Annette Markert (born in Kaltensundheim, Thuringia) is a German classical

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below midd ...

and alto.

Career

Annette Markert studied voice at the

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School of Music and was engaged at the Halle Opera House in

Halle, Saxony-Anhalt Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-A ...

from 1983 to 1990, then at the opera house in Leipzig. From 1996 she has worked as a free-lance artist in concert and opera, with the New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur, the Vienna Philharmonic under Philippe Herreweghe, and the

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under Helmuth Rilling, among others. She sang Bach's ''

Mass in B minor The Mass in B minor (), BWV 232, is an extended setting of the Mass ordinary by Johann Sebastian Bach. The composition was completed in 1749, the year before the composer's death, and was to a large extent based on earlier work, such as a Sanctu ...

'' in London, conducted by Sir

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, in memory of the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. She has performed annually with the Thomanerchor and the

Dresdner Kreuzchor The Dresdner Kreuzchor is the boys' choir of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden, Germany. It has a seven-century history and a world-wide reputation. Today, the choir has about 150 members between the ages of 9 and 19, from Dresden and the surrounding ...

and took part in the project of Ton Koopman to record the complete vocal works of Bach with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir. In 2004, she appeared at the Rheingau Musik Festival in a recorded performance of Handel's '' Messiah''. On the opera stage, she has interpreted the title roles of such Handel operas as Floridante,

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, Oreste and Giulio Cesare. In 2008, she recorded in the

Frauenkirche Dresden The Dresden Frauenkirche (german: Dresdner Frauenkirche, , ''Church of Our Lady'') is a Lutheran church in Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony. Destroyed during the Allied firebombing of Dresden towards the end of World War II, ...

the ''Christmas Oratorio'' of Gottfried August Homilius and Christian August Jacobi's ''Der Himmel steht uns wieder offen'', with

Christiane Kohl Christiane Kohl is a German soprano in opera and concert. Career Christiane Kohl was born in Frankfurt and grew up in Idstein. After her Abitur at the Pestalozzi-Gymnasium, she studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Lilian Sukis and Elis ...

Marcus Ullmann Marcus Ullmann (born 1967) is a German classical tenor. Professional career Born in Dresden, Marcus Ullmann received his first musical training as a choir boy in the Dresdner Kreuzchor. He studied at the Dresden Music Academy and graduated with ...

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, Sächsisches Vocalensemble and

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, conducted by Ludwig Güttler.

References

External links

Annette Markert
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Entries for recordings by Annette Markert
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