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Bruno Michalke (Tenor) |
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Born: 1974 - Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
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The German tenor, Bruno Michalke, has been a member of the Freiburger Domsingknaben since 1982, and received his first singing lessons with Willem Verkerk and Ulrich Rausch. In addition to a chemist's degree at the University of Cologne, he took lessons from 2003 to 2006 with Alastair Thompson, since 2006 with Martin Lindsay.
Bruno Michalke has been a soloist with a focus on the oratorio, as an ensemble member, and has worked with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Heribert Beissel, Frieder Bernius, Riccardo Chailly, Reinhard Goebel, Robin Gritton, Rupert Huber, Hermann Max, Peter Neumann, Sir Simon Rattle and Christoph Spering and has contributed to many radio and CD productions. He has been a member of professional vocal ensembles as the Rheinische Kantorei, ChorWerk Ruhr (Director: Florian Helgath), Deutschen Kammerchor, Kammerchor Stuttgart and Chorus Musicus Köln (Director: Christoph Spering). Concert tours have taken him to Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Finland, Hungary, Russia, South America and Yemen.
Bruno Michalke's solo repertoire includes works from 17th to 20th centuries: Heinrich Schütz (Evangelist in Johannes-Passion and Matthäus-Passion, Musikalische Exsequien), J.S. Bach (Arias of Johannes-Passion BWV 245 and Matthäus-Passion BWV 244, Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 and numerous Cantatas), Georg Philipp Telemann, George Frideric Handel (Messiah) Joseph Haydn (The Creation), W.A. Mozart, Charles Gounod (Cäcilienmesse), works of French Romanticism, and Arvo Pärt (sacred works). |
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Sources:
Mozart-Seiten der Weik-Stiftung, English translation by Aryeh Oron (August 2017)
Bits & pieces from other sources
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (August 2017) |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Frieder Bernius |
Tenor |
Member of Kammerchor Stuttgart:
[V-4] (2012): BWV 225-230, BWV Anh 159 |
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Christoph Spering |
Tenor |
Member of Chorus Musicus Köln:
[C-1] (2013): BWV 56, BWV 158
[C-4] (2014-2016): CD-1: BWV 62, BWV 91; CD-2: BWV 125, BWV 14; C-3: BWV 2, BWV 7; CD-4: BWV 80
[C-5] (2014): BWV 80, arranged by W.F. Bach + 2 Latin hymns, BWV 80/BWV 80b
[C-6] (2018): CD-1: BWV 20, BWV 93, BWV 3; CD-2: BWV 10, BWV 116, BWV 124
[C-7] (2019): CD-1: BWV 137, BWV 140, BWV 26; CD-2: BWV 41, BWV 115, BWV 95
[C-8] (2021): CD-1: BWV 78, BWV 127, BWV 96, BWV 130; CD-2: BWV 100, BWV 180, BWV 122
[C-9] (2022, 2-CD/MP3): CD-1: BWV 111, BWV 94, BWV 135, BWV 178; CD-2: BWV 5, BWV 113, BWV 33 |
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Links to other Sites |
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Bruno Michalke (Mozart-Seiten der Weik-Stiftung) [German] |
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