Christa Mayer [SEP] voice type
Christa Mayer
Christa Mayer is a German operatic mezzo-soprano. She is particularly known for her portrayal of Erda in Richard Wagner's "Ring Cycle"; a role which she has performed several times at the Bayreuth Festival and recorded on the BBC Legends Record Label.
Life and career.
Christa Mayer was born in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany in Bavaria. After graduating from the Bavarian Academy of Singing, she pursued further studies at the Munich Academy of Music where she was a pupil of tenor Thomas Moser.
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- 3rd Prizes (shared): Stefanie Krahnenfeld, Germany; Christa Mayer, Germany
"Voice (male)"
- 1st Prize: Konrad Jarnot, Great Britain
- 2nd Prize: Nathaniel Webster, USA
- 3rd Prize: Friedemann Röhlig, Germany
"Viola"
- 2nd Prize: Danuta Waskiewicz, Germany
"Flute"
- 2nd Prizes (shared): Rozàlia Szabó, Hungary; Henrik Wiese, Germany
- 3rd Prize: Kersten McCall, Germany
"Piano