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Agnes Knoop (Soprano)

Born: Germany

The German soprano, Agnes Knoop, studied at the Goethe Gymnasium Rutheneum (Class of 2003 and MH Freiburg. She studied concert and opera singing at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig, and singing pedagogy, rhythmics and singing at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg im Breisgau (Class of 2012). In 2012 she completed her studies with Professor Wirtz with the note "very good" in the diploma. She attended master-classes, inter alia, with Klesie Kelly-Moog, Kurt Widmer and Beata Heuer-Christen.

In the summer of 2012 Agnes Knoop sang the role of Smeraldina at th Konstanzer Rathausoper and stood on stage, among others, as Gretchen in Der Wildschütz and Nerina in La fedeltà premiata. She is a member of several vocal ensembles including the Orpheus Vokalensemble, Rastatter Vokalensemble, Solistenensemble Stimmkunst (Director: Kay Johannsen) and Chapelle de la Vigne (Director: Bernhard Schmidt) and also worked as a concert singer. Her repertoire includes works from the 16th century to the present and from classical to jazz.

Sources:
Bachvokal Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (October 2014)
Agnes Knoop profile on Facebook
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (October 2014, December 2014)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Kay Johannsen

Soprano

Video: BWV 99, BWV 138
[C15-6] (Bach:vokal 2015, Video): BWV 27
[C17-5] (Bach:vokal 2017, Video): BWV 186a

Kay Johannsen

Soprano

Member of Solistenensemble Stimmkunst:
[C13-3] (Bach:vokal 2016, Video): BWV 67, BWV 42
[C13-4] (Bach:vokal 2016, Video): BWV 242, BWV 85, BWV 104
Bach:vokal 2014/1 Video: BWV 153, BWV 123
Bach:vokal 2014/2 Video: BWV 233, BWV 65
[C15-6] (Bach:vokal 2015, Video): BWV 161, BWV 95, BWV 27, BWV 8
[C17-5] (Bach:vokal 2017, Video): BWV 70, BWV 186a, BWV 140
[C18-2] (Bach:vokal 2018, Video): BWV 172, BWV 59, BWV 74, BWV 175
[C18-4] (Bach:vokal 2018, Video): BWV 26, BWV 60, BWV 90, BWV 116

Bernhard Schmidt

Soprano

Member of Chapelle de la Vigne:
BWV 172, BWV 173, BWV 34

Links to other Sites

Agnes Knopp - Sopran (Bach:vokal) [German]
Agnes Knoop on Facebook