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Werner Güra
12+ albums
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Werner Güra (born 1964 in Munich) is a German classical tenor in opera, concert and Lied, also an academic teacher in Zurich.He studied at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. He continued his studies with Kurt Widmer at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel and with Margreet Honig in Amsterdam. He took courses in acting with Ruth Berghaus and Theo Adam. On the opera stage he performed as a guest artist at the Frankfurt Opera and the Theater Basel. He was a member of the Semperoper in Dresden from 1994 to 1999, singing especially parts of Mozart and Rossini. Since 1998 he has been a guest at the Staatsoper Berlin. In concert he performed in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with Philippe Herreweghe at the Salzburg Festival. He also collaborated with conductors such as Peter Schreier, Wolfgang Gönnenwein and Friedemann Layer.[1] In 2002 he recorded the tenor arias in Bach's St Matthew Passion, conducted by Enoch zu Guttenberg, with Marcus Ullmann as the Evangelist and Klaus Mertens as Jesus. In 2004 he appeared at the Rheingau Musik Festival in Handel's Messiah, with the choir and orchestra Bamberger Symphony conducted by Rolf Beck in Eberbach Abbey, recorded live. In 2008 he sang in Mendelssohn’s Paulus with the Kammerchor Stuttgart and the Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart, conducted by Frieder Bernius, at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf. In 2009 he appeared again at the Rheingau Musik Festival in Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri. In the field of historically informed performance, Güra was the
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Matthäus-Passion : Erster Teil, 2. Evangelista, Jesus Da Jesus diese Rede vollendet hatte
462Matthäus-Passion : Erster Teil, 11. Evangelista, Jesus, Judas Er antwortete und sprach
343Matthäus-Passion : Erster Teil, 4a. Evangelista Da versammleten sich die Hohenpriester 4b. Chorus I II Ja nicht auf das Fest 4c. Evangelista Da nun
314Matthäus-Passion : Erster Teil, 7. Evangelista, Judas Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer
285Matthäus-Passion : Erster Teil, 9a. Evangelista Aber am ersten Tage der süßen Brot 9b. Chorus I Wo willst du, daß wir dir bereiten 9c. Evangelista, J
216Matthäus-Passion : Zweiter Teil, 38a. Evangelista, Ancilla I II, Petrus Petrus aber saß draußen im Palast 38b. Chorus II – Evangelista, Petrus Wahr
207Matthäus-Passion : Erster Teil, 28. Evangelista, Jesus Und siehe, einer aus denen
208Matthäus-Passion : Erster Teil, 14. Evangelista, Jesus Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten
199Matthäus-Passion : Erster Teil, 16. Evangelista, Petrus, Jesus Petrus aber antwortete
1910Matthäus-Passion : Erster Teil, 18. Evangelista, Jesus Da kam Jesus mit ihnen zu einem Hofe
18albums
Brahms, Clara & Robert Schumann: Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden
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J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Matthäus-Passion)
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Schumann & Brahms: Vocal Quartets
Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden - Lieder by Clara & Robert Schumann & Brahms
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Schumann: Dichterliebe
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Beethoven: The Symphonies
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Brahms, Clara & Robert Schumann : Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden
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Beethoven: Lieder & Bagatellen
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Schubert: Winterreise D.911
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Lyrisches Intermezzo
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Schubert: Willkommen und Abschied
Schubert: Schwanengesang