Sophie Koch was born on 19 February 1969 and is a French operatic mezzo-soprano who made an international career, performing Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Royal Opera House, the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss at the Semperoper in Dresden, and Charlotte in Massenet's Werther at the Paris Opera, among others.
13 Facts About Sophie Koch
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Sophie Koch has performed in concert and recital, and made recordings.
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Sophie Koch's family is from Alsace-Lorraine, and her great-grandfather was German.
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Sophie Koch started playing the piano at the age of 7, studied it for 15 years and sang in a choir.
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Sophie Koch won first prize in the International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch in 1994 and was awarded the Christel-Goltz Prize by the Semperoper in Dresden in 2001.
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Sophie Koch appeared as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss at the Vienna State Opera in 1999, which became her signature role.
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Sophie Koch performed another trousers role by Strauss, the Composer in his Ariadne auf Naxos at the Semperoper in Dresden.
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Sophie Koch appeared at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni.
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Sophie Koch performed at the Teatro Real in Madrid, La Scala in Milan, the Opera de Monte-Carlo, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Salzburg Festival, where she made her debut as Zerlina in 2000.
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In Wagner stage works, Sophie Koch appeared as Venus in Tannhauser at the Opera Bastille in 2011.
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Sophie Koch was Fricka there in Das Rheingold and Die Walkure, and Waltraute in Gotterdammerung.
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Sophie Koch performed the title role of Gluck's Alceste in 2013, conducted by Marc Minkowski, alongside Yann Beuron and Roberto Alagna.
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Sophie Koch made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in the 2014 season, again as Charlotte alongside Kaufmann in Werther.