Andreas Karasiak (born 1968) is a German classical

tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...

in opera and concert.

Career

Andreas Karasiak studied voice at the

Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz () is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 a ...

with

Claudia Eder Claudia Eder (born 7 February 1948) is a German mezzo-soprano in opera and concert, and an academic at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz. Career Claudia Eder was born in Augsburg, Germany. She studied voice and cello at the Hochschule für Musi ...

. He studied Baroque music at the

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis The Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB) is a music academy and research institution located in Basel, Switzerland, that focuses on early music and historically informed performance. Faculty at the school have organized performing ensembles that hav ...

with

René Jacobs René Jacobs (born 30 October 1946) is a Belgian musician. He came to fame as a countertenor, but later in his career he became known as a conductor of baroque and classical opera. Biography Countertenor Born in Ghent, Jacobs began his musi ...

in Basel. Starting in 1999, he sang at the National Theatre Mannheim Mozart parts such as Tamino, Ferrando and Belmonte. In the field of

historically informed performance Historically informed performance (also referred to as period performance, authentic performance, or HIP) is an approach to the performance of Western classical music, classical music which aims to be faithful to the approach, manner and style of ...

he has worked with

Gustav Leonhardt Gustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the historically informed performance movement to perform music on period instruments. Leo ...

, Marcus Creed and

Philippe Herreweghe Philippe Maria François Herreweghe, Knight Herreweghe (born 2 May 1947) is a Belgian conductor and choirmaster. Herreweghe founded La Chapelle Royale and Collegium Vocale Gent and is renowned as a conductor, with a repertoire ranging from ...

, taking part in the project of

Ton Koopman Antonius Gerhardus Michael "Ton" Koopman (; born 2 October 1944) is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir. He is a professor ...

and the

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir is a Dutch early-music group based in Amsterdam. The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir was created in two stages by the conductor, organist and harpsichordist Ton Koopman. He founded the Amsterdam Bar ...

Dieterich Buxtehude – Opera Omnia Dieterich Buxtehude – Opera Omnia is a project to record the complete works (in Latin: opera omnia) of the Danish Baroque composer Dieterich Buxtehude,

'' to record the complete works of

Dieterich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; born Diderich Hansen Buxtehude, ; – 9 May 1707) was a Danish composer and organist of the Baroque music, Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal ...

(begun 2005, in progress). He has also performed with

Helmuth Rilling Helmuth Rilling (born 29 May 1933) is a German choral conductor and an academic teacher. He is the founder of the Gächinger Kantorei (1954), the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart (1965), the Oregon Bach Festival (1970), the Internationale Bachakade ...

and Sylvain Cambreling, among others. In 1998 and again in 2007, he sang the tenor part of Hermann Suter's '' Le Laudi'' in

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden (; ) is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 24th-largest city. Wiesbaden form ...

with the Chor von St. Bonifatius, conducted by Gabriel Dessauer. In 2000, he performed and recorded Bach's ''

St Matthew Passion The ''St Matthew Passion'' (), BWV 244, is a '' Passion'', a sacred oratorio written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander. It sets the 26th and 27th chapters of th ...

'', scored for double chorus, with two boys choirs,

Knabenchor Hannover The Knabenchor Hannover (Hannover Boys' Choir) is a Boys' choir, boys choir founded in 1950 by Heinz Hennig, who served as conductor until the end of 2001. Since 2002, the conductor has been Jörg Breiding. History and music The Knabenchor Hann ...

and

Thomanerchor The Thomanerchor (English: St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig) is a boys' choir in Leipzig, Germany. The choir was founded in 1212. The choir comprises about 90 boys from 9 to 18 years of age. The members, called ''Thomaner'', reside in a boarding scho ...

, as a celebration of 50 years Knabenchor Hannover, conducted in Hannover by Heinz Hennig. In 2006, he sang the Evangelist in Bach's ''

Christmas Oratorio The ''Christmas Oratorio'' (German: ''Weihnachtsoratorium''), , is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It is in six parts, each part a cantata intended for performance in a churc ...

'' in the

Kreuzkirche The Dresden Kreuzkirche (Church of the Holy Cross) is a Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), Lutheran church in Dresden, Germany. It is the main church and seat of the ''Landesbischof'' of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony, and the larges ...

with the Dresdner Kreuzchor and the

Dresden Philharmonic The Dresdner Philharmonie (Dresden Philharmonic) is a German symphony orchestra based in Dresden. Its principal concert venue is the '' Kulturpalast''. The orchestra also performs at the Kreuzkirche and the Frauenkirche Dresden. It receive ...

. He has appeared as the Evangelist in the ''St Matthew Passion'' at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on Good Friday 2007, conducted by Martin Haselböck, with Stephen Salters,

Lynne Dawson Lynne Dawson (born 3 June 1953) is an English soprano. She came to great prominence through her performance as a soloist in ''Libera me'' from Requiem (Verdi), Verdi's Requiem with the BBC Singers at Princess Diana's Funeral of Diana, Princess o ...

, Robin Blaze and Klaus Mertens. In 2009, he appeared in Handel's ''

Solomon Solomon (), also called Jedidiah, was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. The successor of his father David, he is described as having been the penultimate ...

'' with

Andreas Scholl Andreas Scholl (born 10 November 1967) is a German countertenor, a male classical singer in the alto vocal range, specialising in Baroque music. Born into a family of singers, Scholl was enrolled at the age of seven into the Kiedricher Chorbube ...

and the Schiersteiner Kantorei in the Marktkirche in

. In 2009, Dorothee Mields and Andreas Karasiak were the soloists in the requiem composition ''Schwarz vor Augen und es ward Licht'' of Harald Weiss dedicated to the Knabenchor Hannover, premiered on 31 October 2009 with the NDR Symphony Orchestra. In 2011, he performed the title role in Monteverdi's ''

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria ''Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria'' ( SV 325, ''The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland'') is an opera consisting of a prologue and five acts (later revised to three), set by Claudio Monteverdi to a libretto by Giacomo Badoaro. The opera was first p ...

'' in the Theater Münster. Ursula Decker-Bönniger reviewed: "Andreas Karasiak lotet zwischen verhaltener Klage und dramatischen Zornesausbruch die unterschiedlichen Gefühle des Odysseus stimmlich aus" (Andreas Karasiak explores vocally the feelings of Ulisse between restrained lament and dramatic eruption of furor. In 2012, he sang again the role of Jonathan in Handel's ''Saul'', in the final concert celebrating 50 years Schiersteiner Kantorei in

Eberbach Abbey Eberbach Abbey (German: Kloster Eberbach) is a former Cistercian monastery in Eltville in the Rheingau, Germany. On account of its Romanesque architecture, Romanesque and Gothic (architecture), early Gothic buildings it is considered one of the m ...

, with Christian Immler in the title role. He has recorded operas that are rarely performed, such as Handel's '' Lotario'',

Domenico Cimarosa Domenico Cimarosa (; 17 December 1749 – 11 January 1801) was an Music of Italy, Italian composer of the Neapolitan School and of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He wrote more than eighty operas, the best known of which is ''Il ...

's ''Gli Orazi e i Curiazi'', Gluck's '' L'innocenza giustificata'', Haydn's ''Die Feuersbrunst'' and

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

Singspiel A Singspiel (; plural: ; ) is a form of German-language music drama, now regarded as a genre of opera. It is characterized by spoken dialogue, which is alternated with ensembles, songs, ballads, and arias which were often strophic, or folk- ...

e '' Der vierjährige Posten; Die Zwilingsbrüder''. Andreas Karasiak has been teaching voice at the Hochschule für Musik Rheinland-Pfalz and in master classes.

Recordings

* Hermann Suter: '' Le Laudi'', Zofia Kilanowicz, Pamela Pantos, Johann Werner Prein, Chor von St. Bonifatius Wiesbaden, Kinderchor von St. Bonifatius, Witold Lutoslawski Philharmonic Wroclaw, conductor Gabriel Dessauer, 1999 * Bach: ''Matthäus-Passion'', Elisabeth Scholl, Nathalie Stutzmann, Gerd Türk, Thomas Mohr, Hanno Müller-Brachmann,

and

, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, conductor Heinz Hennig, Thorofon, 2000 * Mozart: '' Il re pastore'' –

Annette Dasch Annette Dasch (born 24 March 1976) is a German soprano. She has performed in opera and concerts internationally, often portraying List of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart characters such as Elvira in ''Don Giovanni'' at La Scala, Aminta ...

, Marlis Petersen, Krešimir Špicer, Arpiné Rahdjian, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, conductor Thomas Hengelbrock, Deutsche Grammophon, DVD 2006 * Buxtehude: ''Opera omnia II - Vocal works 1'', Caroline Stam,

Johannette Zomer Johannette Zomer (born March 13, 1964) is a Dutch classical concert and opera soprano. Career After having worked as a microbiology technician, Johannette Zomer shifted gears in 1990 and studied voice at the Sweelinck Conservatory Amsterdam i ...

, Bogna Bartosz, Robin Blaze, Klaus Mertens,

, conductor

, Challenge, 2006 * Buxtehude: ''Opera omnia V - Vocal works 2'', Johannette Zomer, Bogna Bartosz, Daniel Taylor, Jörg Dürmüller, Klaus Mertens, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, conductor Ton Koopman, Challenge, 2007 * Buxtehude: ''Opera omnia VII - Vocal works 3'', Johannette Zomer, Bogna Bartosz, Jörg Dürmüller, Klaus Mertens, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, conductor Ton Koopman, Challenge, 2008 * Buxtehude: ''Opera omnia XI - Vocal works 4'', Bettina Pahn, Miriam Meyer,

Siri Thornhill Siri Karoline Thornhill is a Norwegian classical soprano for concert and opera, known for singing music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Career Thornhill studied singing first in her hometown Stavanger with Marit Storækre and continued with a schola ...

, Johannette Zomer, Patrick van Goethem, Bogna Bartosz, Jörg Dürmüller, Klaus Mertens, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, conductor Ton Koopman, Challenge, 2010

References

External links

Andreas Karasiak
website
Andreas Karasiak
"Singing Summer 2009" of the Hochschule für Musik der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

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