Elisabeth Kulman (born 28 June 1973) is an Austrian classical singer who has performed operatic roles in soprano, mezzo-soprano and contralto repertory. She has appeared at opera houses in Vienna and internationally. She has performed early operas such as Legrenzi's '' Il Giustino'' as well as new works, creating the role of Gora in the premiere of Reimann's ''

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'' at the

Vienna State Opera The Vienna State Opera (, ) is a historic opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by ...

. She recorded

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er by

Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (; ; ; – ) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five (composers), The Five." He was an innovator of Music of Russia, Russian music in the Romantic music, Romantic period and strove to achieve a ...

, Bach's ''

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'' with

Peter Schreier Peter Schreier (29 July 1935 – 25 December 2019) was a German tenor in opera, concert and lied, and a conductor. He was regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century. Schreier was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor conduct ...

and Beethoven's ''

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'' with

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, known for his historically informed performances. He specialized in music of the Baroque period, but later extended his repertoire to include Classical ...

. From 2015, she has focused on concert singing.

Career

Born in

Oberpullendorf Oberpullendorf (; or ; ) is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is the administrative center of the district of Oberpullendorf (district), Oberpullendorf. Geography Oberpullendorf is a municipality in the middle of the Burgenland. It consists o ...

, Kulman achieved the

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in 1991. She studied Russian, and musicology. She was a choir singer in several notable choirs in Vienna, including

Arnold Schoenberg Chor The Arnold Schoenberg Choir () is a Viennese/Austrian choir which was founded 1972 by Erwin Ortner, who is still its artistic director. The choir has a high reputation both among conductors and among critics and the musical scene in general. All ...

, Concentus Vocalis Wien,

Wiener Singakademie The Wiener Singakademie is a choir in Vienna, Austria. History As the first mixed choir in Vienna, the Wiener Singakademie was founded in 1858 to establish a "Singübungsanstalt" - an institution for the training of voices. It aims to promote th ...

Wiener Kammerchor The Wiener Kammerchor is a chamber choir founded in Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is ...

and . She began voice studies in 1995 at the

Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university established in 1817 located in Vienna. With a student body of over three thousand, it is the largest institution of its kind in Austria, and one of t ...

with Helena Lazarska. She completed her studies in both ''Oper'' and ''Lied und Oratorium'' as a master of arts ''mit Auszeichnung''. She was immediately engaged to appear as Pamina 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 ...

'' at the

Wiener Volksoper The Vienna Volksoper (''Volksoper'' or ''Vienna People's Opera'') is an opera house in Vienna, Austria. It produces three hundred performances of twenty-five German language productions of opera, operetta, musicals, and ballet, during an annual s ...

in 2001, followed by other Mozart roles such as the Countess in ''

Le nozze di Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna ...

'' and ''Donna Elvira'' in ''Don Giovanni''. In 2004, Kulman changed to

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A bel ...

, with the title role of Suppé's ''

Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio ( , ; ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was s ...

'', staged by

Helmuth Lohner Helmuth Lohner (24 April 1933 – 23 June 2015) was an Austrian actor, theatre director, and from 1997 to 2006 director of the Theater in der Josefstadt. Early life Born in Vienna, Lohner initially trained as a commercial artist, while also tak ...

. She appeared as Orpheus in Gluck's ''

Orphée et Eurydice (; French: '; English: ''Orpheus and Eurydice'') is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the '' azione teatrale'', meaning an ...

'' at the

Opéra National de Paris The Paris Opera ( ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be kn ...

in June 2005. In the New Year's Eve 2006 production of ''

Die Fledermaus ' (, ''The Bat'', sometimes called ''The Revenge of the Bat'') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874. Background The original literary source for ' was ...

'', she was Prince Orlofsky, a performance that garnered her the . She sang the title role of Bizet's ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

'' at the

Staatsoper Berlin The Staatsoper Unter den Linden ( State Opera under the Lime Trees), also known as the Berlin State Opera (), is a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic center of Berlin, Germany. The opera house was built by order of Pr ...

in 2007. In 2010, she appeared as Gora in the premiere of Aribert Reimann's ''

'' at the

. In 2011 she appeared in Berlin again as Smeton in Donizetti's ''

Anna Bolena ''Anna Bolena'' is a tragic opera (''tragedia lirica'') in two acts composed by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Ippolito Pindemonte's ''Enrico VIII ossia Anna Bolena'' and Alessandro Pepoli's ''Anna Bolena'', ...

'', alongside

Anna Netrebko Anna Yuryevna Netrebko (; born 18 September 1971) is a Russian and Austrian operatic soprano who has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera and La Scala. Netrebko is one of the few Russian p ...

in the title role and

Elīna Garanča Elīna Garanča (born 16 September 1976) is a Latvian mezzo-soprano. She began to study singing in her hometown of Riga in 1996 and continued her studies in Vienna and in the United States. By 1999 she had won first place in the Mirjam Helin Sing ...

as Giovanna Seymour. 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 ...

, she appeared in two opera revivals at the

Schwetzingen Festival The Schwetzingen Festival (German: Schwetzinger Festspiele, now Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele) is an early summer festival of opera and other classical music presented each year from May to early June in Schwetzingen, Germany. In 1952, the broadca ...

, both conducted by

Thomas Hengelbrock Hans Thomas Hengelbrock (born 9 June 1958) is a German violinist, musicologist, stage director and conductor. Biography Hengelbrock was born in Wilhelmshaven, the son of teachers Günther and Dorothea Elisabeth (Schliefert) Hengelbrock. He stud ...

, in 2005 in Alessandro Scarlatti's '' Telemaco'', and in 2007 in the title role of Giovanni Legrenzi's '' Il Giustino''. As a ''

'' singer, often with Walter Moore as the pianist, she has focused on unusual repertory such as ''Mussorgsky Dis-Covered'', a project of , and Mahler arrangements with the ensemble Amarcord Wien. She recorded Bach's ''

'' on DVD, conducted by

who also performed the part of the Evangelist, with the

Münchener Bach-Chor Münchener Bach-Chor is a mixed choir for concert and oratorio in Munich. Performances, international tours and recordings with Karl Richter and the Münchener Bach-Orchester made the choir internationally known. History Heinrich-Schütz-Kre ...

, the

Bach Collegium München Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the orc ...

Sibylla Rubens Sibylla Rubens is a German classical concert soprano. Career Sibylla Rubens studied voice (concert and opera) at the Staatliche Musikhochschule in Trossingen and at the Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt and in master classes with Edith Mathi ...

Martin Petzold Martin Petzold (25 June 1955 – 19 April 2023) was a German classical tenor who performed internationally in opera and concert. He was for decades a member of the Leipzig Opera, performing more than 80 roles such as Pedrillo in Mozart's ''Die ...

and Andreas Scheibner. In 2013, she recorded Beethoven's ''

Missa solemnis is Latin for Solemn Mass.Mass
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'', conducted by

, with the Netherlands Radio Choir, the

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (, ) is a Dutch symphony orchestra, established in 1888 at the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw (concert hall). It is considered one of the world's leading orchestras. It was known as the Concertgebouw Orchestra u ...

and alongside

Marlis Petersen Marlis Petersen (born 3 February 1968) is a German operatic coloratura soprano. Career Born in Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, on 3 February 1968, Marlis Petersen won several piano competitions before eventually going to the Stuttgart Conserv ...

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 ...

and

Gerald Finley Gerald Hunter Finley, (born January 30, 1960) is a Canadian bass-baritone opera singer. Early life Finley was born in Montreal and studied music at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Ottawa, the University of Ottawa, King's College, Cambridge and ...

. From April 2015, she has focused on concerts.

Awards

* 2007: Eberhard-Waechter-Medaille * 2014: ''Helga de Oro'' as best mezzo-sopranoPreisträger auf ''El Blog de Atticus''
retrieved 15 April 2015

Roles

Mezzo-soprano and contralto (from 2004)

* Flora Bervoix – Verdi: '' La Traviata'' –

Volksoper The Vienna Volksoper (''Volksoper'' or ''Vienna People's Opera'') is an opera house in Vienna, Austria. It produces three hundred performances of twenty-five German language productions of opera, operetta, musicals, and ballet, during an annual s ...

2004 * Boccaccio – Suppé: ''

'' – Volksoper 2004, 2005 and 2006 * Erifile/Antiope – A. Scarlatti: '' Telemaco'' –

2005 * Orfeo – Gluck: ''

Orfeo ed Euridice (; French: '; English: ''Orpheus and Eurydice'') is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the '' azione teatrale'', meaning an ...

'' –

Paris Opéra The Paris Opera ( ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be kn ...

2005, 2008;

Salzburg Festival The Salzburg Festival () is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer, for five weeks starting in late July, in Salzburg, Austria, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's operas are a focus of ...

2010 * Prinz Orlofsky – J. Strauss: ''

'' – Volksoper 2005 and 2007,

2006 to 2015 * Carmen – Bizet: ''

'' – Volksoper 2005 and 2007;

Staatsoper Unter den Linden The Staatsoper Unter den Linden ( State Opera under the Lime Trees), also known as the Berlin State Opera (), is a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic center of Berlin, Germany. The opera house was built by order of Pr ...

2007 * Hänsel – Humperdinck: ''

Hänsel und Gretel "Hansel and Gretel" (; ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' (KHM 15). Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch ...

'' – Volksoper 2005 and 2006 * Dritte Dame – Mozart: ''

'' – Volksoper 2005, 2006 and 2007; Vienna State Opera 2006 to 2009 * Suzuki – Puccini: ''

Madama Butterfly ''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story " Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Lu ...

'' – Volksoper 2006; Vienna State Opera 2007/08 * Nancy – Flotow: ''

Martha Martha (Aramaic language, Aramaic: מָרְתָא‎) is a Bible, biblical figure described in the Gospels of Gospel of Luke, Luke and Gospel of John, John. Together with her siblings Lazarus of Bethany, Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is descr ...

'' – Volksoper Wien 2006 * Hippolyta – Britten: ''

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a Comedy (drama), comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One s ...

'' – Volksoper 2006 * Magdalena – Kienzl: ''

Der Evangelimann ''Der Evangelimann'' (''The Evangelist'') is an opera in two acts by the Austrian composer Wilhelm Kienzl. The libretto, by the composer, is based on short story "". It was adapted in 1924 as a silent film '' The Evangelist''. Composition hist ...

'' – Volksoper 2007 * Giustino – Legrenzi: '' Il Giustino'' – Schwetzingen Festival 2007 * Fenena – Verdi:

Nabucco ''Nabucco'' (; short for ''Nabucodonosor'' , i.e. "Nebuchadnezzar II, Nebuchadnezzar") is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The libretto is based on the biblic ...

– 2007; Vienna State Opera 2008/09; Bavarian State Opera 2011 * Marina Mnischek – Mussorgsky: '' Boris Godunow'' – Vienna State Opera 2007 and 2009 * Mrs. Quickly – Verdi: ''

Falstaff Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays ''Henry IV, Part 1'' and '' Part 2'', w ...

'' – Vienna State Opera 2008 und 2009; Salzburg Festival 2013 * Polina – Tschaikowsky: '' Pique Dame'' – Vienna State Opera 2008 and 2009 * Zweite Norn – Wagner: ''

Götterdämmerung ' (; ''Twilight of the Gods''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86D, is the last of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). I ...

'' – Vienna State Opera 2008/09; Bukarest/Enescu Festival 2013 * Ulrica – Verdi: '' Un ballo in maschera'' – Vienna State Opera 2009 * Brigitta – Korngold: ''

Die tote Stadt (German for ''The Dead City''), Opus number, Op. 12, is an opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957) set to a libretto by Paul Schott, a collective pseudonym for the composer and his father, Julius Korngold. It premiered in ...

'' – Vienna State Opera 2009 * Floßhilde – Wagner: ''

Das Rheingold ''Das Rheingold'' (; ''The Rhinegold''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86A, is the first of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nib ...

'' – Vienna State Opera 2009 * Grimgerde – Wagner: ''

Die Walküre (; ''The Valkyrie''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86B, is the second of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). It was ...

'' – Vienna State Opera 2009 * Olga – Tschaikowsky: '' Eugen Onegin'' – Vienna State Opera 2009 * Clairon – R. Strauss: '' Cappriccio'' – Vienna State Opera 2009 * Herodias – R. Strauss: ''

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'' – Vienna State Opera 2009, 2015 * Waltraute – Wagner: ''Götterdämmerung'' – Vienna State Opera 2009, 2013; Bamberg 2013; Lucerne 2013; Bukarest/Enescu Festival 2013 * Gora – Reimann: ''

'' (premiere) – Vienna State Opera 2010 * Fricka – Wagner: ''Das Rheingold'' – Vienna State Opera 2010, 2014;

Bavarian State Opera The Bavarian State Opera () is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bavarian State Orchestra. History The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under El ...

2013, 2015 * Fricka – Wagner: ''Die Walküre'' – Vienna State Opera 2010, 2014; Bavarian State Opera 2013, 2015; Lucerne 2013; Bukarest/Enescu Festival 2013; Valencia 2013 * Smeton – Donizetti: ''

'' – Vienna State Opera 2011 * Ludmila – Smetana: '' Die verkaufte Braut'' –

styriarte Styriarte (also written styriarte) is an annual summer festival of classical music in Graz and Styria, Austria, established in 1985. It is focused on Early music, Baroque music and music of the Classical period. Intended to showcase the work of Ni ...

2011 * Gaea – R. Strauss: ''

Daphne Daphne (; ; , , ), a figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. There are several versions of the myth in which she appears, but t ...

'' – Vienna State Opera 2011 * Witwe Begbick – Weill: '' Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny'' – Vienna State Opera 2012 * Boulotte – Offenbach: '' Barbe-bleue'' – styriarte 2013 * Brangäne – Wagner: ''

Tristan und Isolde ''Tristan und Isolde'' (''Tristan and Isolde''), WWV 90, is a music drama in three acts by Richard Wagner set to a German libretto by the composer, loosely based on the medieval 12th-century romance ''Tristan and Iseult'' by Gottfried von Stras ...

'' – Vienna State Opera 2013 * Cherubino – Mozart: ''

'' –

Theater an der Wien The is a historic theatre in Vienna located on the Left Wienzeile in the Mariahilf district. Completed in 1801, the theatre has hosted the premieres of many celebrated works of theatre, opera, and symphonic music. Since 2006, it has served prim ...

2014 * Despina – Mozart: ''

Così fan tutte (''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...

'' – Theater an der Wien 2014 * Erda – Wagner: ''Das Rheingold'' – Opera Nomori Festival Tokio 2014

Soprano (1998–2004)

* Susanna – Mozart: ''Le nozze di Figaro'' –

1998 and 1999 * Frau Fluth – Nicolai: ''

Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor ''Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor'', or ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'', is an 1849 opera in three acts by Otto Nicolai to a German libretto by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal based on Shakespeare's play. Published as a comical-fantastical work in thre ...

'' – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien 2000 * Contessa Almaviva – Mozart: ''Le nozze di Figaro'' – 4. Grazer Gartenfestival 2000; Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien 2001; Volksoper Wien 2003 and 2004 * Mme Euterpova – Menotti: '' Help! Help! The Globolinks!'' – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien 2001 * Rosalinde – Strauss: ''Die Fledermaus'' – Akademie für Musik Krakau 2001 * Alcina – Handel: ''

Alcina ''Alcina'' (Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis, HWV 34) is a 1735 opera by George Frideric Handel. Handel used the libretto of ''L'isola di Alcina'', a work set to music in 1728 in Rome by Riccardo Broschi, which he had acquired a year later during his t ...

'' – Junge Oper St. Pölten 2001 * Pamina – Mozart: ''Die Zauberflöte'' – Volksoper Wien 2001, 2002 and 2003; Stadttheater St. Gallen 2012 * Fraarte – Handel: '' Radamisto'' – Salzburger Pfingstfestspiele 2002 * Don Pedro – Massenet: ''

Don Quichotte ''Don Quichotte'' (''Don Quixote'') is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Caïn. It was first performed on 19 February 1910 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Massenet's ''comédie héroïque'', like many dramatiz ...

'' – Wiener Klangbogen 2002 * Vera – Mascagni: '' Si'' – Volksoper Wien 2002 * Olga – Vives: ''

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'' – Volksoper Wien 2002 and 2003 * Donna Elvira – Mozart: ''Don Giovanni'' – Volksoper Wien 2002 and 2004

Discography

CD: *

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

: ''

Via crucis The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Via Dolorosa, Way of Sorrows or the , are a series of fourteen images depicting Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ on the day of Crucifixion of Jesus, his crucifixion and acc ...

'' S 53,

, – Label: Carus * Liszt: 23 Lieder (''Liszt – Roots & Routes''), with (Klavier) – Label:

Preiser Records Preiser Records is an independent Austrian record label. It was founded in 1952 by Otto G. Preiser (1920–1996). The label is particularly important for recordings from the Viennese cabaret scene, especially from the 1950s and 1960s (Helmut Qua ...

, 2011 *

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic music, Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and ...

: ''Lieder'', with Ensemble Amarcord Wien – Label: material records, 2009 *

Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (; ; ; – ) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five (composers), The Five." He was an innovator of Music of Russia, Russian music in the Romantic music, Romantic period and strove to achieve a ...

: Lieder (''Mussorgsky Dis-Covered''), with Tscho Theissing, Arkady Shilkloper, Miki Skuta and Georg Breinschmid – Label: Preiser Records, 2010 * Mussorgsky: ''Lieder'' ('' Kinderstube''), with

Kirill Gerstein Kirill Gerstein () (born 23 October 1979) is a Russian-American concert pianist. He is the sixth recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award. Born in the former Soviet Union, Gerstein is an American citizen based in Berlin. Between 2007-2017, he led p ...

(Klavier) – Label: Preiser Records, 2012 * Hans Sommer: ''Orchesterlieder''; with

Bo Skovhus Bo Skovhus (born 22 May 1962 in Ikast, Denmark) is a Danish opera singer (baritone). Skovhus studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, at the Royal Academy for Opera of Copenhagen and in New York with Oren Brown. While studying vo ...

(baritone),

Bamberger Symphoniker The Bamberg Symphony (German: Bamberger Symphoniker – Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie) is a renowned German orchestra top-class orchestra that has been residing in Bamberg since its foundation in 1946 and travels the world as a touring orchestra. ...

, conductor:

Sebastian Weigle Sebastian Weigle (born 1961, in East Berlin) is a German conductor and horn player. He is currently principal conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. Biography Weigle is a nephew of the conductor and music educator Jörg-Peter Weigle ...

– Label: Tudor, 2012 * ''frauen.leben.liebe'' –

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

– with Eduard Kutrowatz (Klavier) – Label: Preiser Records, 2014 * ''Wer wagt mich zu höhnen? – Ein Ständchen für Richard Wagner und Giuseppe Verdi'' – with Amarcord Wien – Label: ORF, 2014 DVD: * Bach: ''

'' BWV 248,

, Bach-Collegium München,

– Label: Obligat, 2005 (2 DVD) * Beethoven: ''

Missa solemnis is Latin for Solemn Mass.Mass
, ''Catholic Encyclopedia''. N.p., Appleton, 1910. 797. and is a genre of < ...

'',

– Label: Unitel Classica, 2013 * Donizetti: ''

'' (role: Smeton), Wiener Staatsoper, Evelino Pidò – Label: Deutsche Grammophon, 2011 (2 DVD) * Aribert Reimann: ''

'' (role: Gora), Wiener Staatsoper,

Michael Boder Michael Boder (9 November 1958 – 7 April 2024) was a German conductor of opera and concert who worked internationally. He was music director of the Basel Opera from 1989 to 1993, of the Liceu in Barcelona from 2008 to 2012, and principal cond ...

– Label: Arthaus, 2010 (DVD) * Smetana: '' Die verkaufte Braut'' (Rolle: Ludmila), styriarte, Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Label: Styriarte Festival Edition, 2012 (DVD) * Verdi: ''

'' (role: Fenena), Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen, Robert Herzl – Label: Euroarts, 2007 (DVD) * Verdi: ''

'' (role: Mrs. Quickly), Salzburg Festival, Zubin Mehta – Label: Unitel Classica, 2013 (DVD)

References

External links

*
Elisabeth Kulman
Operabase

Bach Cantatas Website

Münchner Philharmoniker The Munich Philharmonic () is a German symphony orchestra located in the city of Munich. It is one of Munich's four principal orchestras, along with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Radio Orchestra and the Bavarian State Orche ...

Interview, 01/2008: Elisabeth Kulman, Der Beruf hat mich gewählt
(interview, in German) Der neue Merker, January 2008
"Salzburg zahlt wieder"
(interview, (in German) crescendo.de
Mussorgsky Dis-Covered

Photos
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Ein köstliches Pasticcio
(in German) Kleine Zeitung, 7 July 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kulman, Elisabeth Austrian operatic sopranos Austrian operatic mezzo-sopranos Singers from Vienna People from Oberpullendorf District University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni 1973 births Living people 21st-century Austrian women opera singers