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Rosemarie Lang
12+ albums
operagermanmezzo-soprano
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Rosemarie Lang (21 May 1947 – 12 January 2017) was a German operatic mezzo-soprano. Life: Born in Grünstädtel, Lang studied at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig with Elisabeth Breul, Eva Schubert-Hoffmann and Helga Forner. At the 1969 Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers she won 2nd prize, and at the 1972 International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition she won 1st prize ("Bach Prize Winner"), both in the "Ladies' Singing" category. She began her stage career at the Theater Altenburg Gera [de], and from 1972 she was an ensemble member of the Oper Leipzig. In 1987, she moved to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. She made her debut there as Clytemnestra in Gluck's Iphigenia in Aulis. She remained an ensemble member of the Staatsoper until her retirement from the stage for health reasons in 2009. Guest appearances took her to the Salzburg Festival and the Vienna State Opera, among others. In addition to her operatic activities, she also cultivated concert, lied and oratorio singing. Numerous radio and recordings document her artistic activity. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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J.S. Bach: Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig BWV 26/Kantate am Sonntag nach Trinitatis/Cantata for the 24th Sunday after Sunday/3. Recitativo/Die Freude wird zur Traurigkeit
442Eugene Onegin, Op.24 / Act 1: Peasants' Chorus and Dance. "Bolyat moyi skori nozhenki so pokhodushki" - "Uzh kak po mostu, mostochku"
173Eugene Onegin, Op.24 / Act 1: Scene. "Nu ti, moya vostrushka"
164J.S. Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus tragicus) Kantate BWV 106/Heute wirst du mit mir im Paradies sein (Arioso/Choral)
145Eugene Onegin, Op.24 / Act 1: Closing scene. "A, vot i vi!"
136J.S. Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus tragicus) Kantate BWV 106/In deine Hände befehle ich meinen Geist (Aria)
137Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op.24 / Act 1 - Peasants' Chorus and Dance. "Bolyat moyi skori nozhenki so pokhodushki" - "Uzh kak po mostu, mostochku"
128Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op.24 / Act 1 - Scene. "Nu ti, moya vostrushka"
109Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op.24 / Act 1 - Closing scene. "A, vot i vi!"
810J.S. Bach: Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig BWV 26/Kantate am Sonntag nach Trinitatis/Cantata for
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Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Kantaten BWV 80, BWV 137, BWV 26
WAGNER / NYSTROEM / ELGAR: Lieder
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Musik zur Osterzeit/ Music For Eastertide
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Mendelssohn: Paulus
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Mahler: 10 Symphonies
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Mozart: Complete Edition Box 10: Missae, Requiem etc (11 CDs)
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J.S. Bach: Markus-Passion BWV 247
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Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel
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Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin (2 CD's)
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Jauchze, jubilier und singe (Choral music from the Eighteenth century)
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas - BWV 26, 173, 173a (Rotzsch)