Ute Vinzing was born on 9 September, 1936 and is a German dramatic soprano who received the title Kammersangerin.
17 Facts About Ute Vinzing
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Ute Vinzing is known for roles such as Wagner's Brunnhilde, Isolde, Ortrud and Kundry, and for Elektra and the Dyer's Wife by Richard Strauss, which she performed at international stages.
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Ute Vinzing then took private singing lessons, first with Elisabeth Boeker in Ludenscheid.
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Ute Vinzing then received an audition from Wieland Wagner, who recommended her to Bernhard Klee, then Generalmusikdirektor at the Theater Lubeck, who made her a member of the ensemble.
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From 1971 to 1976, Ute Vinzing joined the ensemble of the Opernhaus Wuppertal directed by Kurt Horres, where she expanded her dramatic roles.
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In June 1981 Ute Vinzing sang Siegfried-Brunnhilde at the Staatstheater Hannover "with a luminous voice"; "she unfolded a tremendous power and got a lot out of the part in acting".
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Ute Vinzing was compared in vocal and playing intensity to the soprano Ursula Schroder-Feinen, who was considered in Berlin as the unsurpassed soprano in this role.
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In September 1988, Ute Vinzing was Elektra when Ruth Hesse made her role debut as Klytamnestra.
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In September 1990 Ute Vinzing performed again as Elektra at the DOB during a guest performance of the Semperoper at the Berliner Festspiele in Dresden.
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Ute Vinzing sang with "sufficient volume and perseverance to endure the whole opera without signs of fatigue".
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Ute Vinzing appeared at the Hamburg State Opera as Leonore in Beethoven's Fidelio, as Kundry and the Dyer's Wife.
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Ute Vinzing appeared at the Semperoper in Dresden as Elektra, at the Oper Bonn as Elektra and as the Dyer's Wife.
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Between 1976 and 1991, Ute Vinzing made guest appearances in over 30 performances at the Vienna State Opera, including Senta, Leonore in Fidelio, Elektra, Dyer's Wife, Kundry, Brunnhilde and Isolde.
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In 1977, Ute Vinzing performed at the Paris Opera as Brunnhilde in Die Walkure.
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Ute Vinzing sang excerpts from Die Walkure and Gotterdammerung, in which her long-time stage colleagues Donald McIntyre and Spas Wenkoff were her partners.
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Ute Vinzing was esteemed as a dramatic soprano, and as a Wagner singer.
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Ute Vinzing was one of the few "real highly dramatic singers" in the German-speaking world.