Portrait Juliane Banse

Juliane Banse

Soprano
© susie Knoll
General Management

With her diverse and extensive repertoire, few artists of her generation are as successful as soprano Juliane Banse. Her operatic repertoire ranges from the Marschallin, Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro), Fiordiligi, Donna Elvira, Vitellia (La clemenza di Tito), Genoveva (title role), Leonore, to Tatyana (Eugene Onegin), Arabella and Grete (Schreker's Der ferne Klang). Her artistic breakthrough came at the age of 20 as Pamina in Harry Kupfer’s production of Die Zauberflöte at the Komische Oper Berlin. Her performance as Snow White in the world premiere of the opera of the same name by Heinz Holliger, with whom she has a close working relationship, at the Zurich Opera House was described as unforgettable.

Born in southern Germany and raised in Zurich, the soprano first took lessons with Paul Steiner and later with Ruth Rohner at the Zurich Opera House, completing her studies with Brigitte Fassbaender and Daphne Evangelatos in Munich. A dedicated teacher herself, she has held a singing professorship at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf since the winter semester 2016/2017. She has accepted a position at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, effective from the winter semester 2020/2021. She also gives masterclasses at home and abroad.

Juliane Banse sang the title role in the revival of Jeanne d’Arc by Walter Braunfels in Cologne, and appeared in Zurich in the world premiere of Heinz Holliger’s opera Lunea. She gave her long awaited debut as Marschallin in Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, and sang the role of Elsa von Brabant in Wagner's Lohengrin in Nantes and Anger. She has performed three notable monodramas: THE TELL-TALE HEART by Dutch composer Willem Jeths at the Concertgebouw, Grigori Frid's Diary of Anne Frank at the Theater an der Wien, Poulenc's La Voix humaine at the Berlin State Opera and Cologne Opera, and sang the premiere of Manfred Trojahn's cycle Four Women from Shakespeare, composed especially for her voice. In the USA, Juliane Banse most recently appeared as Rosalinde (Fledermaus) in Chicago and in Strauss's Arabella (Zdenka) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

In demand on the concert platform, the artist has performed a vast repertoire with renowned conductors including Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Chailly, Bernard Haitink, Franz Welser-Möst, Marin Alsop, Zubin Mehta and Manfred Honeck. Most recently, Manfred Trojahn wrote the chamber music version of the work 4 Women from Shakespeare for her. She performed Heinz Holliger's composition Dämmerlicht in Sao Paulo in June 2022, and his composition Puneigä in Geneva in September 2022. In the fall of 2022, she will return to Japan for the first time since the pandemic (Strauss 'Vier letzte Lieder' with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra). Most recently, Manfred Trojahn wrote the chamber music version of the work 4 Women from Shakespeare for her. She performed Heinz Holliger's composition Dämmerlicht in Sao Paulo in June 2022, and his composition Puneigä in Geneva in September 2022. In the fall of 2022, she will return to Japan for the first time since the pandemic (Strauss 'Vier letzte Lieder' with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra).

Lieder recitals and chamber music have always been an integral part of the calendar. The Schubertiade in Vilabertran is once again included, and Juliane Banse makes her first guest appearance in the Boulez Hall in Berlin. A CD recording of Schubert's 'Winterreise' together with Martin Helmchen is also planned.

Many of Juliane Banse’s recordings have won awards, with two receiving an Echo Klassik: Braunfels’s Jeanne d’Arc with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck (nominated: world's first recording of the year) and Mahler’s Eighth Symphony with the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich and David Zinman. In 2017 her CD Unanswered Love, together with Deutsche Radiophilharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern under Christoph Poppen, was released to great media acclaim, featuring works by Reimann, Rihm and Henze, some of which were recorded for the first time and dedicated to her. Her CD Im Arm der Liebe with the Munich Radio Orchestra includes works by Braunfels, Korngold, Marx and Pfitzner. She also received high praise for her recording of Hindemith's Marienleben together with pianist Martin Helmchen, a work the artist particularly enjoys singing. Furthermore, several of her last season's performances with orchestra, Heinz Holliger’s Puneigae and G. Kurtág’s Messages of the late R.V. Troussova from Frankfurt as well as Henze’s Nachtstücke und Arien from Vienna, are scheduled for CD release.

For further information, please visit www.julianebanse.de

 




18. June 2023

Uhingen, 73066, Schloss Filseck

-: Liederabend

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9. July 2023

Santander, Encuentro de Música y Academia de Santander

: Meisterkurs

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20. October 2023

Oxford, Oxford Lieder Festival

Franz Schubert: Winterreise op. 89 D 911

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  • „Juliane Banse favorisiert bei Mozart-Liedern eine empfindende, natürlich strömende, entwaffnend anmutige Vortragsweise. Alles klingt bei ihr sehr verinnerlicht, wie aus einem meditativem Versenken heraus. Das Melos blüht nur in zartesten Nuancen auf, nichts wirkt manieriert oder forciert, alles erklingt in einer wunderbar ausgeglichenen, makellosen Stimmführung. Der schlanke, beseelte, mädchenhaft klar timbrierte Klang einer ökonomisch geführten, unverbrauchten glockenhellen Stimme nimmt gefangen […]. [Sie] gestaltet sehr intensiv und expressiv – ohne allerdings die klangliche Ästhetik ihrer hoch kultivierten Stimmgebung in Reinkultur von Intonation und klarer Diktion aufzugeben.“
  • "Dazu die so wunderbar grundierte Stimme von Juliane Banse, deren Gesang sich immer wieder in sensible, tänzerische Haltungen des Körpers zu wandeln vermag und dies immer in einer Art spürbarer, seelischer Verbindung zum Pianisten Alexander Krichel, der die Emotionen der Bewegungen des Gesanges in seinem Spiel aufnimmt."
  • "Dabei war es in erster Linie das tiefe Register, mit dem Juliane Banse zu beeindrucken wusste. Erstaunlich auch, wie diese ihre meist aus dem Pianissimo angesetzten Töne trugen, zunächst mit dem Klang des kleinen Orchesterapparats hinter ihr verschmolzen, um dann doch die Szene zu dominieren. (...) Dafür entstanden umso eindrucksvollere Stimmungsbilder, intensiv und farbenreich."
  • "Juliane Banse likes to move with her voice. That should be a given for a classical music vocalist, but Banse doesn’t just want to evoke emotion among the members of her audience; she also likes to shake a leg herself."



Elisabeth Ehlers

Elisabeth Ehlers

Director, General Management
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Katharina Klapsing

Katharina Klapsing

Associate Artist Manager
On maternity leave.
Sophie Kurzbauer

Sophie Kurzbauer

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