Solveig Kringlebotn
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Solveig Kringlebotn also known professionally as Solveig Kringelborn, is an internationally-known Norwegian
opera
tic soprano
. In April 2006 she created the role of Refka in the world premiere of Kaija Saariaho
's opera Adriana Mater
at the Opéra National de Paris
One of Norway's most well-known classical music
singers and a particular champion of the music of Edvard Grieg
, she trained at the Norwegian State Academy of Music and the Royal Academy of Opera in Stockholm. She made her operatic debut in 1987 at the Royal Swedish Opera
.
She has toured with the Berlin Philharmonic and other leading orchestras, and sung at many festivals including the Hollywood Bowl
, Edinburgh
, Salzburg
and Glyndebourne
. She has performed several times at the BBC Proms
concerts in the Royal Albert Hall
and has sung in Europe's leading opera houses, including London's Royal Opera House
, the Opéra National de Paris, La Scala
in Milan, and the Vienna Staatsoper
.
In September 2000, she made her New York Metropolitan Opera
debut as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni
, and went on to sing three more leading roles there: Tatiana in Eugene Onegin
, Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
, and Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus
.
In the autumn of 2004 at the Opéra National de Paris, she sang in her first Strauss opera, the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos
. In 2007, she returned to Paris to sing The Countess in Capriccio
.
In 1998, Kringlebotn also won the Spellemann Award (the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy Awards) in the classical music category for the album Black Roses (songs by Rangström, Grieg, Sibelius and Nielsen) with Malcolm Martineau (Piano). Label: Virgin Classics.
In 2004, she recorded Grieg's song cycle Haugtussa,
Op. 67 with Malcolm Martineau (Piano). Label: NMA (Norway Music Aurora).
Her most recent recording (2006) is Solveig Kringelborn - Erwartung (songs by Arnold, Schoenberg, Strauss, Wagner, Wolf and Reger) with Malcolm Martineau (Piano). Label: NMA (Norway Music Aurora).
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
tic soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
. In April 2006 she created the role of Refka in the world premiere of Kaija Saariaho
Kaija Saariaho
Kaija Saariaho is a Finnish composer.Kaija Saariaho studied composition in Helsinki, Freiburg and Paris, where she has lived since 1982. Her studies and research at IRCAM have had a major influence on her music and her characteristically luxuriant and mysterious textures are often created by...
's opera Adriana Mater
Adriana Mater
Adriana Mater is the second opera by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, with a libretto in French by her frequent collaborator, Amin Maalouf. The National Opera of Paris and the Finnish National Opera jointly commissioned the opera. It received its world premiere at the Opéra Bastille on 3 April...
at the Opéra National de Paris
One of Norway's most well-known classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
singers and a particular champion of the music of Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
, she trained at the Norwegian State Academy of Music and the Royal Academy of Opera in Stockholm. She made her operatic debut in 1987 at the Royal Swedish Opera
Royal Swedish Opera
Kungliga Operan is Sweden's national stage for opera and ballet.-Location and Environment:...
.
She has toured with the Berlin Philharmonic and other leading orchestras, and sung at many festivals including the Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheater in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States that is used primarily for music performances...
, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Festival
The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...
, Salzburg
Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
and Glyndebourne
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an English opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England.-History:...
. She has performed several times at the BBC Proms
The Proms
The Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in London...
concerts in the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
and has sung in Europe's leading opera houses, including London's Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", after a previous use of the site of the opera house's original construction in 1732. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The...
, the Opéra National de Paris, La Scala
La Scala
La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala...
in Milan, and the Vienna Staatsoper
Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera is an opera house – and opera company – with a history dating back to the mid-19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria. It was originally called the Vienna Court Opera . In 1920, with the replacement of the Habsburg Monarchy by the First Austrian...
.
In September 2000, she made her New York Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
debut as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
, and went on to sing three more leading roles there: Tatiana in Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin (opera)
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, is an opera in 3 acts , by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by Konstantin Shilovsky and the composer and his brother Modest, and is based on the novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin....
, Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is an opera in three acts, written and composed by Richard Wagner. It is among the longest operas still commonly performed today, usually taking around four and a half hours. It was first performed at the Königliches Hof- und National-Theater in Munich, on June 21,...
, and Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus
Die Fledermaus
Die Fledermaus is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée.- Literary sources :...
.
In the autumn of 2004 at the Opéra National de Paris, she sang in her first Strauss opera, the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne auf Naxos is an opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Bringing together slapstick comedy and consuming beautiful music, the opera's theme is the competition between high and low art for the public's attention.- First version :The opera was originally...
. In 2007, she returned to Paris to sing The Countess in Capriccio
Capriccio (opera)
Capriccio is the final opera by German composer Richard Strauss, subtitled "A Conversation Piece for Music". The opera received its premiere performance at the Nationaltheater München on October 28, 1942. Clemens Krauss and Strauss himself wrote the German libretto...
.
Recordings
In 1991 she had given the BBC Proms' first performance of Lutoslawski's song cycle, Chantefleurs et Chantefables. In 1998 she recorded the cycle and other songs by Lutoslawski with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Harding on Lutoslawski: Chantefleurs et Chantefables. Label: Virgin Classics.In 1998, Kringlebotn also won the Spellemann Award (the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy Awards) in the classical music category for the album Black Roses (songs by Rangström, Grieg, Sibelius and Nielsen) with Malcolm Martineau (Piano). Label: Virgin Classics.
In 2004, she recorded Grieg's song cycle Haugtussa,
Haugtussa (Grieg)
Haugtussa Opus 67, or The Mountain Maid, is a song cycle for soprano and piano composed by Edvard Grieg in 1895 and published in 1898. It is the only song cycle in his entire repertoire. The text was written by the Norwegian writer Arne Garborg, an excerpt from his book of poetry Haugtussa...
Op. 67 with Malcolm Martineau (Piano). Label: NMA (Norway Music Aurora).
Her most recent recording (2006) is Solveig Kringelborn - Erwartung (songs by Arnold, Schoenberg, Strauss, Wagner, Wolf and Reger) with Malcolm Martineau (Piano). Label: NMA (Norway Music Aurora).
Sources and external links
- Official web site
- Biography on IMG
- Michael KennedyMichael Kennedy (music critic)Dr. George Michael Sinclair Kennedy CBE is an English biographer, journalist and writer on classical music. He joined the Daily Telegraph at the age of 15 in 1941, and began writing music criticism for it in 1948...
, 'The Year in Music: Classical', (Review of Lutoslawski: Chantefleurs et Chantefables), The Telegraph, December 30, 1998 - Bernard Holland, 'Sets Outshone by a Wicked Don, a Fierce Donna', New York Times, September 27, 2000
- Alan Riding, 'The Opera 'Adriana Mater' Addresses Motherhood in a War Zone', New York Times, April 5, 2006
- 'Operabase page for Solveig Kringelborn'
- 'Solveig Kringlebotn', NRK, August 22, 2001 (in Norwegian)
- Astrid Kvalbein, 'Solveig Kringlebotn: «Haugtussa»', Verdens GangVerdens GangVerdens Gang , generally known under the abbreviation VG, is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper...
, December 23, 2003 (in Norwegian)