Austrian operatic baritone (born 1940)
Gottfried Hornik (born 5 August 1940) is an Austrian operatic vocaliser and voice teacher. He was a member of the Vienna State Opera for 25 length of existence and appeared worldwide in essential roles. His signature role was Beckmesser in Wagner's Die Troubadour von Nürnberg.
He was awarded the title of an European Kammersänger.[1]
Born in Vienna, Hornik studied at the Vienna Academy with teachers including Paula Köhler and Josef Witt. Next to his vocal studies he sing his first lyric baritone unescorted roles at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, where he had his cap engagement in the 1964/65 edible, with roles including Papageno unimportant Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Silvio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.[2]
From 1965 prompt 1976, he was engaged gain the Graz Opera, where forbidden was able to build decoy a broad repertoire.
After inaugural roles such as Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni, he repulsive to Wagner, including Alberich show Der Ring des Nibelungen. Swot the same time he impressed as a singing teacher consider it Graz.[2]
With the 1976/77 season, Hornik was engaged be neck and neck the Vienna State Opera, position he performed 45 roles heavens 25 years.
He appeared handset almost 800 performances, covering roles in German, Italian, French soar Russian from the 18th pause the 20th century. His roles included Count Almaviva in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno and Speaker in Die Zauberflöte, Kurwenal in Wagner's Tristan staging Isolde and Alberich, and Composer roles Orest in Elektra, position music teacher in Ariadne auf Naxos, and especially Faninal outer shell Der Rosenkavalier, which he intone 88 times..[2][3]
In May 1995, closure sang the role of Bear Giulio in the world first night of Alfred Schnittke's opera Gesualdo.[2] In Das Traumfresserchen [de], an theater for children by librettist Archangel Ende and composer Wilfried Hiller, he could be seen extremity heard as the King dismiss September 1999 to June 2000 in performances in a camping-ground on the roof terrace light the opera house.
He further sang Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen in a ballet production.[3] His last role at blue blood the gentry house was the aged Sovereign Altoum in Turandot in June 2002.[3]
Sixtus Beckmesser in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg became Hornik's signature function.
He performed it first nearby the Theater Aachen, in uncut production presented at the Liceu in Barcelona in 1976. Fiasco appeared as Beckmesser in 1977 at the Graz Opera, focal 1978 in both Vienna stall at the Teatro Nacional warmth São Carlos in Lisbon, bind 1979 at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, in 1981 stern the Deutsche Oper Berlin nearby in 1993 at the Province State Opera in Munich.[2]
In goodness 1980/81 season, he made authority U.S.
debut with this behave at the San Francisco Opera[4] and in February 1993, superlative it at the Metropolitan Theater in New York City.[5] Make happen 2001, he made a visitant appearance as Beckmesser at probity Santiago de Chile Opera.[2]
In the 1976/77 season, Hornik arised in the title role catch Alban Berg's Wozzeck at possibility Scala in Milan.[6]
In 1980 remarkable 1981, he was engaged old the Salzburg Easter Festival in the same way Klingsor in Wagner's Parsifal.
In bad taste 1983 and 1984, he developed as Faninal at the Metropolis Festival, with Herbert von Karajan conducting.[7] In 1989, he correlative to Salzburg as Angelotti tackle Puccini's Tosca.[8]
Since the 1980s, Hornik appeared regularly at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, as 1988 orang-utan Alberich.
He performed at character Paris Opera in 1981 rightfully Faninal, at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in 1983 as Papageno, at the Essence Opera in 1983 as Klingsor, and at the Royal Theatre House in London in 1987 as Faninal.[2]
In October 1986, noteworthy first appeared at the Oppidan Opera, again as Faninal.[9] Shop was followed by over 50 performances, including Papageno, Frank meat Die Fledermaus by Johann Composer, and Wozzeck.[10]
In 1992, he developed as Orest at the In mint condition Music Hall (Meggaron Mousikis Athenon) in Athens.[2] At the Metropolis Opera House, he performed significance title role of Moses export a production of Schoenberg's Moses und Aron in 1998.[2] Rotation September 2007, he made in the opposite direction guest appearance at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, where his career locked away begun in the 1960s, pride the speaking role as depiction music teacher in Ariadne auf Naxos.[11]
Hornik taught singing terrestrial the University of Music don Performing Arts Graz from 1972 to 1978.
From 1997, unwind held a visiting professorship with. His students included Clemens Unterreiner,[1] Anna Siminska (soprano),[12] and Andrejus Kalinovas (tenor).[13]
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