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Matthias Rexroth (b. Nürnberg, Germany, 7 January 1970) is a German countertenor. He was raised in Coburg and completed studies as an oboist, playing professionally before discovering his countertenor voice. He usually refers to himself as an Altus (In English, a "Male alto").〔Heinrich Becker, "Matthias Rexroth Temperament für die Bühne", ''Orpheus'', March–April 2003, pp. 10-11〕 Rexroth studied at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe, the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and privately with Marilyn Horne. In 1999 he received a stipend award from the cultural foundation of the state of Baden Württemberg. 〔Andreas J. Wiesand, ''Handbuch der Kulturpreise 4'', Arcult Media, 2001. ISBN 978-3930395248〕 Since 2000, Rexroth has had an active career in Europe which has included opera and concert performances. In addition, he is an active voice teacher and coach, and has conducted the Georgisches Kammerorchester〔Sandra Hummel, "Grandios: Matthias Rexroth und die Georgier im Festsaal", ''Donau Kurier'', 30 September 2010〕 and the "Ensemble del' Arte" in Ingolstadt.〔Josef Heumann, "Eine Stimme, die Emotionen weckt", ''Donaukurier'', 20 January 2013〕 ==Career== Rexroth was hired by Pamela Rosenberg for his debut at the Staatsoper Stuttgart with Purcell’s King Arthur in 1999.〔Klaus Zehelein, Editor, ''„Anders“'', raumzeit3 Verlag, ISBN 978-3981100761 (2006),〕 A year later, in 2000, followed Apollo in Legrenzi’s opera ''La divisione del mondo'' at the Schwetzingen Festival with Thomas Hengelbrock.〔Bernhard Hermann ,Peter Stieber, ''Ein Arkadien der Musik: 50 Jahre Schwetzinger Festspiele'', 1952-2002 Verlag: Metzler (2002) ISBN 978-3476019073 s. 246〕 His first major concert appearance was the internationally televised Bach-year 2000, Bach ''Mass in B minor'' from the Leipzig Thomaskirche with Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller, the Thomanerchor and the Gewandhaus Orchestra〔J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor, Universal Music Classics & Jazz, 2001, ASIN: B003TXPUN2〕 Also in 2000, Rexroth won two competitions, both wins as first countertenor ever: the 37th Francisco-Viñas in Barcelona - first prize in the category Male voices, as well as ‘best counter-tenor’〔Bernd Krause, "Der Stuttgarter Countertenor Matthias Rexroth gewinnt den Gesangswettbewerb in Barcelona", ''Stuttgarter Zeitung'', 1 February 2000〕 and the 19th 'Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition' in Vienna, winning the first prize and eight additional prizes.〔Peter Jarolin, "BÜHNE-Sonderpreis – ein Porträt des Siegers", ''Wiener Bühnen'', September 2000, p. 39〕〔Barbara Rett, ("Hans Gabor Wettbewerb geht online" ), Barbara Rett's online blog, 7 July 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2013〕 In 2001 the Cologne Philharmonie nominated Matthias Rexroth for the "Rising Star" award, with a tour of major European concert houses.〔Christopher Morley, ''Financial Times'' (London), 28 January 2002〕 In 2003 he represented Germany in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.〔(Cardiff Competition website ) also Graeme Kay's blog (see "additional sources" below)〕 Matthias Rexroth has collaborated frequently with the conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt in roles such as Unulfo in Handel’s ''Rodelinda'' at the Theater an der Wien,〔''Opera News'', July 2011〕 Hamor in Handel’s ''Jephtha'', Didymus in Handel’s ''Theodora''〔(Vienna Musikverein, Monatszeitung, ''Meistersinger aus Nürnberg'' ) retrieved 10 July 2013〕 and Purcell’s ''Ode to St. Cecilia'' at the Vienna’s Musikverein and the Styriarte festival in Graz. Notable concerts include those with the Vienna Philharmonic under Riccardo Muti, Fabio Luisi with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome, Nicola Luisotti with the Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo in Naples and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos with the Wiener Symphoniker. Rexroth performs recitals regularly, at the Berlin Philharmonie, Prinzregententheater in Munich,〔Klaus Kalchschmid, "Matthias Rexorh Gefeiertes Debut", ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'', 21 November 2005〕 Bad Kissingen,〔Ahnert, ''Saale Zeitung'', 28 June 2011〕 and with pianists Semion Skigin,〔Dirk Aschendorf, (''Engl. "Wahnfried's first Counter"'', WAT, 4 October 2008〕 Matteo Pais and Eytan Pessen.〔Recital review: Albrecht Schmidt, "Jeder Ton ein Ereignis, Matthias Rexroth singt, dass einem der Atem stockt", ''Damstädter Echo'', 15 April 2002〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matthias Rexroth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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