Georg Zeppenfeld (born 1970) is a German operatic

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Life

Born in Attendorn, Zeppenfeld studied first music and Germanistik at the , then

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and opera singing at the music academies in Detmold and

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, and then with

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Hans Sotin. About his voice training the singer said: "As a Westphalian one is not necessarily born for operatic singing. Where we speak, i.e. in the back of the throat, is not normally where one sings. It took a long time and a lot of patience from my voice teacher before I understood how to bring the voice forward." Zeppenfeld was awarded the title Sächsischer Kammersänger (Staatsoper Dresden) in 2015.

Discography

There are numerous recordings of Zeppenfeld's work, among them Verdi's Messa da Requiem, published live by

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from the Dresden Semperoper and on DVD under the direction of Daniele Gatti on the 60th anniversary of the destruction of Dresden. CD recordings were made for Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Oehms Classics and others, radio and television productions with Westdeutscher, Mitteldeutscher, Norddeutscher and Bayerischer Rundfunk, Deutschlandfunk, ORF, 3sat, arte, R.T. Svizzera Italiana, Radio France among others.Gerog Zeppenfeld
on JP^C

References

External links

Georg Zeppenfeld
Salzburger Festspiele
Georg Zeppenfeld
Bayreuther Festspiele
Recordings on Operabase
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeppenfeld, Georg 1970 births Living people People from Olpe (district) German operatic basses 20th-century German male opera singers 21st-century German male opera singers