Carolin Fortenbacher
| Carolin Fortenbacher | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
26 June 1963 Hamburg, Germany |
| Genres |
Musical Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Actress Singer |
| Years active | 1990s – present |
| Labels | Warner Music |
| Associated acts | La Fortenbachen & die Carolinger |
| Website | www.carolin-fortenbacher.de |
Carolin Fortenbacher (born 26 June 1963 in Hamburg) is a German Musical actress and singer. She has had a leading role for five years in the musical Mamma Mia! in Hamburg.
First Fortenbacher began training as make-up and cosmetic artist, before her introduction to ballet and musical training with Monika Radler in the Volker Ullmann Studio, and then the Stage School of Dance and Drama. Additionally her voice was trained by Liliana Aabye.
Fortenbacher's different musical styles include soul, jazz, pop and rock, and also opera. Audiences know her both for her musical roles and for classical parts. In the Hamburg performance of The Magic Flute she played the Queen of the Night. Musical commitments followed such as Rosalina in West Side Story, Lucy in the musical Charlie Brown, Audrey in the Little Shop of Horrors or Anne in La Cage aux Folles. She took part in the Rock Opera Jimmy Dean in the Theater Casa Nova in Essen. She took on the roles of Mabel and Kate in the musical the The Pirates of Penzance.
In September 1994 she played Aldonza in Der Mann von La Mancha, and she received the Image Award Germany.
She won the Publikumspreis des Theater des Westens, Berlin. There she had a commitment in Zustände wie im alten Rom.
In Oberhausen she played the role of the spider in the musical Tabaluga & Lilli. From November 2002 until September 2007 Fortenbacher played the leading role of Donna in the musical Mamma Mia! in the Operettenhaus Hamburg.
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