Simone Kermes
German coloratura soprano Simone Kermes is a specialist in Baroque and early Classical opera.
A native of Leipzig, she attended the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn," where she studied with Helga Forner, and earned two degrees with distinction. Kermes has performed leads in operas by Handel, such as Alcina, Deidamia, and Rodelinda, as well as various Mozart roles, including Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. Other parts have included Laodice in Alessandro Scarlatti's Mitridate Eupatore, and Rosalinde in Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus. Kermes appeared at the 2000 revival of Legrenzi's three-act opera La divisione del mondo at the Schwetzingen Festival, singing the role of Cinzia. She has appeared at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, the Bonn Opera, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. Kermes has also been a guest artist at the Bachfest Leipzig, the Bachfest Bonn, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Festa de Musica in Lisbon, the Ruhrtriennale, the Triennale di Colonia, Prague Autumn, and Resonanzen Vienna. She has sung in concerts with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Venice Baroque Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, the Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Il Complesso Barocco, and the Flanders Symphony Orchestra. Kermes has recorded on Sony Classical, RCA Red Seal, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Archiv Produktion, and Capriccio Records, among other labels.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Mio caro Händel
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on Feb 8, 2019
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Inferno e Paradiso
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on Feb 7, 2020
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Dramma (Airs de De majo, Porpora, Leo, Hasse, Pergolèse, Handel)
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on Aug 17, 2012
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Handel: Rodelinda
Simone Kermes, Marijana Mijanovic, Steve Davislim, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on Jan 1, 2005
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Simone Kermes: Bel Canto
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on Oct 18, 2013
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Handel, G.F.: Opera Arias (La Diva)
Opera - Released by Berlin Classics on Mar 13, 2009
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Lava - Opera Arias From 18th Century Naples
Vocal Recitals - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Aug 6, 2009
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Colori d'Amore
Vocal Recitals - Released by Sony Classical on Oct 15, 2010
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Viva! Simone Kermes Sings Vivaldi
Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on Jan 1, 2011
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Händel-Arien
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Nov 16, 2003
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Vivaldi: Amor profano
Simone Kermes, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon
Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on Jan 1, 2007
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Vivaldi:Motets RV 627, 632, 630, 626
Simone Kermes, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon
Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on Jan 1, 2007
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Simone Kermes Great Vivaldi Arias
Antonio Vivaldi, Simone Kermes
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on Aug 15, 2020
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Archiv Produktion - Simone Kermes
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on May 8, 2021
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Joseph Martin Kraus : La Primavera, cantate per una primadonna
Classical - Released by Phoenix Edition on Jun 19, 2008
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Blood Wedding
Classical - Released by Danica Records on Jan 1, 2011
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Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84 & Ah perfido!, Op. 65
Simone Kermes, Christian Quadflieg, Christoph-Mathias Müller
Classical - Released by RCA Red Seal on Nov 22, 2013
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Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626
Classical - Released by alpha on Mar 14, 2011
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Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84 & Ah perfido!, Op. 65
Simone Kermes, Christian Quadflieg, Christoph-Mathias Müller
Classical - Released by RCA Red Seal on Nov 22, 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo