German countertenor and voice teacher (born 1970)
Matthias Rexroth
Matthias Rexroth, photo by Johannes Ifkovits
Born (1970-01-07 ) January 7, 1970 (age 54) Occupation(s)
Countertenor opera and concert singer Years active 1999 – present Awards
1st Prize,
Francisco Viñas International Singing Contest (2000)
1st Prize, Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition (2000)
Website
matthiasrexroth .de
Matthias Rexroth (b. Nürnberg, Germany, 7 January 1970) is a German
countertenor and voice teacher. Winning 1st prizes at the
Francisco-Viñas in Barcelona
[1] and the
'Belvedere Competition' in Vienna
[2] in 2000, preceded an extensive international performing and teaching career.
Early life and education
Matthias Rexroth was raised in
Coburg and completed studies as an oboist, playing professionally before discovering his countertenor voice. He usually refers to himself as an
Altus (In English, a "Male alto").
[3]
Rexroth studied at the
Musikhochschule Karlsruhe , the
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis , and privately with
Marilyn Horne . In 1999 he received a stipend award from the cultural foundation of the state of Baden Württemberg.
[4]
Voice Teacher
Rexroth is a professor of voice at the Warsaw Opera Academy of the national theater
Teater Wielki
[5] and gives masterclasses at the Berlin Hans Eisler Musikhochschule, the Meistersingerakademie in Neumarkt,
[6]
Frankfurt Opera ,
Kyoto City University of Arts , Duszniki Zdroj,
[7] Daegu, Novosibirsk and the Kaunas Music Academy
[8] as well as masterclasses for ENOA.
[9]
Career
Rexroth was hired by
Pamela Rosenberg for his debut at the
Staatsoper Stuttgart with
Purcell 's
King Arthur in 1999.
[10] A year later, in 2000, followed Apollo in
Legrenzi 's opera
La divisione del mondo at the
Schwetzingen Festival with
Thomas Hengelbrock .
[11] His first major concert appearance was the internationally televised Bach-year 2000, Bach's
Mass in B minor from the Leipzig
Thomaskirche with Thomaskantor
Georg Christoph Biller , the
Thomanerchor and the
Gewandhaus Orchestra .
[12]
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Also in 2000, Rexroth won two competitions, both wins as first countertenor ever: the 37th
Francisco-Viñas in Barcelona - first prize in the category Male voices, as well as ‘best counter-tenor’
[14] and the 19th 'Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition' in Vienna, winning the first prize and eight additional prizes.
[15]
[16]
In 2001 the
Cologne Philharmonie nominated Matthias Rexroth for the "Rising Star" award, with a tour of major European concert houses.
[17] In 2003 he represented Germany in the
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition .
[18]
Matthias Rexroth has collaborated frequently with the conductor
Nikolaus Harnoncourt in roles such as Unulfo in
Handel 's Rodelinda at the
Theater an der Wien ,
[19] Hamor in Handel’s
Jephtha , Didymus in Handel’s
Theodora
[20] and Purcell’s
Ode to St. Cecilia at the Vienna’s
Musikverein and the
Styriarte festival in
Graz . Notable concerts include those with the
Vienna Philharmonic under
Riccardo Muti ,
Fabio Luisi with the
Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome, and
Danish National Symphony Orchestra ,
[21]
Nicola Luisotti and Donato Renzetti
[22] with the Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo in Naples and
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos with the
Wiener Symphoniker , the ORF Radiosymphonieorchester and
Vladimir Fedoseyev .
[23] Rexroth performs recitals regularly, at the
Berlin Philharmonie ,
Prinzregententheater in Munich,
[24] Bad Kissingen,
[25] and with pianists Semion Skigin,
[26] Matteo Pais, Mariusz Kłubczuk
[27]
[28] and
Eytan Pessen .
[29]
Matthias Rexroth has also been a judge for the 10th
Stanislaw Moniuszko competition.
[30] His performance of
Admeto
[31] was nominated for the category best singer performance of
Der Faust 2007.
[32] He has conducted the Georgisches Kammerorchester
[33] and the "Ensemble del' Arte" in Ingolstadt.
[34]
[35] In 2010 Rexroth appeared in a book of cooking recipes by famous opera singers Die Oper kocht by Evelyn Rillé and Johannes Ifkovits.
[36]
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Opera
Rexroth sang the title roles in
Handel 's
Giulio Cesare (directed by Stefan Herheim) at the
Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo in 2005,
[37]
Gluck 's
Ezio with the
Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf in 2007, and
Handel 's
Admeto
[38] at the
Handel Festival, Halle . For his performance of
Admeto , Rexroth was nominated "Best Singing Actor" for the 2007 German theatre prize
Der Faust .
[39] He performed the title role of Handel's
Ottone in Halle in 2011.
[40] Other
Handel roles include Athamas in
Semele in
Essen , Arcane in
Teseo in
Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt and
Staatsoper Stuttgart , Armindo in
Partenope (under
Christophe Rousset )
[41] and Tolomeo in
Giulio Cesare in Frankfurt (2013-5).
[42]
[43]
Apart from Handel repertoire, Matthias Rexroth performed Corindo in
Antonio Cesti 's
Orontea under
Ivor Bolton (2014) at the Frankfurt opera, Nibbio in
Giambattista Martini 's
L'impresario delle Isole Canarie at the
Semperoper Dresden (2014) (where he also performed various roles in
Purcell 's
King Arthur -2014),
Telemann 's
Der geduldige Socrates with
René Jacobs at the
Festwochen der Alten Musik in Innsbruck and at the
Staatsoper Berlin , Ottone in
Monteverdi 's
Poppea at
Hamburg State Opera , Oberon in
Britten 's
Midsummer Night's Dream at the
Staatstheater Darmstadt .
[44] Ozia in
Almeida 's La Giuditta in
Frankfurt ,
[45] Musico in
Donizetti 's
Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali at the
Staatsoper Stuttgart ,
[46] and
Strauss ’
Die Fledermaus in the
Aalto Theatre in Essen under
Stefan Soltesz ,
[47] and Alfonso in
Francesco Cavalli 's Veremonda.
[48]
Concerts
Concert appearances with the
Vienna Philharmonic ,
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ,
St. Petersburg Philharmonic ,
Radio Televisione Española Madrid , Staatsorchester Stuttgart,
Santa Cecilia orchestra ,
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin ,
[49]
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra ,
Concerto Köln ,
[50]
Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart ,
[51] the Berliner Philharmoniker
Scharoun Ensemble
[52] Orchestra Montis realis,
[53] and the festivals of Schwetzingen, Innsbruck,
[54] Ludwigsburg, Rheingau, Baden-Baden and Shanghai.
The composer
Wolfgang Rihm wrote Kolonos (“Oedipus auf Kolonos”)
[55] for Rexroth, performed and recorded by the SWR and the
Rossini in Wildbad opera festival in 2008, and with
Constantin Trinks in Darmstadt.
[56]
[57]
Recordings
Recordings with all major broadcasting companies in Germany have taken place. These include:
Bayerischer Rundfunk ,
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk ,
Hessischer Rundfunk ,
Norddeutscher Rundfunk , SFB,
Südwestrundfunk ,
ORF and
Deutsche Welle .
Specific recordings
2001: J.S. Bach Mass in B minor , Universal Music Classics & Jazz ASIN: B003TXPUN2
2004: Rossini Tancredi , Nef ASIN: B0002CPFCE
[58]
2004: Solo recital: Stimme der Könige , Matthias Rexroth NEF ASIN: B0001TSYZS
2007: Händel, Admeto , Arthaus ASIN: B000M2EBTC
2007: Gluck's Ezio
2008: CPE Bach Magnificat / Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, ASIN: B001GHD43G
2011: Telemann Germanicus , CPO, ASIN: B005UU066S
2012: Handel Teseo , Carus, 2012, ASIN: B002QEIQVI
2012: Mozart Ascanio in Alba , K. 111 (Excerpts) Ars Produktion ASIN: B008Y1VLGE
Interviews
Heinrich Becker, "Matthias Rexroth Temperament für die Bühne", Orpheus , March–April 2003, pp. 10–11 (In German)
Live interview on NDR (In German)
2008 interview retrieved June 2013. (In German)
References
^ Rexroth’s appearance in this concert is discussed effusively by a character named ‘Andre’ in a novel by
Roland Schreyer .
[13]
Notes
^ Bernd Krause, "Der Stuttgarter Countertenor Matthias Rexroth gewinnt den Gesangswettbewerb in Barcelona",
Stuttgarter Zeitung , 1 February 2000
^
Peter Jarolin , "BÜHNE-Sonderpreis – ein Porträt des Siegers", Wiener Bühnen , September 2000, p. 39
^ Heinrich Becker, "Matthias Rexroth Temperament für die Bühne", Orpheus , March–April 2003, pp. 10-11
^ Andreas J. Wiesand, Handbuch der Kulturpreise 4 , Arcult Media, 2001.
ISBN
978-3930395248
^
"Matthias Rexroth" .
^
"IMA - Internationale Meistersinger Akademie" .
^
"Tarptautiniai meistriškumo kursai" . 17 February 2019.
^
"XXIV Pažaislio muzikos festivalis Margas dainų raštas" .
^
"Enoa" .
^
Klaus Zehelein , Editor, „Anders“ , raumzeit3 Verlag,
ISBN
978-3981100761 (2006),
^ Bernhard Hermann ,Peter Stieber, Ein Arkadien der Musik: 50 Jahre Schwetzinger Festspiele , 1952-2002 Verlag: Metzler (2002)
ISBN
978-3476019073 s. 246
^ J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor, Universal Music Classics & Jazz, 2001, ASIN: B003TXPUN2
^ Roland Schreyer , Akte St. Nikolai , B.O.D (2010)
ISBN
978-3839157114
^ Bernd Krause, "Der Stuttgarter Countertenor Matthias Rexroth gewinnt den Gesangswettbewerb in Barcelona", Stuttgarter Zeitung , 1 February 2000
^ Peter Jarolin, "BÜHNE-Sonderpreis – ein Porträt des Siegers", Wiener Bühnen , September 2000, p. 39
^ Barbara Rett,
"Hans Gabor Wettbewerb geht online"
Archived 2013-06-01 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Barbara Rett's online blog, 7 July 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2013
^ Christopher Morley, Financial Times (London), 28 January 2002
^
Cardiff Competition website also Graeme Kay's blog (see "additional sources" below)
^ Opera News , July 2011
^
Vienna Musikverein, Monatszeitung, Meistersinger aus Nürnberg retrieved 10 July 2013
^
"P2 Koncerten | Torsdagskoncert med Luisi & Carmina Burana | DR LYD" .
^
"Alla Reggia la magia dei Carmina Burana di Carl Orff" . 21 July 2017.
^
"The RSO and Fedeyosev blaze through Schnittke and Shostakovich" .
^ Klaus Kalchschmid, "Matthias Rexorh Gefeiertes Debut", Süddeutsche Zeitung , 21 November 2005
^ Ahnert, Saale Zeitung , 28 June 2011
^ Dirk Aschendorf, (Engl. "Wahnfried's first Counter" , WAT, 4 October 2008
^
https://www.coburg-kongress.de/de/?id=198%3Aqcoburgs-finestq&catid=1%3Averanstaltungskalender [
dead link ]
^
"Veranstaltungstipps: In Kürze - Neue Presse Coburg" .
^ Recital review: Albrecht Schmidt, "Jeder Ton ein Ereignis, Matthias Rexroth singt, dass einem der Atem stockt", Damstädter Echo , 15 April 2002
^
"Competition stages - Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition" . szymanowski-competition.com . Archived from
the original on 2018-10-22.
^ Händel, Admeto , Arthaus ASIN: B000M2EBTC
^
"Der Faust 2007" .
^ Sandra Hummel, "Grandios: Matthias Rexroth und die Georgier im Festsaal", Donau Kurier , 30 September 2010
^ Josef Heumann, "Eine Stimme, die Emotionen weckt", Donaukurier , 20 January 2013
^
"Ensemble del Arte feiert 25-Jähriges" .
^ Rillé, Evelyn and Johannes Ifkovits, Die Oper kocht (The Opera Cooks), Opera Rifko (2010)
ISBN
978-3-9502956-1-0
^ Ingrid Gäfvert, Opera News , 5 February 2005
^ Brooke Bryant, "Admeto re di Tessaglia by George Frideric Handel; Howard Arman; Matthias Rexroth;
Romelia Lichtenstein ; Mechthild Bach; Tim Mead; Raimund Nolte", Notes, Second Series, vol. 66, No. 3 (March, 2010), Music Library Association, pp. 621-622
^ Article: "Deutscher Theaterpreis, Rexroth mit Admeto nominiert", Neue Presse , Coburg, 28 September 2007
^ Review in Opernwelt (magazine), August 2011
^ Ulrich Weinzierl, Die Welt , 24 February 2009
^ Hans-Klaus Jungheinrich, Frankfurter Rundschau , 4 December 2012
^ Claus Ambrosius, Opernwelt , February 2013
^ Orpheus magazine, 8 September 2002
^ Barbara Röder, "Giuditta , una opera sacra", Scherzo (magazine), N.255, September 2010 p. 39
^ Götz Thieme, Kunst und Wahnsinn , Stuttgarter Zeitung, 24 March 2001
^ Radio review by Ulrike Gondorf, dradio.de, December 12, 2011
^ Apthorp, Shirley (3 May 2016).
"Veremonda, l'amazzone di Aragona, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Rokokotheater, Schwetzingen, Germany — review" . Financial Times .
^
Online at akamus.de
^ Matthias Boll, "Die klangvoller Rückkehr eines Stars", FN, 17. January 2007, p.4
^ Review of Handel's Messiah with Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgarter Zeitung, 12 December 2005
^ Christine Gehringer, "Ein Klang wie aus höheren Sphären", Badisches Tagblatt , 14 June 2003
^ Giancarlo Satragni, La Stampa , 10 November 2006, p.57
^ Klaus Kalschmid, "Telemann Der Geduldige Sokrates", Opernwelt (magazine), October 2007
^
Information on the work on universaledition.com
^
Ausgabe: 10/08 - 57 online review Jahrgang
^
Online review on echo-online.de
^ Roman Fryscheisen, "Tancredi mit Counter Matthias Rexroth und beiden Finale Fassunge", Opernwelt (magazine), August 2004
Additional sources
Beeks, Graydon, Rexroth's performance in
Admeto in the
"Report from Halle 2006" in Newsletter of The American Handel Society , Volume XXI, Number 2, Summer 2006
Kay, Graeme
"This evening, the German singer Matthias Rexroth made history by being the first counter-tenor to take part in the competition" , 23 June 2003, on bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2003
Rillé, Evelyn and Johannes Ifkovits, Die Oper kocht (The Opera Cooks) , Opera Rifko (2010)
ISBN
978-3-9502956-1-0
External links
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