Ruth Ziesak
In the early 1990s, soprano Ruth Ziesak quickly established an international career in lyric soprano operatic roles, and as a song recitalist and concert singer.
She was born in the scenic Taunus Mountains region of Germany. In 1982 she began her vocal studies with Elsa Cavelti at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst at Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She won a government study stipend in 1986, and in 1987 won the International Walther Grunner Prize in London.
This led to her first professional engagement when she joined the roster of the Stadttheater of Heidelberg in 1988. In 1990 she moved to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein of Düsseldorf-Duisberg. In that year, she also won First Prize in the Lieder category of the 's-Hertogenbosch Competition. She made her debut as a Lieder recitalist in 1991 at the Vienna Konzerthaus.
In 1991, she sang the role of Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Salzburg Festival under the direction of Sir Georg Solti. This highly successful performance brought her to international attention. Within the next two years, she debuted at La Scala, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the German State Opera in Berlin, the Dresden Semperoper, the Stuttgart Opera, Teatro Communale of Florence, and the Vienna State Opera. In 1993, she sang at the Bastille Opera of Paris for the first time, as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro. Her Hamburg State Opera debut was in the same year, as the Baroness in Der Wildschütz by Lortzing. Other major operatic roles include Ännchen in Weber's Der Freischütz and Sophie in Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier. Her London debut was as Ighino in Palestrina by Hans Pfitzner, at Covent Garden in a production that was later taken to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
She is a frequent Lieder recitalist, often accompanied by Gerold Huber, singing in many major cities of the world. Lieder recordings that Ziesak has made include songs of Wolf, Strauss, Debussy, Reimann, Schubert, and Zemlinsky. She also sings regularly in concerts with orchestras including the Orchestre de Paris, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Her concert work recordings include Beethoven's Ninth, Haydn's oratorios and the "Timpani Mass," Bach cantatas and the Christmas Oratorio, Catulli Carmina by Orff, sacred music by Mozart, and Stradella's Christmas Oratorio.
She also appears in major festivals in Europe (Salzburg, Berlin Festival, Frankfurt Festival, the Ludwigsburger Festival) and in Japan.
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Artistas semelhantes
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Bach : Weihnachts-Oratorium
Classical - Lançado por CapriccioNR em 27 de dez. de 2000
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Mahler: Symphony No.2
Ruth Ziesak, Charlotte Hellekant, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1994
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Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) (Live In Chicago / 1992)
Sir Georg Solti, Ruth Ziesak, Uwe Heilmann, René Pape, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 4 de dez. de 1993
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Bach, J.S.: Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen / Melani, A.: Qual Mormorio Giocondo / Scarlatti, A.: Su Le Sponde Del Tebro
Ruth Ziesak, Reinhold Friedrich, Budapest Strings, Károly Botvay
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por CapriccioNR em 1 de jan. de 1998
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Cherubini: Messe solennelle Nr. 2 d-Moll
Classical - Lançado por Carus em 1 de ago. de 2020
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Gloria in Excelsis Deo: Festive Christmas Music (Live)
Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie, Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode, Ruth Ziesak, Thomas Clamor, Ensemble Sonora
Christmas Music - Lançado por Accentus Music em 28 de out. de 2014
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Cantates pour soprano & trompette (Jauchzet Gott)
Classical - Lançado por Phoenix Edition em 29 de jul. de 2008
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Telemann: Fortsetzung des Harmonischen Gottesdienstes
Ruth Ziesak, Sabine Bauer, Camerata Köln
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 11 de out. de 2004
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Edition des Lieder (Intégrale, volume 13)
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 5 de jun. de 2003
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Schumann: Genoveva
Ruth Ziesak, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Opera - Lançado por Warner Classics International em 20 de jun. de 1997
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Mozart, W.A.: Opera Arias
Ruth Ziesak, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Marcus Creed
Opera - Lançado por CapriccioNR em 1 de jan. de 1999
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Symphonie n°2 "Lobgesang"
Ruth Ziesak, Mojca Erdmann, Christian Elsner, MDR Rundfunkchor - Risto Joost, MDR-Sinfonieorchester, Jun Märkl
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de dez. de 2010
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Tunder, F.: Ach, Herr Lass Deine Lieben Engelein / Reincken, J.A.: Suite No. 6 / Baltzar, T.: Airs
Ruth Ziesak, Georg Kallweit, Berliner Barock Compagney
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por CapriccioNR em 1 de jan. de 2005
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Edition des Lieder (Intégrale, volume 7)
Roman Trekel, Ruth Ziesak, Ulrich Eisenlohr
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Naxos em 4 de fev. de 2002
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Mahler-Werfel: Complete Songs - Zemlinsky: Songs, Op. 7
Iris Vermillion, Christian Elsner, Ruth Ziesak, Cord Garben
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 1 de jan. de 2000
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LISZT, F.: Lieder (Ziesak, Huber)
Classical - Lançado por Berlin Classics em 16 de mai. de 2008
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Weihnachten mit "Hänsel und Gretel"
Donald Runnicles, Jennifer Larmore, Ruth Ziesak, Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Classical - Lançado por Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group em 18 de ago. de 2023
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Pergolesi, Mozart, Bach
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi em 27 de ago. de 2009
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Canzonetten
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por CapriccioNR em 1 de ago. de 2009
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Loewe: Lieder & Balladen, Vol. 10
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por CPO em 1 de jan. de 1998
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Ein Deutsches Requiem
Ruth Ziesak, Konrad Jarnot, Münchener Bach-Chor, Friedemann Winklhofer, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Hansjorg Albrecht
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por Oehms Classics em 1 de fev. de 2011
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