JOCHEN KOWALSKI BIOGRAPHY

WORK IN PROGRESS

Birthdate: January 30, 1954 Sign: Aquarius ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Born in 1954 in a suburb of the former east Berlin. After working at the Berlin Staatsoper as a prop man, he studied at Hanns Eisler College of Music as a tenor. He was discovered by Marianne Fischer Kupfer (wife of the director Harry Kupfer) and switched to male alto. He has been a member of the Komische Oper since 1983. He made his debut with "Giustino" by Harry Kupfer's production. His debut at the Royal Opera with "Orfeo ed Euridice" created a sensation. Thereafter, he made his debut at the first class opera houses all over the world with repertoire such as Orlofsky for "Fledermaus", the title role for "Giulio Caesare", Oberon in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Farnace for "Mitridate, Re di Ponto". In 1993, he sang for "L'Incoronazione di Poppea" at the Saltzburg Festival. He will sing Orlofsky for "Fledermaus" again in Japan with the Viennese Staatsoper in 1994. He loves to watch theatre plays and movies. He ikes "Seven Samurai" by Kurosawa. He is still single. Selected stages 1981: Die Meistersingers (KOB-Komische Oper Berlin); 1983: Boris Gudonov -Fjodor-, 1984: Giustino (KOB); 1985: Balsazar -Daniel- (Staatoper Hamburg), Giustino (Munchen); 1986 Giustino (Volksoper Wien), Belsazar (Hamburg), La Clemenza di Tito (Hamburg); 1987: Boris Gudonov (De Nederlandse Operastichting Amsterdam), Giulio Cesare in Egitto -Tolomeo- (Grand Opera Paris), Die Fledermaus (Wien), Orfeo ed Euridice (KOB); 1988: Giustino (Wien), Orfeo ed Euridice - Christuskirche Berlin, Recording-, Liederabend (Beethoven, Mozart, Bellini, Rossini) (KOB); 1989: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Dusseldorf), Ein Sommernachtstraum -Oberon- (Frankfurt), Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Wiesbadener Festspiele ), Staatsgala im Palast der Republik (Berlin), Laß mich mit Tränene (Erlöserkirche Berlin), Liederabend (Beethoven, Mozart, Bellini, Rossini) (Deutsche Oper Berlin), Orfeo ed Euridice (KOB); 1990: Die Fledermaus (Royal Opera House, London); 1991: King Arthur (N.Harnoncourt, Hamburg), Antigone Oder die Stadt -Teiresias- (KOB), Mitridate Re di Ponto (Royal Opera House, London); 1992: Samson (Musikverein Wien, Recording), Konzert (Mozart, Rossini, Gluck) (Palais Auersperg, Wien), Carmina Burana (England, Recording); 1993: Orfeo ed Euridice (KOB), Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Schwetingen), Galakonzert (Gluck, Rossini) (Tokio), Orfeo ed Euridice (Tel Aviv), Die Kronung der Poppea -Ottone- (Salzburg), Die Fledermause (Volksoper Wien Japanese tournee); 1994: Tancredi -title role- Staatoper Berlin), Die Fledermaus (Metr. New York), Die Fledermause (Staatoper Wien Japanese tournee); 1995: Concert with Kammerorchester C.Ph.E.Bach (Bach,Mozart) (Tokio), Liederabend (Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann) (Tokyo), Giustino (KOB), Freispruch fur Medea -Kreon- (Staatoper Hamburg), Die Fledermaus (KOB), Orfeo ed Euridice (KOB), Giulio Cesare in Egitto (KOB), Giustino (KOB); 1996: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (KOB), Giustino (KOB), Orfeo ed Euridice (KOB), Die Fledermaus (Staatoper Hamburg), Liederabend (Schöne Müllerin) (Kurashiki, Ichikawa -Japan-), Liederabend (Scarlatti, Lotti, Caccini, Sarri, Paisiello, Bellini, Mozart, Händel, Gluck) (Sendai -Japan-), Ein Sommernachtstraum (Met.-New York); 1997: Liederabend "Die Schöne Müllerin" (Berlin, Bonn), Liederabend (Scarlatti, Beethoven, Donizetti, Mozart, Schubert,Loewe) (Konzerthaus Wien), Concert with Gwyneth Jones (Händel, Gluck, Monteverdi, J.Strauss, Lehar,Suppe) (Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka -Japan-), Gala Concert (Gluck, Strauss, Handel) (Tokyo), Galavorstellung Die Fledermaus (50 Jahre Komische Oper Berlin); 1998: Die Fledermaus (Hamburg), Concert (Gluck, Wagner) (Barcelona), Galakonzert 100 Jahre Berliner Morgenpost (Berlin), Ein Sommernachtstraum (Volksoper Wien), Orfeo ed Euridice (KOB), Concert (Gluck, Mozart, Händel, Wagner) (Tokyo), Liederabend (Schubert) (Takasaki -Japan-), Concert (Strauss, Mozart, Händel) (Yokohama -Japan-), Belsazar (Dresden), Eine Sehnsucht (Deutsches Theater Berlin), Liederabend Baden, Montreaux Festival, Bonn .... ); 1999: Die Fledermaus (Met.-New York), Orpheus in der Unterwelt -Orpheus- (KOB), Concert with Yoshikazu Mera ( Händel, Sarri, Gluck, Tschaikowski, Strauss, Lehar, Taki) (Tokyo), Saul -David- (KOB), Die Fledermaus (Volksoper Wien Japanese tour), December 31,1999 Gala (Metr. -New York); 2000: Die Fledermaus (Hamburgsiche Staatoper and KOB), Orfeo and Euridice (KOB) .... go to JOCHEN KOWALSKI NEWS link. more updates

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