Caroline Stein (born 1965) is a German operatic

coloratura soprano A coloratura soprano () is a type of operatic soprano voice that specializes in music that is distinguished by agile run (music), runs, leaps and Trill (music), trills. The term ''coloratura'' refers to the elaborate ornamentation of a melody, whi ...

and an academic voice teacher. She has appeared internationally, including contemporary opera, creating the Angel in Dusapin's ''

Faustus, the Last Night ''Faustus, the Last Night'' is an opera in English by French composer Pascal Dusapin, inspired by '' Doctor Faustus'' (c. 1588) by Christopher Marlowe. The work was premiered on 21 January 2006 by the Berlin State Opera, a coproduction with the Op ...

'' at the

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Career

Stein took piano and ballet lessons. She studied at the

Musikhochschule Köln A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger in ...

with Claudio Nicolai from 1983 to 1988. She first joined the ensemble of the Theater Würzburg, and moved to the

Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden The Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (Hessian State Theatre Wiesbaden), also known as the Staatstheater Wiesbaden or Theater Wiesbaden, is a German theatre located in Wiesbaden, in the German state of Hesse. The company produces operas, plays, b ...

in 1989, where she recorded in 1993 '' Der tapfere Soldat'' by Oscar Straus with the

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln The WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne (German: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln) is a German radio orchestra based in Cologne, where the orchestra performs at two main concert halls: the WDR Funkhaus Wallrafplatz and the Kölner Philharmonie. History ...

conducted by Siegfried Köhler, alongside John Dickie and

Johannes Martin Kränzle Johannes Martin Kränzle (born 1962) is a German baritone in opera and concert who has made an international career. For years a member of the Oper Frankfurt, he was chosen as Singer of the Year in 2011 after creating the leading role in Wolfgan ...

. She appeared at the

first in 1990 as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's ''

Die Zauberflöte ''The Magic Flute'' (, ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. It is a ''Singspiel'', a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work premiered on ...

''. She was a member of the

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from 1991 to 1999. Stein appeared at the

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, as a Flower Maiden in ''Parsifal'' from 1999 to 2001, and as Woglinde in ''

Der Ring des Nibelungen (''The Ring of the Nibelung''), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. The works are based loosely on characters from Germanic heroic legend, namely Norse legendary sagas and the . The compo ...

'' from 2002 to 2004. She performed as a guest, in 1991 as Blonde in Mozart's ''

Die Entführung aus dem Serail ' () (Köchel catalogue, K. 384; ''The Abduction from the Seraglio''; also known as ') is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's . The plot concer ...

'' at the Quebec Opera, in several stagings by

Harry Kupfer Harry Alfred Robert Kupfer (12 August 1935 – 30 December 2019) was a German opera director and academic. A long-time director at the Komische Oper Berlin, he worked at major opera houses and at festivals internationally. Trained by Walter Fe ...

at the

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, such as ''Die Zauberflöte'' and Henze's ''

König Hirsch ' (in English, ''The Stag King'') is an opera in three acts by Hans Werner Henze to a German libretto by after ''Il re cervo'', a theatrical fable (1762) by Carlo Gozzi. He revised it as ''Il re cervo'', premiered in 1963 at the Staatstheater K ...

''. She made her debut at

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in 2000, singing Mozart's Mass in C minor and Alban Berg's ''

Altenberg Lieder Alban Berg's ''Five Orchestral Songs after Postcards by Peter Altenberg'' (German: ''Fünf Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskarten von Peter Altenberg''), Op. 4, were composed in 1911 and 1912 for medium voice, or mezzo-soprano. They are considered ...

'' with the

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, conducted by

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. In 2004, she appeared as Hilda Mack in Henze's '' Elegie für junge Liebende'' at the Berlin State Opera. In contemporary opera, she appeared there as the Angel in the premiere of Dusapin's ''

'' in 2006. Stein was nominated for Singer of the Year in 1989 by ''

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'' for her two parts in the German premiere of Ligeti's ''

Le Grand Macabre ''Le Grand Macabre'' (completed 1977, revised 1996) is the third stage production by Hungarian composer György Ligeti, and his only major stage-work. Previously, he had created two absurdist sung "mimodramas" ''Aventures'' (compl. 1962) and ' ...

''. She was awarded a prize in the national competition

Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin The German national competition Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin was inaugurated in 1966 as a competition for solo singing. Beginning in 1979, it has been held annually, for the categories Musical theatre, Musical and Chanson in uneven years, for Ope ...

in 1990. Stein was a professor of voice at the Musikhochschule Rostock from 2010, and was appointed in 2012 professor of voice at the

Musikhochschule Lübeck A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger in ...

References

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Caroline Stein
Kulturportal * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stein, Caroline German operatic sopranos Academic staff of the Lübeck Academy of Music 1965 births Living people