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Ensemble - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Rebecca Jo Loeb

Rebecca Jo Loeb

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Die Mezzosopranistin Rebecca Jo Loeb studierte Gesang an der Manhattan School of Music und an der Juilliard School in New York. Sie war Mitglied im Young Artist Program des Tanglewood Music Centers und der Glimmerglass Opera. Rebecca Jo Loeb ist Preisträgerin des Lotte Lenya Wettbewerbs, des Opera Foundation Wettbewerbs und der Career Bridges Foundation. Erste Bühnenerfahrungen sammelte die junge Mezzosopranistin in Opernproduktionen an der Juilliard School. An der Glimmerglass Opera sang sie die Annina in LA TRAVIATA und beim Ravinia Music Festival debütierte sie als Bessi im MAHAGONNY SONGSPIEL von Kurt Weill.

Nach einer Spielzeit als Stipendiatin an der Deutschen Oper Berlin war Rebecca Jo Loeb von 2011 bis 2015 Ensemblemitglied an der Staatsoper Hamburg. Zu ihren dortigen Partien gehörten Hänsel in HÄNSEL UND GRETEL, Cherubino in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Siebel in FAUST und Rosina in IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIa. Gastspiele führten sie als Alisa in LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR nach Turin, als Fjodor in BORIS GODUNOW an die Dallas Opera und als Bellante in Händels ALMIRA zu den Festwochen der Alten Musik nach Innsbruck. Beim Festival Aix-en-Provence debütierte sie im Sommer 2012 in der UA vom George Benjamins WRITTEN ON SKIN als Marie und Angel 2.

Im Juni 2015 debütierte Rebecca Jo Loeb als Gymnasiast und Groom in LULU an der Oper Amsterdam. Nachdem sie diese Partien im Herbst 2015 auch an der New Yorker MET coverte, wurde sie 2015/16 in das Ensemble der Deutschen Oper Berlin übernommen, wo sie u. a. als Mércedès in CARMEN und Clotilde in NORMA zu hören war. Zurzeit ist die Künstlerin freischaffend tätig. Sie gastierte als Fuchs in DAS SCHLAUE FÜCHSLEIN an der Oper Köln, debütierte im Januar 2017 an der New Yorker Met als Flora in LA TRAVIATA, brillierte als Susan Cooper in der deutschen Erstaufführung von LOVE LIFE am Theater Freiburg und am Teatro Municipal de Santiago in Chile war sie als Gymnasiast und Groom in LULU zu Gast. 19/20 übernahm die Sängerin u. a. in einer Ballettproduktion von Sciarrinos VANITAS die Mezzosopran-Partie am Staatstheater Oldenburg. Nachdem sie in der im April 2019 mit dem Pulitzer Preis ausgezeichneten modernen Oper PRISM, komponiert von Ellen Reid, bereits die Hauptrolle der Lumee sang, übernahm sie diese nochmals in Washington.

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05
DEC

Adventskalender in der Tischlerei: Das 5. Fensterchen

Today in the Tischlerei: ‘Rossini, Liszt and more’
with Kangyoon Shine Lee (tenor) and Songyeon Catarina Kim (piano)
5pm / Tischlerei
Duration: approx. 25 minutes / free admission

The evening begins with musical declarations of love: love is illuminated in all its facets – from the idealised, the yearning to the devoted and the melancholy – in three songs by Franz Liszt and an aria from Rossini's IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Franz Liszt's ‘Enfant, si j'etais roi’ (‘Child, if I were king’) and ‘Oh! Quand je dors’ (‘Oh! When I sleep’) are settings of poems by Victor Hugo. In the first, the beloved is given everything imaginable – but it can never be enough. The second poem describes a nocturnal vision of the beloved, who appears like an angel, kisses the sleeping person and fills them with heavenly love. Liszt's ‘Liebestraum Nr. 3’ (‘Oh dear, as long as you can love’) is one of a series of three songs that Liszt later arranged in a purely instrumental form and which became emblematic of romantic piano music. The original text was written by Ferdinand Freiligrath and deals with the transience of love and the resulting need to cherish and cultivate it in the here and now. You will hear the Korean pianist Songyeon Catarina Kim at the piano. She then lovingly accompanies our ensemble member Kangyoon Shine Lee in an aria that he will sing again on our main stage from 31 March 2025, when he takes on the role of Count Almaviva in Katharina Thalbach's production of Rossini's IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: the cavatina ‘Ecco, ridente in cielo’. In it, Almaviva sings about the beauty of the morning and his ardent love for Rosina – it is a lyrical and romantic beginning to an otherwise predominantly comedic opera. It is followed by the song ‘La danza’ from Rossini's collection of songs ‘Les soirées musicales’, published about 20 years later, which describes the joyful hustle and bustle of a Neapolitan festival. The musical basis for this song is the tarantella, a fast, rhythmic folk dance from southern Italy. The programme will conclude with a contemplative Christmas favourite, ‘O Holy Night’.

Lyric tenor Kangyoon Shine Lee was born in Seoul. He first graduated from the Korea National University of Arts before studying with Kammersänger Prof. Roman Trekel at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin from 2022. In 2021, Kangyoon Shine Lee won the Belvedere Competition and received an engagement at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He made his house debut on 27 December 2022 as Almaviva in Rossini's IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA and also sang in DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE. In the 2024/25 season, he will be part of the ensemble here at the theatre and can be heard in roles such as Tamino in Mozart's MAGIC FLUTE and the children's version THE FAIRY TALE OF THE MAGIC FLUTE, as Count von Lerma / DON CARLO, Cavalier Belfiore / IL VIAGGIO A REIMS, Malcolm / MACBETH, Walther von der Vogelweide / TANNHÄUSER and Pang / TURANDOT.

The South Korean pianist Songyeon Catarina Kim studied piano at Kyunghee University in Seoul. She has won numerous Korean and international competitions. Since 2021, she has been studying Lied interpretation with Prof. Wolfram Rieger at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin. She is currently studying chamber music with Prof. Wolfram Rieger as part of her concert exam. During her studies, she was a répétiteur in lessons with KS Prof. Roman Trekel, Prof. Anna Korondi, KS Prof. Ewa Wolak, Prof. Martin Bruns and Prof. Christine Schäfer, as well as a répétiteur in masterclasses with KS Brigitte Fassbaender and KS Prof. Thomas Quasthoff. She has also worked as a répétiteur for scenic instruction at the Immling Festival, the Darmstadt Theatre and the Erfurt Theatre. In the 2024/25 season, she will work as a répétiteur at IMMMERMEEEHR at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.