Wolf Matthias Friedrich
Born
Schönheide, Germany
EducationMusikhochschule Leipzig
Occupations
Websitewolfmatthiasfriedrich.de

Wolf Matthias Friedrich is a classical singer of baritone and bass roles, especially of Early music and Baroque music.

Friedrich studied at the Musikhochschule Leipzig.[1] In 1980, he was the winner of the International Dvorák Competition in Karlovy Vary.[2] From 1982 to 1986 Friedrich was a member of the Opera Studio of the Dresden State Opera.[2] The bass has made guest appearances at the Dresden Music Festival, the Handel Festival in Halle, the Schwetzingen Festival as well as in Berlin, Hanover, Potsdam, Edinburgh and Australia.[1] In 2000, he performed the role of Pluto in the first modern revival of Giovanni Legrenzi's La divisione del mondo at the Schwetzingen Festival.[3] He has focused on Baroque operas.[4] He has often collaborated with the conductor Alessandro De Marchi.[4] In 2002/03, he appeared as Licomede in Handel's Deidamia at the Handel Festival in Halle, conducted by De Marchi.[2] In the 2006/07 season Friedrich performed the role of Publio in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito in a production by Ursel and Karl-Ernst Herrmann, and under the musical direction of De Marchi at the Estates Theatre in Prague.[2] He worked with Norman Shetler in various lied projects, including Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn and Carl Loewe).[2] His recordings have included Schubert’s Schwanengesang.[5] He works regularly with the ensembles Musica Fiata and Cantus Cölln,[5] also as a member of Cantus Cölln.[6][7] In 2002, Friedrich was one of the co-founders of the Kerll-Rosenmüller Festival, which was held annually from 2002 to 2006 to promote the musical heritage of the Baroque composers Johann Caspar Kerll, Johann Rosenmüller and Sebastian Knüpfer.[8]

Opera productions

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wolf Matthias Friedrich". Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Wolf Matthias Friedrich · Duisburger Philharmoniker · Spielzeit 2020/2021". Duisburger Philharmoniker · Spielzeit 2020/2021 (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Review: La divisione del mondo". Early Music Review (66): 10–11. 2000.
  4. 1 2 "Wolf Matthias Friedrich". Theater und Orchester Heidelberg (in German). 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Wolf Matthias Friedrich". Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Cantus Cölln, Abschiedstournee mit Motetten von Johann Sebastian Bach". Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Biographie". CANTUS CÖLLN (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Wolf Matthias Friedrich – Biographie". CANTUS CÖLLN (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Wolf Matthias Friedrich" (in German). Freunde Alter Musik Basel. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  10. ↑ Miller, Andrew (25 September 2012). "Monteverdi's L'Orfeo with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra". Hudson-Housatonic Arts. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Dafne". Opéra Baroque (in French). 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "La Divisione del Mondo". Opéra Baroque (in French). 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Halle: Händel-Festspiele 2002". Deidamia / Online Musik Magazin (in German). 19 June 2000. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  14. ↑ Wallach, Larry (23 August 2011). "McGegan and the Philharmonia Baroque Doing Handel's Orlando at Tanglewood—Less is More". Hudson-Housatonic Arts. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "Admeto". Kulturstiftung des Bundes (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  16. ↑ "Vatermord – Kammeroper in neun Episoden". db.musicaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
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