Annette Jahns was a German operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto, and opera director, based at the Semperoper in Dresden.
11 Facts About Annette Jahns
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Annette Jahns appeared at international opera houses and festivals, with a focus on contemporary music including world premieres.
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Annette Jahns taught at the Hochschule fur Musik Carl Maria von Weber, Dresden.
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Annette Jahns appeared there, in addition to classical contralto and mezzo-soprano roles, in world premieres, such as Sarah Chatterton in Thomas Chatterton by Matthias Pintscher on 25 May 1998, repeated at the Volksoper in Vienna.
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Annette Jahns performed in the world premiere of Peter Ruzicka's Celan on 25 March 2001.
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Annette Jahns portrayed the title role in Bettina by Friedrich Schenker to a libretto by Karl Mickel, premiered at the Theater im Palast in Berlin on 2 September 1987, and recorded.
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Since 1999, Annette Jahns worked as a freelance singer and director.
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Annette Jahns directed Puccini's Madama Butterfly in Dresden in 2003.
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Annette Jahns taught at the Hochschule fur Musik Carl Maria von Weber from 1995.
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Annette Jahns worked as secretary of the performing arts and film class at the Sachsische Akademie der Kunste from 2005 to 2008.
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Annette Jahns died from a long illness in Dresden on 11 September 2020 at age 62.