The Opera chorus
Oper Frankfurt's chorus is one of the largest in Germany. In 1993 the stagione-system was introduced and the chorus reduced. A few years later Oper Frankfurt returned to the repertoire system and the chorus was enlarged again. It is now possible to perform operas with demanding roles for a large chorus using the chorus' own forces, with only the occasional help of extra chorus members.
Their extraordinary achievements are regularly acknowledged by the public and press alike. In 2005 "Opernwelt" awarded them second place in the category "Opera Chorus of the Year". The new Chorus Master, Matthias Köhler, joined Oper Frankfurt in the 2008/2009 season.
A chorus' "role" in an opera is often as difficult and demanding as a soloists "leading role" - one only has to think of Verdi's operas or the great russian operas such as Mussorgski's "Chowanschtschina".
Solo roles are regularly entrusted to members of Opera Frankfurt's Chorus. This means that chorus singers' voices are also trained to soloist standards so that their voice can »carry« in the opera house. They must train every day, even on days when there is no performance. They constantly work at furthering their artistic development in lessons, on the operatic stage or in concert.
The international spectrum of the opera's chorus is huge - with members from the USA, Russia, China, Korea, Japan, Chile, the Ukraine, Lithuania, Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Serbia, Albania and, of course, Germany. This babylonian mixture of languages ceases when the chorus sing on stage in a common language: in German, Italian, English, French, Russian and Czech. This in itself is impressive enough but they must also, of course, sing everything from memory.
If you would like to enquire about vacancies in the Opera Chorus, Extra Chorus or Children's chorus, or have any other questions about the Frankfurt Opera Chorus, send an email to michael.schulte@buehnen-frankfurt.de.
The Chorus Master's email address is:
matthias.koehler@buehnen-frankfurt.de
Phone + 49 (0)69 212 37 548
The Deputy and Children's Chorus Master's email address is:
michael.clark@buehnen-frankfurt.de
Phone + 49 (0)69 212 37 580
Their extraordinary achievements are regularly acknowledged by the public and press alike. In 2005 "Opernwelt" awarded them second place in the category "Opera Chorus of the Year". The new Chorus Master, Matthias Köhler, joined Oper Frankfurt in the 2008/2009 season.
A chorus' "role" in an opera is often as difficult and demanding as a soloists "leading role" - one only has to think of Verdi's operas or the great russian operas such as Mussorgski's "Chowanschtschina".
Solo roles are regularly entrusted to members of Opera Frankfurt's Chorus. This means that chorus singers' voices are also trained to soloist standards so that their voice can »carry« in the opera house. They must train every day, even on days when there is no performance. They constantly work at furthering their artistic development in lessons, on the operatic stage or in concert.
The international spectrum of the opera's chorus is huge - with members from the USA, Russia, China, Korea, Japan, Chile, the Ukraine, Lithuania, Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Serbia, Albania and, of course, Germany. This babylonian mixture of languages ceases when the chorus sing on stage in a common language: in German, Italian, English, French, Russian and Czech. This in itself is impressive enough but they must also, of course, sing everything from memory.
If you would like to enquire about vacancies in the Opera Chorus, Extra Chorus or Children's chorus, or have any other questions about the Frankfurt Opera Chorus, send an email to michael.schulte@buehnen-frankfurt.de.
The Chorus Master's email address is:
matthias.koehler@buehnen-frankfurt.de
Phone + 49 (0)69 212 37 548
The Deputy and Children's Chorus Master's email address is:
michael.clark@buehnen-frankfurt.de
Phone + 49 (0)69 212 37 580
Chorus Master Matthias Köhler
Deputy Chorus Master and Children's Chorus Master Michael Clark
Chorus Inspector/Chorus Office Administrator Michael Schulte
Sopranos
Malin Aldener Nardi | Christine Brenk | Marta Casas | Janice Creswell | Katrin Dieckelt (supplementary chorus member) | Anna Halamian | Birgit Herget | Alketa Hoxha | Ursula Hering | Julia Katharina Heße (supplementary chorus member) | Karina Kardaschewa | Bock-Sill Kim | Mariko Migita | Elke Kerstin Nordeck | Kalliopi Patrona | Camelia Suzana Peteu | Jandranka Petrovic-Cadez | Edeltraud Pruß | Rosemarie Rohe | Julia Rother | Bernadette Schäfer (supplementary chorus member) | Michaela Schaudel | Konstanze Schlaud | Anikó Takács | Birgit Treschau | Magdalena Tomczuk
Altos
Gunda Boote | Enikö Boros | Janet Collins | Claudia Grunwald | Yvonne Hettegger | Katja Isken-Sturm | Young-Sook Kim | Anja Knittel | Julia Mattheis | Hiromi Mori | Nicole Nusslé | Violeta Peeva | Tatiana Press | Anna Suchotzkaja | Christiane Maria Waschk-Gemünd | Jianhua Zhu |
Tenors
Jin-Soo Choi | Boris Goldberg | Don Harrison | Ricardo Iturra | Sung-Ho Kim | Young-Shik Kim | Cheol-Geun Ko | Hyung-Kwon Lee | Johannes Lehner | Pere Llompart | Mykolas Nechajus | Constantin Neiconi | Izet Salihi | Won Woo Shim | Viktor Tsevelev
Basses
Jan Bien | Thomas Charrois | Yan-Lei Chen | Matthias Holzmann | Garegin Hovsepian | Walter Jäkel | Cheol Kang | Nicolai Klawa | Grigorij Koulba | Jin-Soo Lee | Elmar Oberhomburg | Lars Rößler | Gerhard Singer | Pavel Smirnov | Hans-Peter Swoboda | Boris Stenzel | Zoltan Winkler
Deputy Chorus Master and Children's Chorus Master Michael Clark
Chorus Inspector/Chorus Office Administrator Michael Schulte
Sopranos
Malin Aldener Nardi | Christine Brenk | Marta Casas | Janice Creswell | Katrin Dieckelt (supplementary chorus member) | Anna Halamian | Birgit Herget | Alketa Hoxha | Ursula Hering | Julia Katharina Heße (supplementary chorus member) | Karina Kardaschewa | Bock-Sill Kim | Mariko Migita | Elke Kerstin Nordeck | Kalliopi Patrona | Camelia Suzana Peteu | Jandranka Petrovic-Cadez | Edeltraud Pruß | Rosemarie Rohe | Julia Rother | Bernadette Schäfer (supplementary chorus member) | Michaela Schaudel | Konstanze Schlaud | Anikó Takács | Birgit Treschau | Magdalena Tomczuk
Altos
Gunda Boote | Enikö Boros | Janet Collins | Claudia Grunwald | Yvonne Hettegger | Katja Isken-Sturm | Young-Sook Kim | Anja Knittel | Julia Mattheis | Hiromi Mori | Nicole Nusslé | Violeta Peeva | Tatiana Press | Anna Suchotzkaja | Christiane Maria Waschk-Gemünd | Jianhua Zhu |
Tenors
Jin-Soo Choi | Boris Goldberg | Don Harrison | Ricardo Iturra | Sung-Ho Kim | Young-Shik Kim | Cheol-Geun Ko | Hyung-Kwon Lee | Johannes Lehner | Pere Llompart | Mykolas Nechajus | Constantin Neiconi | Izet Salihi | Won Woo Shim | Viktor Tsevelev
Basses
Jan Bien | Thomas Charrois | Yan-Lei Chen | Matthias Holzmann | Garegin Hovsepian | Walter Jäkel | Cheol Kang | Nicolai Klawa | Grigorij Koulba | Jin-Soo Lee | Elmar Oberhomburg | Lars Rößler | Gerhard Singer | Pavel Smirnov | Hans-Peter Swoboda | Boris Stenzel | Zoltan Winkler
