopil at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice and at the Salzburg Festvial, where she was also heard in “Betulia liberata” in concert form conducted by Christopher Poppen. At the Edinburgh International Festival she made her debut in the part of ‘Pamina’ conducted by Claudio Abbado.

2007 she sang, among others, in Zurich ‘Pamina’ in a new production of “Die Zauberflöte” conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, her first ‘Sophie’ (“Der Rosenkavalier”) and her first ‘Zdenka’ (“Arabella”) conducted by Franz Welser-Möst and in Firenze ‘Amor’ (“Orfeo ed Euridice”) in concert conducted by Riccardo Muti.

As a concert singer she has performed in Munich, Stuttgart, Stockholm, Los Angeles (with Helmut Rilling), Ferrara and Berlin (Claudio Abbado), Paris, Toulouse, at the Salzburg Festival and at the Vienna Musikverein (Riccardo Muti), at the Styriarte Graz and on tour in Japan and in South Korea (Nikolaus Harnoncourt), in Naples (Jeffrey Tate).
In song recitals she was heard in 2006 at the prestigious Lucerne Festival, in 2007 at the Vienna Musikverein and - with Wolf’s “Das italienische Liederbuch“ together with Christoph Prégardien - in several German cities as well as in Antwerp.

Julia Kleiter has recorded Strauss’ “Daphne” conducted by Semyon Bychkov, Mozart’s “Requiem” conducted by Ralf Otto and “Die Zauberflöte” (‘Papagena’) conducted by Claudio Abbado. On DVD are available Mozart’s “La finta giardiniera” from Zurich as well as “Lucio Silla” and “Betulia liberata” from the 2006 Salzburg Festival, “Die Zauberflöte” (‘Pamina’) and “Arabella” from Zurich are about to appear.

Born in Limburg, Germany, Julia Kleiter studied with Prof. William Workmann in Hamburg and with Prof. Klesie Kelly-Moog in Cologne.


Season 2007-2008


 

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