Iris Vermillion took master classes with Erik Werba, Christa Ludwig and Hermann Prey.
10 Facts About Iris Vermillion
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Iris Vermillion worked first at the Staatstheater Braunschweig and was engaged from 1988 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin by Gotz Friedrich.
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Iris Vermillion was known internationally by performances of Mozart parts with Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Amsterdam, Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro.
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Iris Vermillion collaborated with Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim and Giuseppe Sinopoli.
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Iris Vermillion was awarded the prize Der Faust for her performance in the title role of Othmar Schoeck's Penthesilea at the Semperoper in 2008.
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Iris Vermillion's recordings include operas such as Mozart's Idomeneo and Salome by Richard Strauss.
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Iris Vermillion recorded in 1996 the leading female role Bianca in Zemlinsky's Eine florentinische Tragodie, alongside Heinz Kruse as Guido and Albert Dohmen as Simone, with Riccardo Chailly conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
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Iris Vermillion participated in a 1997 recording of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg which was awarded the Grammy 1998 as Best Opera Recording.
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Iris Vermillion recorded Mahler's symphony in a version by Hermann Behn for two pianos, performed by soprano Daniela Bechly, pianists Christiane Behn and Mathias Weber, and the Harvestehuder Kammerchor, conducted by Claus Bantzer.
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Iris Vermillion performed and recorded concerts with the Gachinger Kantorei for the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, including in 2000 Wolfgang Rihm's Deus passus, with Juliane Banse, Cornelia Kallisch, Christoph Pregardien, Andreas Schmidt and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, conducted by Helmuth Rilling, and in 2002 Beethoven's Symphony No 9 with Camilla Nylund, Jonas Kaufmann and Franz-Josef Selig, conducted by Roger Norrington.