Klaus Mertens [SEP] voice type
Klaus Mertens
Klaus Mertens (born 25 March 1949 in Kleve) is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach for bass voice.
Career.
Klaus Mertens took singing lessons while attending school. He studied music and pedagogy, and had his vocal training with Else Bischof-Bornes and Jakob Stämpfli (song, concert, oratorio) and with Peter Massmann (opera). After graduating with distinction he worked first as a school teacher.
She recorded Bach's "St Matthew Passion" in 1997 with conducting the , Jörg Dürmüller as the Evangelist and Klaus Mertens as the vox Christi (voice of Jesus).
In the field of historically informed performance, she has worked with the choir Junge Kantorei in Eberbach Abbey in works of Handel, "Hercules" in 2006, "Alexander's Feast" and "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day" in 2008, and "Messiah" in 2009. She has collaborated regularly with Sigiswald Kuijken and La Petite Bande in