Christiane Oelze
Acting
Biography
Christiane Oelze is a German operatic soprano. From 2003 to 2008, she taught at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. Since 2010 she has taught at the Masterclass of Apeldoorn (Netherlands), since 2011 at the Musik Academy in Arosa and since 2012 at IRCAM in Paris. She has sung numerous operatic roles, chiefly Mozart and Richard Strauss, with nearly all the German and many of the European chamber, symphony and radio symphony orchestras. She has produced over seventy CDs and DVDs, including a recording of the Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, which was highlighted by the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik in 2006.
Known For
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and their Music Director Riccardo Chailly have already acquired legendary status – glorious reviews and many awards for their recordings testifying to their continuing success. At Leipzig’s International Mahler Festival, to mark the centenary of Mahler’s death, they performed his monumental Second Symphony in the Gewandhaus – together with two marvellous soloists and choral forces quite beyond compare. About the final movement the composer said: “The increasing tension, working up to the final climax, is so tremendous that I don’t know myself, now that it is over, how I ever came to write it.” The painting “Morgenrot” was chosen by internationally acclaimed artist Neo Rauch to feature on the cover of this release on DVD and Blu-ray.
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 (Riccardo Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)
This is a 4-DVD set, featuring the Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi and the chamber orchestra (around 40 members) Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. The first 3 DVDs feature live performances of all 9 of Beethoven's symphonies, and the 4th DVD is a documentary produced for DW (Deutsche Welle) on this Beethoven project.
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 / The Beethoven Project
Tragic story of Golaud, his marriage to the long-haired Mélisande, her subsequent love for Pélleas, and their deaths.