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Ensemble - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Sam Roberts-Smith

Sam Roberts-Smith

Der Bariton Sam Roberts-Smith schloss 2008 sein Studium an der Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts ab. Zunächst führte ihn ein erstes Engagement als Mitglied des Young Artist Programs an die Australian National Opera Company Opera Australia, um später das feste Ensemble zu ergänzen. Er sang dort in MACBETH, A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, LA BOHEME, LAKME, EUGEN ONEGIN, TOSCA, MANON, LA TRAVIATA, CARMEN, DER ROSENKAVALIER, LA SONNAMBULA, LES PECHEURS DE PERLES, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST, IL TROVATORE, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, BLISS, RIGOLETTO und DON GIOVANNI.

Er trat sowohl als Gast der Geburtstagsgala für Richard Bonynge als auch für Dame Joan Sutherland auf. Der australische Premierminister bat ihn um eine Interpretation der Australischen Nationalhymne am Erinnerungstag des Flugunglücks MH17 in Melbourne und am ersten Jahrestag am Parlamentsgebäude in Canberra.

Sam Roberts-Smith gewann zahlreiche Wettbewerbe und Auszeichnungen, darunter der Deutsche Oper Berlin Award der Opera Foundation for young Australians, der Australian Singing Competition, das Joan Sutherland Vocal Scholarship, der Symphony Australia Young Vocalist Award, und er ist Gewinner verschiedener Preise des International Paris Opera Awards.

Im Jahr 2015 kehrte Sam Roberts-Smith nach Perth zurück und wurde zum australischen Vertreter für die Internationale Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition gewählt und gab sein China- und Rollendebüt als Graf Almaviva in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO mit der Australian International Opera Company.

Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Australien wurde er eingeladen, Händels „Messiah“ mit dem Queensland Symphony Orchestra zu interpretieren. Seitdem hat er verschiedenste Rollendebüts gegeben, darunter Marcello / LA BOHÈME an der Freeze Frame Opera, Marco / GIANNI SCHICCHI, Zurga / LES PECHEURS DE PERLES und Vicomte Cascada / DIE LUSTIGE WITWE für The West Australian Opera. Weitere Engagements führten ihn durch Australien sowie nach Frankreich, die Niederlande, nach Süd Korea, China, England, Schottland, Neuseeland, Nord- und Süd Amerika.

Als Stipendiat der Opera Foundation Australia verstärkte er in der Saison 17/18 das Ensemble der Deutschen Oper Berlin und kehrt nun in ANDREA CHENIER in der aktuellen Spielzeit zurück.

Schedule

Videos

Il viaggio a Reims - Finale
Video – 14:13 min.

Ritornell und Parade der Nationen (Finale - Il viaggio a Reims)

Gioacchino Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
Video – 02:09 min.

Gioacchino Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims

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20
DEC

Adventskalender im Foyer: Das 20. Fensterchen

Today in the Parkettfoyer: A greeting from South Africa with the Magaliesberg Children's Choir
Conductor: Hannelie van Sittert
5:00 p.m. / Parkettfoyer
Duration: approx. 25 minutes / Free admission


The award-winning Magaliesberg Children's Choir from Pretoria (South Africa) is coming to Berlin as part of its ‘Christmas Europe Tour 2024’: Not only will they sing in our Advent calendar today, but also on Sunday in one of Berlin's most beautiful churches, the Apostel-Paulus-Kirche in Schöneberg. The traditional Christmas concert by the Young Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Kammersymphonie Berlin will feature works by Michael Praetorius, George Frederic Handel, Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir David Valentine Willcocks and international Christmas carols, performed by the guests from South Africa and others.

In today's Advent Calendar window, the young artists from the other end of the world will perform, among other things, the traditional ‘Cikala Le Pong Pong’, a folk song from northern Sumatra that is still sung today at the opening of ceremonial celebrations. This is followed by Koos de Plessis' Christmas song “Somerkersfees” and an African medley combining the songs “Mangisondele Nkosi Yam”, “Tico”, “San'nonani” and the traditional “Ndavana”.

The Magaliesberg Children's Choir was founded in October 1997 with 44 members. The choir consists of schoolchildren from grades 4 to 12 from various schools in Pretoria. Thanks in part to the commitment of its choirmaster Hannelie van Sittert, the choir has not only participated extremely successfully in numerous international competitions, but has also spun and maintained a network of international friendships and collaborations, including contacts in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, the Czech Republic. In 2013, the Magaliesberg Children's Choir was invited to take part in a programme in Europe that brought young people together through choral music: the 8th International Johannes Brahms Choir Competition in Wernigerode. There, the children's choir won two gold medals and thus qualified for the 2014 World Choir Olympics in Latvia, where 450 choirs from 73 countries, including 83 children's choirs, met in the country's capital, Riga. The Magaliesberg Children's Choir won the gold medal and the silver medal for folklore. Experience the tradition and expertise cultivated over the years in African song with the programme of our last live window today in the parquet foyer of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

We hope that all our little programmes have brought you joy during the Advent season. In the next few days until Christmas Eve, four more Advent raffles await you. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2025!