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Margot Oitzinger (Mezzo-soprano) |
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Born: Graz, Austria |
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The Austrian mezzo-soprano, Margot Oitzinger, started her musical education at the Johann-Joseph-Fux Conservatory in Graz on the flute. Upon leaving school, she studied singing at the University of Art in Graz with Annemarie Zeller, Rosemarie Schmied and Tom Sol. During her time in Graz she spent six months in Lugano, Switzerland, studying with Luisa Castellani. She graduated with honours in Graz. She also participated in several Renaissance and Baroque courses with Jill Feldman, Emma Kirkby and Wolf-Matthias Friedrich. She is winner of the second prize of the international Baroque singing competition in Chimay (Belgium) 2006.
Margot Oitzinger is member of the vocal ensembles ensemble contralti and a piú voci, specialising in renaissance and baroque music. As a soloist she worked with ensembles such as the Concerto Copenhagen, Wiener Akademie, Bach Consort, Capella Savaria, Concerto Tivoli and Capella Leopoldina.
Her concert repertoire includes the alto roles in numerous oratorios and cantatas mostly from the Baroque periode and also Contemporary Music. As far as opera is concerned, Margot Oitzinger sang the role of Bastien in W.A. Mozart’s Bastien und Bastienne; Tangia in Gluck’s Le Cinesi; Apollo in Johann Joseph Fux’ Dafne in Lauro. The role of Lisetta in Haydn’s Il mondo della Luna she sang at the Kammeroper Graz and she performed the role of Matilda in George Frideric Handel’s Ottone at the Donaufestwochen in Upper Austria. She also gave many Lieder and chanson concerts.
Her opera and concert engagements included appearences at international festivals such as the Händelfestival in Halle, the Styriarte, Psalm, Steirischer Herbst or the Jeunesse. Her performing schedule has taken her so far besides Austria to Germany, Italy Switzerland, Bulgaria, South Africa, Singapore and the Phillipines. |
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Sources:
Margot Oitzinger Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (October 2009) |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Works |
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Péter Barczi |
Alto |
[VV-1] (2020, Video): BWV 248/1-3 |
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John Butt |
Alto |
BWV 232 |
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Michi Gaigg |
Alto |
[C-2] (2023, 2-CD/MP3): BWV 56 [Chorale], BWV 170, BWV 54, BWV 158 [Chorale], BWV 35, BWV 169 |
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Lorenzo Ghielmi |
Alto |
Video (2012): BWV 159, BWV 22 |
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Rudolf Kelber |
Alto |
BWV 246 |
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Fritz Krämer |
Alto |
Member of BERNVOCAL:
[CV-1] (2018,Video): BWV 106 [Solo] |
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Bernward Lohr |
Alto |
BWV 131, BWV 182 |
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Rudolf Lutz |
Alto |
DVD/CD: BWV 12, BWV 34, BWV 67, BWV 70, BWV 91 [2016], BWV 94, BWV 108, BWV 119, BWV 147, BWV 159
DVD/CD (2008): BWV 78
DVD/CD (2009): BWV 155
[D-36] (2010, DVD)/Bach-Kantaten N°38 (CD): BWV 184
DVD/CD (2018): BWV 248/2
DVD/CD (2019): BWV 248/5, BWV 102
BSSG [D15-7] (2021, Video): BWV 27
BSSG [D16-13] (2022, Video): BWV 101
BSSG [D17-7] (2023, Video): BWV 178
BWV 244 |
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Renato Negri |
Alto |
Video: BWV 232 |
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Rainer Oster |
Alto |
BWV 33, BWV 137 |
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Andrew Parrott |
Alto |
V-3 (2013): BWV 244 |
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Andreas Pixner |
Alto |
BWV 245 |
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Marcel Ponseele |
Alto |
BWV 146 |
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Agnieszka Żarska |
Alto |
[CV-5] (2021, Video): BWV 249, BWV 11
[VV-2] (2022, Video): BWV 248/1,4,5,6 |
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Links to other Sites |
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Margot Oitzinger - Mezzosopran (Official Website) [German]
J.S. Bach-Stiftung, St. Gallen: Margot Oitzinger [German]
Margot Oitzinger - mezzo-soprano (Styriarte) |
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