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Gütersloh (gl). The Bregenz Festival once again offers the Neue Stimmen a big stage this year. Three of the great talents of the International Singing Competition, which the Bertelsmann Stiftung organizes every two years in Gütersloh, perform at the Festival in an opera of Rossini.
First there is the winner of 2017, the Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Svetlina Stoyanova, the South African baritone Martin Mkhize, also a finalist in 2017, and the Chinese Chen Wang, who was there in 2015. They take the main roles in the "Barber of Seville". Premiere is August 13th.
With these commitments, the cooperation between the Opera Studio of the Bregenz Festival and the New Voices, which has existed since 2016, is consolidated. "It is wonderful that thanks to this quality cooperation, we can give our talents the chance to present their extraordinary voices and their expressiveness on a big stage, in this way they will be offered a career stepping stone in the world of Opera beyond the competition, "said Liz Mohn, president and vice president of the board of directors of Bertelsmann Stiftung.
Singer Brigitte Fbadbaender, who will teach at the" Neue Stimmen "in Gütersloh from 23 to 25 October, will be the director of opera Rossini in Bregrenz for the first time.The best conditions for the Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Stoyanova, who appears as Rosina in the" Barber of Seville " The singer studied at the Royal Conservatory of Scotland and will be a member of the ensemble of the Vienna Opera from next season.
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Martin Mkhize, the friendly baritone of Cape of Good are perance, is also a member of the new opera studio of De National Opera in Amsterdam from September. In Bregenz, he sings the role of Figaro. Mkhize has already appeared in several productions in Germany.
The young Chinese soprano Chen Wang takes on the role of Berta. She successfully participated in both the competition and the "New Voices" master clbad. And these three are not the only known singers of Gütersloh music lovers who will perform at Bodenseebühne this summer.
Daniel Johansson (2009 finalist), Cristina Pasaroiu (fourth in 2011), Rafael Fingerlos (semi-finalist in 2015) and Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger (final participant in 2017) can all be seen and heard as experienced performers. "Being able to demonstrate his skills on the big marine scene makes me proud and shows that our concept of promoting young vocal talent in the long run works," says Liz Mohn
Read the full report including an interview with the mezzo-soprano Sventlina Stoyanova They in the "bell" of July 20th.
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