The Christel-Goltz Prize for voice has been awarded annually since 1992 until 2012 by the Foundation for the Promotion of the
Semperoper
The Semperoper () is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra). It is also home to the Semperoper Ballett. The building is located on the Th ...
. It was funded by
soprano
A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...
Christel Goltz
Christel Goltz (8 July 1912 – 14 November 2008) was a German operatic soprano. One of the leading dramatic sopranos of her generation, she possessed a rich voice with a brilliant range and intensity. She was particularly associated with the oper ...
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The previous prizewinners were:
*1993: Ute Selbig.
*1994: Kerstin Witt
*1995: Eva Kirchner.
*1996: Jukka Rasilainen.
*1997: Roland Wagenführer.
*1998:
Werner Güra
Werner Güra (born 1964) is a German classical tenor in opera, concert and Lied, also an academic teacher in Zurich.
Career
Güra was born in Munich. He studied at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. He continued his studies with Kurt Widm ...
Camilla Nylund
Camilla Nylund (born 11 June 1968) is a Finnish operatic soprano. She appears internationally in lyric-dramatic roles such as Beethoven's Leonore, Verdi's Elisabetta, and Wagner's Elisabeth and Sieglinde. She is especially known for portrayin ...
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*2001:
Sophie Koch
Sophie Koch (born 19 February 1969) is a French operatic mezzo-soprano who made an international career, performing Rosina in Rossini's '' Il barbiere di Siviglia'' at the Royal Opera House, the Composer in ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' by Richard Stra ...
*2002:
Klaus Florian Vogt
Klaus Florian Vogt (born 12 April 1970) is a German operatic tenor. He has often sung roles written by Richard Wagner.
Career
Klaus Florian Vogt was a hornist first and played for several years with the Hamburg Philharmonic. He studied voice a ...
*2003:
Georg Zeppenfeld
Georg Zeppenfeld (born 1970) is a German operatic bass.
Life
Born in Attendorn, Zeppenfeld studied first music and Germanistik at the , then concert and opera singing at the music academies in Detmold and Köln, and then with Kammersänger ...
*2004:
Markus Marquardt
Markus Marquardt (born 1970) is a German bass-baritone.Markus Marquardt
Christa Mayer
Christa Mayer is a German operatic mezzo-soprano. She is particularly known for her portrayal of Erda in Richard Wagner's ''Ring Cycle''; a role which she has performed several times at the Bayreuth Festival and recorded on the BBC Legends Record ...
*2006: Wookyung Kim.
*2007:
Anke Vondung
Anke Vondung (born in Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate in 1972) is a German mezzo-soprano. She was a member of the Semperoper, Semperoper Dresden from 2003 to 2006.
Career
She won third prize in the 1998 ARD International Music Competition in Munich. ...
*2008:
Christoph Pohl
Christoph Pohl (born 26 July 1976 in Hanover) is a German operatic baritone who has performed at major opera houses in Europe, based at the Semperoper in Dresden from 2005 to 2018.
Career
Pohl was a member of the Knabenchor Hannover, and the ...
*2009:
Markus Butter
Markus Butter (born 1973) is an Austrian operatic baritone.
Career
Born in Bruck an der Mur, Butter was a member and soloist of the Vienna Boys' Choir from 1982 to 1986 and graduated in 1991 at the . He received his further education at the an ...
*2010: (no award)
*2011:
Carolina Ullrich
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** South Carolina, a U.S. state
* Province of Carolina, a British province until 1712
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