Gerlinde Sämann

Gerlinde Sämann
Born	1969 (age 47–48) Nuremberg
Education	Richard Strauss Conservatory
Occupation	Classical soprano

Gerlinde Sämann (born 1969) is a German soprano known for her performances in concerts and operas. She is particularly associated with the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Her concert repertoire also includes lieder, oratorio, early music, and contemporary music.

Born in Nuremberg, Gerlinde Sämann studied the piano and singing at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich with Karl-Heinz Jarius, Henriette Meyer-Ravenstein and Selma Aykan. She also completed a course as a Respiratory therapist according to the method of Ilse Middendorf. In 2000 she received a scholarship from the city of Munich.

In 1999 she performed Poulenc's opera La voix humaine, at the Opernfestspiele Schloß Rheinsberg and in 2000 at the Stadttheater Aachen. She has collaborated with Dresdner Kreuzchor. In the 2002-2003 season Sämann appeared in Pergolesi's Stabat mater at the Theater Neumarkt, Zürich, and also performed in St. Petersburg and Moscow. In 2004 she appeared as Euridice in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice at the opera.

She recorded Bach's St Matthew Passion in 1997 with Horst Meinardus () conducting the Philharmonischer Chor Köln (), Jörg Dürmüller as the Evangelist and Klaus Mertens as the vox Christi (voice of Jesus).

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