Birgit Remmert is a well-known German alto/contralto/mezzo-soprano singer with a wide repertory.
She studied at the Detmold Conservatory with Professor Helmut Kretschmer. Upon graduation, she immediately began receiving engagements to sing. She debuted in an unusual work, Heinrich von Biber's Requiem, under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Another of her notable early appearances was in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony underRead more Harnoncourt in London, then in the Styrarte Festival, a performance ultimately released on compact disc.
In 1989, she took the title role of Othmar Schoeck's Penthesilea in the Festival de Montpellier.
She won the German Music Critics' Prize and Golden Palm award of Ligure in the song recital category. Her debut recital showed her wide musical interest and knack for intriguing program building by including songs of Brahms, Baur, Clara Schumann, Samuel Barber, and Pyotr Tchaikovky.
Offers followed that brought her to sing in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, and Poland. She joined the Zürich Opera in the 1992-1993 season. Her roles in her debut year were the Third Lady in The Magic Flute, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Dame Quickly in Falstaff, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, and Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera. The last-named of those is one of her most often-repeated roles.
She made her debut at the Hamburg State Opera in 1993 as Erda in Wagner's Siegfried, and the next year added to her repertory that goddess' other appearance in Wagner's Ring, in Das Rheingold.
She sang in the Salzburg Festival of 1993 as Nutrice in Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea and has gone on to add the roles of the Old Princess in Puccini's Soeur Angelica and Offenbach's La Perichole.
She also sings recitals frequently, and as a concert singer, has in her repertory, among other items Masses of Johann Sebastian Bach, Mendelssohn's Erste Walputrgisnacht, and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. She has song with the Berlin Philharmonic, The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, and the Vienna Philharmonic under such conductors as Philippe Herreweghe, Carlo Maria Giulini, Riccardo Chailly, Claudio Abbado, Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, and Wolfgang Sawallisch.
In May of 1995, she was selected to participate in the prestigious complete Mahler project of the Royal Concertgebouw.
She moved into one of the darker soprano roles as Fricka in Wagner's Rheingold and Walküre at the Bayreuth Festival in 2000. Read less
Label: Sony
Catalog: 19439787772
Release Date: 12/04/2020
Number of Discs: 16
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach,
George Frideric Handel,
Franz Joseph Haydn,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Performer:
Kurt Streit,
Julia Kleiter,
Elisabeth von Magnus,
Anton Scharinger
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Conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Arnold Schoenberg Choir,
Concentus Musicus Wien,
Vienna Concentus Musicus
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Label: Warner Classics
Catalog: 539882
Release Date: 12/13/2019
Number of Discs: 80
Composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Birgit Remmert,
Rudolf Schasching,
Robert Holl,
Peter Richards
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Conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt,
Bernard Haitink,
Daniel Barenboim,
Otto Klemperer
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Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chamber Orchestra of Europe,
Arnold Schoenberg Choir,
Staatskapelle Dresden
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Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalog: 2908920
Release Date: 05/11/2018
Number of Discs: 18
Composer:
Antonio Vivaldi,
Pier Francesco Cavalli,
George Frideric Handel,
Emilio de Cavalieri
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Performer:
Andreas Scholl,
Dominique Visse,
Gilles Ragon,
Lawrence Zazzo
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Conductor:
Chiara Banchini,
René Jacobs,
David Bates,
Jean-Marc Aymes
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Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ensemble 415,
Concerto Vocale,
Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
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Label: Warner Classics
Catalog: 563131
Release Date: 08/18/2017
Number of Discs: 12
Composer:
Gustav Mahler
Performer:
Arleen Augér,
Dame Janet Baker,
Birgit Remmert,
Peter Thomas
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Conductor:
Simon Rattle,
Shirley Court,
Jean Ashworth Bartle
Orchestra/Ensemble:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus,
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus Women
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Label: Berlin Philharmonic
Catalog: 150061
Release Date: 06/05/2015
Number of Discs: 9
Composer:
Franz Schubert
Performer:
Birgit Remmert,
Luba Orgonasova,
Kurt Streit,
Christian Gerhaher
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Conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
Berlin Radio Chorus
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Label: Decca
Catalog: 001915502
Release Date: 10/22/2013
Number of Discs: 12
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Robert Holl,
Peter Schreier,
Marjana Lipovsek,
Andrea Ihle
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Conductor:
Peter Schreier
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Leipzig Radio Chorus,
Staatskapelle Dresden,
Ludwig Güttler Trumpet Ensemble
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Label: Warner Classics
Catalog: 15624
Release Date: 10/09/2012
Number of Discs: 5
Composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Barbara Bonney,
Thomas Hampson,
Birgit Remmert,
Kurt Streit
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
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Label: Rca
Catalog: 27603
Release Date: 02/21/2012
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
Gustav Mahler
Performer:
Charlotte Margiono,
Birgit Remmert
Conductor:
Edo de Waart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra,
Netherlands Radio Choir
Label: Warner Classics
Catalog: 85176
Release Date: 01/24/2012
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Thomas Hampson,
Kurt Streit,
Birgit Remmert,
Barbara Bonney
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble:
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Label: Orfeo
Catalog: 792113
Release Date: 09/27/2011
Number of Discs: 3
Composer:
Antonín Dvorák
Performer:
Adam Plachetka,
Eva Liebau,
Camilla Nylund,
Piotr Beczala
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Conductor:
Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cleveland Orchestra,
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Label: Apex
Catalog: 4674302
Release Date: 06/14/2011
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
Franz Schubert
Performer:
Luba Orgonasova,
Birgit Remmert,
Deon Van der Walt,
Anton Scharinger
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Conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chamber Orchestra of Europe,
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
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Label: Apex
Catalog: 78705
Release Date: 02/22/2011
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Pamela Coburn,
Elisabeth von Magnus [Mezzo-soprano Vocal],
Uwe Heilmann,
Birgit Remmert
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Conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Label: Emi Classics
Catalog: 31790
Release Date: 10/12/2010
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Gustav Mahler
Performer:
John Relyea,
Jane Henschel,
Jon Villars,
Birgit Remmert
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Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Chorus,
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
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Label: Warner Classics
Catalog: 08985
Release Date: 06/29/2010
Number of Discs: 16
Composer:
Gustav Mahler
Performer:
Thomas Hampson,
Wolfram Rieger,
Christa Ludwig,
Fritz Wunderlich
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Conductor:
Simon Rattle,
Sir John Barbirolli,
Otto Klemperer,
Klaus Tennstedt
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Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
New Philharmonia Orchestra,
Philharmonia Orchestra
...
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Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalog: 501557
Release Date: 06/08/2010
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Cornelius Hauptmann,
Rosa Mannion,
Birgit Remmert,
James Taylor
Conductor:
Philippe Herreweghe
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Champs-Élysées Orchestra,
Ghent Collegium Vocale
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Label: Rca
Catalog: 757926
Release Date: 04/27/2010
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
Gustav Mahler
Performer:
Askar Abdrazakov,
Anthony Dean Griffey,
Birgit Remmert,
Lisa Larsson
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Conductor:
David Zinman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Wdr Rundfunkchor Köln,
Schweizer Chamber Choir,
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Label: Kultur Video
Catalog: 4357
Release Date: 02/23/2010
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Vale Rideout,
Maria Luigia Borsi,
Birgit Remmert,
Rafal Siwek
Conductor:
Lorin Maazel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus,
Arturo Toscanini Orchestra
Label: Emi Classics Encore
Catalog: 08277
Release Date: 08/19/2008
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Richard Strauss,
Anton Bruckner
Performer:
Jane Eaglen,
Alfred Muff,
Deon Van der Walt,
Birgit Remmert
Conductor:
Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra,
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Linz Mozart Choir
Label: Lpo
Catalog: 99
Release Date: 10/30/2007
Number of Discs: 4
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Richard Strauss,
Dmitri Shostakovich,
Anton Bruckner
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Performer:
Felicity Lott,
Michael George,
Sergei Leiferkus,
Tatiana Monogarova
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Conductor:
Franz Welser-Möst,
Vladimir Jurowski,
Kurt Masur
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Choir,
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Linz Mozart Choir
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Label: Warner Classics
Catalog: 63779
Release Date: 01/09/2007
Number of Discs: 14
Composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Robert Fontane,
Elisabeth von Magnus,
Deon Van der Walt,
Maria Haid
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Conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chamber Orchestra of Europe,
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
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Label: Dynamic
Catalog: 33499
Release Date: 10/31/2006
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Richard Strauss
Performer:
Daniel Lewis Williams,
Roberto Saccŕ,
June Anderson,
Scott MacAllister
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Conductor:
Stefan Anton Reck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra,
Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus