Rotraud Hansmann | |
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| Born | (1940-03-01)1 March 1940 (age 85) |
| Education | Graz Conservatory |
| Occupation | Operaticsoprano |
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Rotraud Hansmann (born 1 March 1940) is an Austriansoprano in opera and concert. She was a singer in the recordings byNikolaus Harnoncourt which beganhistorically informed performances, such asMonteverdi's operas and works byJohann Sebastian Bach. She was a teacher at theUniversity of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
Born inGraz, Hansmann studied voice at theGraz Conservatory, also the piano, violin and guitar. She studied further in Amsterdam withPaula Salomon-Lindberg. She made her debut in 1958 at theGraz Opera as the 2nd Boy in Mozart'sDie Zauberflöte. In 1964 she joined theDeutsche Oper am Rhein.[1]
Hansmann recorded Monteverdi'sVespro della Beata Vergine with theMonteverdi-Chor, conducted byJürgen Jürgens. She also recordedBach cantatas,[1] sacred music by Mozart and Mendelssohn'sLobgesang.[1] She appeared as one of the Flower Maidens inGeorg Solti's 1972 recording ofParsifal, withRené Kollo in the title role.[2]
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Hansmann was a singer in recordings byNikolaus Harnoncourt, pioneeringhistorically informed performances. She appeared in Monteverdi's operas, as La Musica and Euridice inL'Orfeo, alongsideLajos Kozma as Orfeo.[3] A reviewer noted: "Rotraud Hansmann as Euridice sings beautifully with crisp diction and much attention to inflection."[4] She performed the parts of Amore and Minerva inIl ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, withSven-Olof Eliasson [sv] in the title role, and as Virtù and Drusilla inL'incoronazione di Poppea, alongsideHelen Donath as Poppea,Elisabeth Söderström as Nerone,Cathy Berberian as Ottavia andPaul Esswood as Ottone.[3] In 1968 Hansmann recorded the first soprano part of Bach'sMass in B minor.[1]
Hansmann was a professor of voice at theUniversity of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna,[5] teaching singers such asTheresa Grabner [de],Yasushi Hirano [de] andJan Petryka [de].
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