Gerlinde Sämann [SEP] voice type
Gerlinde Sämann
Gerlinde Sämann (born 1969) is a German soprano known for her performances in concerts and operas. She is particularly associated with the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Her concert repertoire also includes lieder, oratorio, early music, and contemporary music.
Career.
Born in Nuremberg, Gerlinde Sämann studied the piano and singing at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich with Karl-Heinz Jarius, Henriette Meyer-Ravenstein and Selma Aykan. She also completed a course as a Respiratory therapist according to the method of
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12", written in Weimar in 1714, recorded in 2009 together with Gerlinde Sämann, Christoph Genz and Jan van der Crabben. She appeared in a concert of Bach cantatas at the Rheingau Musik Festival in the Eibingen Abbey in 2005. She recorded with La Petite Bande also Bach's "St Matthew Passion" and "Mass in B minor", with Genz as the Evangelist and van der Crabben as the Vox Christi, the voice of Jesus. The ensemble, with the