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Dierkes attended [[master class]]es with [[Gerd Uecker]], [[Rudolf Piernay]], [[Edith Wiens]] and [[Helmut Deutsch]].<ref name="a592">{{cite web | title=Esther Dierkes | website=Glyndebourne | date=1 February 2019 | url=https://www.glyndebourne.com/persons/esther-dierkes/ | access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref><ref name="Stuttgart" /> She is a regular guest at the [[Kölner Philharmonie]], [[Berliner Philharmonie]], [[Gewandhaus]] Leipzig, the [[Alte Oper]] Frankfurt and worked with conductors such as [[Hartmut Haenchen]], [[Sylvain Cambreling]], [[Risto Joost]], [[Marc Soustrot]], [[Andrew Manze]], [[Ulf Schirmer]] and [[Bertrand de Billy]].<ref name="Stuttgart" />

Dierkes attended [[master class]]es with [[Gerd Uecker]], [[Rudolf Piernay]], [[Edith Wiens]] and [[Helmut Deutsch]].<ref name="a592">{{cite web | title=Esther Dierkes | website=Glyndebourne | date=1 February 2019 | url=https://www.glyndebourne.com/persons/esther-dierkes/ | access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref><ref name="Stuttgart" /> She is a regular guest at the [[Kölner Philharmonie]], [[Berliner Philharmonie]], [[Gewandhaus]] Leipzig, the [[Alte Oper]] Frankfurt and worked with conductors such as [[Hartmut Haenchen]], [[Sylvain Cambreling]], [[Risto Joost]], [[Marc Soustrot]], [[Andrew Manze]], [[Ulf Schirmer]] and [[Bertrand de Billy]].<ref name="Stuttgart" />


Since the 2017/18 season, Dierkes has been a member of the ensemble of the [[Staatstheater Stuttgart]],<ref name="w005">{{cite web | title=Esther Dierkes | website=Münchner Brahms-Chor | date=6 March 2024 | url=https://www.brahms-chor.de/portfolio-item/esther-dierkes-sopran/ | language=de | access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref> where she appeared as <!--played the roles of Gretel,--> Venus in Offenbach's ''[[Orpheus in the Underworld]]'',<ref name="g053">{{cite web | last=Großkreutz | first=Verena | title=Orpheus in der Unterwelt – Armin Petras inszeniert die Offenbach-Operette an der Stuttgarter Staatsoper | website=nachtkritik.de | date=5 December 2016 | url=https://nachtkritik.de/nachtkritiken/deutschland/baden-wuerttemberg/stuttgart/staatsoper-stuttgart/orpheus-in-der-unterwelt-armin-petras-inszeniert-die-offenbach-operette-an-der-stuttgarter-staatsoper | language=de | access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref> Zerlina in Mozart's ''[[Don Giovanni]]''<ref name="v806">{{cite web | title=konzertante Spontanität | website=Online Merker | date=18 September 2024 | url=https://onlinemerker.com/stuttgart-don-giovanni-konzertante-spontanitaet/ | language=de | access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref> and the title role in Dvorak's [[Rusalka]].<!-- Blumenmädchen 1.2., 2. Knappe ''([[Parsifal]]),'' 1st lady and Pamina as well as the leading role Josephe Asteron in the [[premiere]] of ''Erdbeben.Träume.'' by [[Toshio Hosokawa]]. As a member of the opera studio she was previously Barena ''([[Jenůfa]]),'' Frasquita ''([[Carmen]]),'' Michael ''(Peter Pan),'' a slave ''([[Salome (opera)|Salome]]),'' Berta ''([[Il barbiere di Siviglia]]),'' 4th maid ''([[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]),'' Barbarina ''([[Le nozze di Figaro]])'' and Anna ''([[Nabucco]])''.--><ref name="Stuttgart" />

Since the 2017/18 season, Dierkes has been a member of the ensemble of the [[Staatstheater Stuttgart]],<ref name="w005">{{cite web | title=Esther Dierkes | website=Münchner Brahms-Chor | date=6 March 2024 | url=https://www.brahms-chor.de/portfolio-item/esther-dierkes-sopran/ | language=de | access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref> where she appeared as <!--played the roles of Gretel,--> Venus in Offenbach's ''[[Orpheus in the Underworld]]'',<ref name="g053">{{cite web | last=Großkreutz | first=Verena | title=Orpheus in der Unterwelt – Armin Petras inszeniert die Offenbach-Operette an der Stuttgarter Staatsoper | website=nachtkritik.de | date=5 December 2016 | url=https://nachtkritik.de/nachtkritiken/deutschland/baden-wuerttemberg/stuttgart/staatsoper-stuttgart/orpheus-in-der-unterwelt-armin-petras-inszeniert-die-offenbach-operette-an-der-stuttgarter-staatsoper | language=de | access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref> Zerlina in Mozart's ''[[Don Giovanni]]''<ref name="v806">{{cite web | title=konzertante Spontanität | website=Online Merker | date=18 September 2024 | url=https://onlinemerker.com/stuttgart-don-giovanni-konzertante-spontanitaet/ | language=de | access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref> and the title role in Dvorak's [[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Esther Dierkes singt "Rusalka": Sopranistin mit Doppelleben | website=[[Stuttgarter Zeitung]] | date=2 June 2022 | url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.esther-dierkes-singt-rusalka-sopranistin-mit-doppelleben.12362d9f-c543-4b8b-982a-fa0257e1e80a.html | language=de | access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Tholl | first=Egbert | title=Oper Stuttgart: Drag Queen Reflektra verkörpert Dvořáks Rusalka | website=Süddeutsche.de | date=8 June 2022 | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/dvorak-rusalka-oper-stuttgart-oksana-lyniv-bastian-kraft-reflektra-1.5599554 | language=de | access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref>

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Esther Dierkes

Esther Dierkes (born 9 February 1990) is a German operatic, concert and lied soprano.

Life and career

Born in Münster, Dierkes received her first voice lessons at the age of 13. She achieved first prize in the national competition Jugend musiziert. From 2009 to 2015, she studied opera singing at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in Hedwig Fassbender's class.[1][2][3]

In the autumn of 2014 Dierkes went with the Landesjugendorchester [de] North Rhine-Westphalia under the direction of Hubert Buchberger on a concert tour through Poland with concerts in the Filharmonia Wrocławska [pl], the Kraków Philharmonic and in the University of Warsaw.[4] The concert with works by Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Schubert, Alban Berg and Max Reger was broadcast by the radio station WDR 3 under the title Landesjugendorchester Extra.[5]

Dierkes attended master classes with Gerd Uecker, Rudolf Piernay, Edith Wiens and Helmut Deutsch.[6][1] She is a regular guest at the Kölner Philharmonie, Berliner Philharmonie, Gewandhaus Leipzig, the Alte Oper Frankfurt and worked with conductors such as Hartmut Haenchen, Sylvain Cambreling, Risto Joost, Marc Soustrot, Andrew Manze, Ulf Schirmer and Bertrand de Billy.[1]

Since the 2017/18 season, Dierkes has been a member of the ensemble of the Staatstheater Stuttgart,[7] where she appeared as Venus in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld,[8] Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni[9] and the title role in Dvorak's Rusalka.[10][11] [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Esther Dierkes Staatsoper Stuttgart, retrieved 23 October 2019
  2. ^ "Dierkes Esther". Bayerische Staatsoper (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Hedwig Fassbender". Hedwig Fassbender (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Landesjugendorchester NRW in Polen". Dachverband der Musikverbände und -vereine in Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German). 31 October 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  5. ^ "WDR SINFONIEORCHESTER Saison 2014 / 2015". Issuu. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Esther Dierkes". Glyndebourne. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Esther Dierkes". Münchner Brahms-Chor (in German). 6 March 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  8. ^ Großkreutz, Verena (5 December 2016). "Orpheus in der Unterwelt – Armin Petras inszeniert die Offenbach-Operette an der Stuttgarter Staatsoper". nachtkritik.de (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  9. ^ "konzertante Spontanität". Online Merker (in German). 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Esther Dierkes singt "Rusalka": Sopranistin mit Doppelleben". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). 2 June 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  11. ^ Tholl, Egbert (8 June 2022). "Oper Stuttgart: Drag Queen Reflektra verkörpert Dvořáks Rusalka". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2024.