Martina Winter, Soprano. Contact: info at martinawinter dot com

Curriculum vitae

Education

  • Since 1989 / 90 study in singing at the Cologne conservatory of music under Prof. Natalie Usselmann
  • 1988 and 1990 master classes with Agnes Giebel
  • October 1998 termination of additional studies at the Cologne conservatory of music with the "Konzertexamen" (concert examination)

Opera

  • Seasons 1994 / 95 and 1995 / 96 member of the studio of the "Deutsche Oper am Rhein" e.g. as Sheperd (Tannhäuser), Waldvogel (Siegfried), Blumenmädchen (Parsifal), Nannetta ( Falstaff), Amor (Poppea), Nana (Gervaise Marquard)
  • Seasons 1996 / 97 and 1997 / 98 member of the ensemble "Deutsche Oper am Rhein" e.g. as Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Pousette (Manon), Echo (Ariadne auf Naxos), Isabella (Il Convitato), and Ännchen (Freischütz)
  • March / April 1997 guest appearance as Sheperd (Tannhäuser) at the Vlaamse Opera, Antwerpen. First night-casts in Gent und Antwerpen
  • October 1997 guest appearance as Nanetta (Falstaff) at the opera of Hannover
  • October 1997 guest appearance as Poussette (Manon) at the opera of Karlsruhe
  • Since season 1998/ 99 member of the ensemble "Bühnen der Landeshauptstadt Kiel", e.g. as Antonia (Les contes d'Hoffmann), Micaela (Carmen), Kluge (Die Kluge), Papagena / Pamina (Zauberflöte), Wellgunde (Rheingold), Giacinta (Capricci di Callot), Frasquita (Carmen), Stimme aus der Höhe (Don Carlos), Anna (Nabucco), and Musetta (La Bohéme)
  • May 1999 recording of a Compact Disc of Malipiero's "I Capricci di Callot". Appearance in the main role as Giacinta.
  • Since August 2000 active as freelance artist. Appearances at the Théatre du Capitole in Toulouse as Sheperd (Tannhäuser, September / October 2000) Susanna (Figaro, May / June 2002) and Nanetta (Falstaff, June / July 2002) and at the Bühnen der Landeshauptstadt Kiel as Wellgunde, Waldvogel, Ortlinde and Wellgunde (Wagners Ring, 2000, 2001 and 2002)

Recital and Concert

  • 1990 / 1991 concert tour with an ensemble for contemporary music. Performances in Bensheim, Mannheim and Leipzig. Recordings for broadcasting in Brussels and Cologne
  • December 1991 recital on occasion of the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death at the university of Bonn
  • June 1993 recital at the university of Cologne with works of U. Wagner, H. Wolf, S. Prokoffief, M. Moussorgsky
  • October 1994 appearance at the "Kölner Philharmonie" at the philharmonic night of the Cologne conservatory of music
  • October 1994 concert with the "Cologne young philharmonic orchestra" at the "Kölner Philharmonie"
  • April 1997 television broadcast of the WDR: Soprano solo in the first performance of the Mess (C-Dur) of U. Harbecke

Major future appearances

  • November 2002 as Waldvogel, Ortlinde and Wellgunde (Wagners Ring) in a production of the "Bühnen der Landeshauptstadt Kiel"
  • June 2003 as Zemina (Die Feen) at the Dresdener Musikfestspiele under Hartmut Hähnchen