Petra Lang
| Petra Lang | |
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29 November 1962 Frankfurt am Main |
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| Awards | Grammy awards |
Petra Lang (born 29 November 1962) is a German opera singer. Beginning as a mezzo-soprano, from 2012 a soprano, she is known for her interpretation of music by Richard Wagner and Gustav Mahler. She made an international career in both opera and concert. She has performed at the Bayreuth Festival from 2005, singing the title role of Isolde in 2016.
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Lang first studied the violin. She then studied voice with Gertie Charlent at the Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt and at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz. She also attended the Opernstudio of the Bavarian State Opera, and took master classes with Hans Hotter, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Brigitte Fassbaender and Peter Schreier.
She was a member of the Theater Basel from 1990, and from 1992 to 1995 worked at the Theater Dortmund, where she learned many lyrical mezzo-soprano parts. She appeared as Tamiri in Mozart's Il re pastore at the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, as Virtu in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea at the Salzburg Festival, as Fenena in Verdi's Nabucco at the Bregenz Festival and as Flora in Verdi's La traviata at the Zurich Festival.
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