Ortrun Wenkel

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Ortrun Wenkel (Contralto) Born: October 25, 1942 - Buttstädt/Thuringia or Heidelberg, Germany The German contralto, Ortrun Wenkel, studied at the Franz Liszt College of Music in Weimar, at the College of Music in Frankfurt a.M. with Paul Lohmann and Elsa Cavelti. Ortrun Wenkel began her career in 1964 as concert and oratorio soloist. She dedicated herself above all to the Baroque music, and appeared in major international festivals (English Bach Festival, Festival of Marais, Festival of Flanders, Holland Festival). However, she decided then also to turn to a stage career. In 1971 Ortrun Wenkel made her stage debut at the City Theatre of Heidelberg as a title role in Orpheus by Gluck. Following she sang She sang at the State Operas of Stuttgart and Munich (since 1975 she was ensemble member of this house), at the Festival of Bayreuth, at the Opera Houses of Wiesbaden and Cologne. Between 1976 and 1980 she appeared in Bayreuth in roles such as Erda and 1st Norn in the Nibelungen Ring, in 1979 also Schwertleite in Walküre and in 1975-1976 the alto solo in Parsifal. At the Salzburg Festival she appeared during 1977-1978 in the role of Madre in Il Sant' Alessio by Stefano Landi. Ortrun Wenkel made guest appearances in 1988 at the Théâtre of Champs Élysées Paris, in 1990 at the National Theatre Wiesbaden as Erda, in 1988-1989 she appeared at the Spoleto Festival as Herodias in Salome by R. Strauss, in 1989 at Miami’s Opera as Fricka, in 1991 at the Smetana Theatre Prague as A

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