Johannes Martin Kränzle
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Birthplace:
Augsburg, Germany
Studies:
Violin with Rudolph Koeckert at the conservatory in Augsburg, musical theater directing in Hamburg and singing with Martin Gründler at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt am Main
Teaching:
Visiting professor at the Cologne University of Music (since 2013), honorary visiting professor in Natal, Brazil (since 1991), various master classes
Prizes:
"Singer of the Year" in the OPERNWELT critics' poll (2011), "Singer of the Year " in the OPERNWELT critics' poll (2018), Der deutsche Theaterpreis DER FAUST (2019 and nomination : 2010), Cologne Opera Prize (2011), winner of the Primo Grande Premio in Rio de Janeiro (1991), winner of the international singing competitions in Vercelli (Viotti), Perpignan and Paris (Placido Domingo). 3rd prize at the composition competition in Berlin for Der Wurm (1997)
Important parts:
Wozzeck (Wozzeck), Blaubart (Bartok), Alberich (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Amfortas, Klingsor (Parsifal), Beckmesser (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Siskov (Aus einem Totenhaus), Prus (Die Sache Makropulos), Griasnoj (Die Zarenbraut), Bolkonski (Krieg und Frieden), Tomsky (Pique Dame), Ford (Falstaff), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Dandini (La Cenerentola), Don Alfonso and Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Conte Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Papageno (The Magic Flute), Pizarro (Fidelio), Secretary (The Young Lord), Vershinin (Tri Sestri) Nietzsche (Dionysus), Bill (Mahagonny), Paolo (Simone Boccanegra), et al.
Stages:
Permanent engagements: Theater Dortmund, Hanover State Opera and Frankfurt Opera.
Hamburg State Opera, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Berlin State Opera, Bavarian State Opera Munich, Metropolitan Opera New York, La Scala Milan, Royal Opera House London, National Opera de Paris, Teatro Real Madrid, San Francisco Opera, Bayreuth Festival, Salzburg Festival, Bregenz Festival, Glyndebourne Festival, Lucerne Festival, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Nicolas Brieger, Richard Jones, Barrie Kosky, Harry Kupfer, Christof Loy, David McVicar, David Mouchtar-Samorai, Dmitri Tscherniakov, Keith Warner, Jossi Wieler, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Daniel Barenboim, Simeon Bychkov, Bernard Haitink, Marek Janowsky, Philippe Jordan, Wladimir Jurowsky, Kent Nagano, James Levine, Fabio Luisi, Ingo Metzmacher, Sir Antonio Pappano, Kirill Petrenko, Donald Runnicles, et al.
