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description: Helen Jeanette Donath (née Erwin) (born July 10, 1940) is an American soprano with a career spanning fifty years.Helen DonathHelen Donath.jpgBorn Helen Jeanette Donath (née Erwin)July 10, 1940 (age ...

Helen Jeanette Donath (née Erwin) (born July 10, 1940) is an American soprano with a career spanning fifty years.
Helen Donath
Helen Donath.jpg
Born Helen Jeanette Donath (née Erwin)
July 10, 1940 (age 74)
Corpus Christi, Texas
United States

Songs:

01 Fidelio - Oh, if I.. 《Beethoven hundred percent(..》25,041
02 Requiem In D Flat Maj..《Schumann: Re..》68
03 Der Hirt Auf Dem Fels..《Der Hirt Auf D..》30
04 Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, ..《Schumann: Di..》4
05 Requiem In D Flat Maj..《Schumann: Re..》4
06 Requiem In D Flat Maj..《Schumann: Re..》4
07 Requiem In D Flat Maj..《Schumann: Re..》4
08 Requiem In D Flat Maj..《Schumann: Re..》4
09 Requiem In D Flat Maj..《Schumann: Re..》4
10 Requiem In D Flat Maj..《Schumann: Re..》7
11 Symphony No. 9 in D..《Beethoven: Sy..》620
12 Symphony No. 9 in D..《Beethoven: Sy..》297
13 Pfitzner: Palestrina - M..《Pfitzner: Palest..》2
14 Pfitzner: Palestrina - M..《Pfitzner: Palest..》5
15 Pfitzner: Palestrina - M..《Pfitzner: Palest..》6
16 Act III: Je dis que rie..《Bizet: Carmen》2
17 Mozart: Mass in C, K...《Mozart: Compl..》1
18 Mozart: Mass in C, K...《Mozart: Compl..》7
19 Mozart: Mass in C, K...《Mozart: Compl..》1
20 Mozart: Mass in C, K...《Mozart: Compl..》9
21 Mozart: Missa brevis in..《Mozart: Compl..》3
22 Mozart: Missa brevis in..《Mozart: Compl..》2
23 Wagner: Das Rheingol..《Twilight Of Th..》6
24 Wagner: Das Rheingol..《The History O..》2
25 Sechs Deutsche Lieder..《Der Hirt Auf D..》25

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Biography

She was born in Corpus Christi, Texas and studied at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi and with Paola Novikova in New York.

She debuted as a concert and Lieder singer in New York in 1958. In 1961, she became a member of the Opernstudio in Cologne and the Staatsoper Hannover. In Hanover, she met her husband, the choir master and conductor Klaus Donath. Their son Alexander is a stage and opera director. In 2000, all three were involved in Michigan Opera Theatre's production of Der Rosenkavalier.[1]

In 1967, she sang Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Salzburg Festival, which began a long association with the festival. From 1970 to 1990, she was a regular member of the Vienna State Opera.

She has performed all over the world including at the Vienna State Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival, Covent Garden, La Scala, Barcelona, Paris, Florence, Tokyo, Berlin, Munich.

In 2006, she had performances as Despina in Così fan tutte at the Vienna State Opera, Salzburg Festival and other places.

Donath performed works of Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Schumann, Richard Strauss, and has worked and recorded under Karl Richter, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Rafael Kubelík, Antal Doráti, Leonard Bernstein, Georg Solti, Giuseppe Patanè, Daniel Barenboim, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Neville Marriner, Helmuth Rilling, Colin Davis, Eugen Jochum, Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Eliahu Inbal and Herbert von Karajan.

She was awarded in 2005 the Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse des Niedersächsischen Verdienstordens (Order of Merit 1st Class of Lower Saxony), in 1990 the Niedersächsischer Staatspreis (State Prize of Lower Saxony) and made Kammersängerin of Bavaria.
Recordings

Donath has made many opera and operetta recordings with various companies. Her finest moments on disc include her Eva in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Sophie in Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier.

    Beethoven: Fidelio (as Marzelline), with Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Zoltán Kelemen, Karl Ridderbusch, José van Dam, Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin and Berliner Philharmoniker, (con.) Herbert von Karajan (EMI)
    Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (as Amor), with Marilyn Horne, Pilar Lorengar, and Royal Opera House Orchestra, (con.) Sir Georg Solti (Decca)
    Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (as Lauretta), with Rolando Panerai, Vera Baniewicz, Peter Seiffert, Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Bavarian Radio Chorus, (con.) Giuseppe Patané (RCA)
    Lehár: The Land of Smiles (as Lisa), with Martin Finke, Klaus Hirte, Siegfried Jerusalem, Brigitte Lindner, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and Münchner Rundfunkorchester, (con.) Willi Boskovsky (EMI)
    Strauss, R: Arabella (as Zdenka), with Júlia Varady, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Walter Berry, Helga Schmidt, Elfriede Hobarth, Adolf Dallapozza, and Bavarian State Orchestra and Opera Chorus, (con.) Wolfgang Sawallisch (Orfeo)
    Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier (as Sophie), with Régine Crespin, Yvonne Minton, Manfred Jungwirth, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and Sir Georg Solti (Decca)
    Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (as Oscar), with Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Renata Tebaldi, Regina Resnik, and Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, (con.) Bruno Bartoletti (Decca)
    Mozart: The Magic Flute (as Pamina), with Günther Leib, Peter Schreier, Leipzig Radio Chorus Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden Orchestra (RCA)
    Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea (as Poppea), with Elisabeth Söderström, Cathy Berberian, Paul Esswood, and Concentus musicus Wien, (con.) Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec)
    Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (as Eva), with René Kollo, Theo Adam, Peter Schreier, Geraint Evans, Karl Ridderbusch, Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Chor des Leipziger Rundfunks and Staatskapelle Dresden, (con.) Herbert von Karajan (EMI)
    Haydn: L'anima del filosofo, with Robert Swensen, Sylvia Greenberg, Thomas Quasthoff, Paul Hansen, Azuko Suzuki, Bavarian Radio Chorus and Munich Radio Orchestra, (con.) Leopold Hager (Orfeo)
    Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, with Anna Moffo, Christa Ludwig, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Charlotte Berthold, Arleen Auger, Lucia Popp, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Tölzer Knabenchor, and Kurt Eichhorn as conductor. RCA 1999
    Hindemith Sancta Susanna, as Susanna with Gabriele Schnaut (Klementia) and Gabriele Schreckenbach (Alte Nonne), Janis Martin, Damen des RIAS Kammerchors, Radio-Symphonie-Orchesster Berlin, Gerd Albrecht, conductor

Other recordings

    Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Schreier
    Bach: Cantatas BWV 119–121 / Rilling
    Bach: Easter Cantatas / Rilling
    Bach: Magnificat / Gönnenwein
    Bach: St Matthew Passion / K. Richter (DVD)
    Bach: St John Passion / K. Richter (DVD)
    Beethoven: Fidelio / Leonard Bernstein
    Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Kubelik
    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Celibidache
    Beethoven: Symphony No 9 / Kubelik
    Blendinger: Media in Vita, Sawallisch, with Hermann Becht, Bayerisches Staatsorchester
    Bizet: Carmen / Lorin Maazel
    Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande / Kubelik
    Flotow: Alessandro Stradella/ Wallberg, Schartner
    Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Solti
    Handel: Messiah / K. Richter
    Haydn: La vera costanza / Doráti
    Haydn: The Creation, The Seasons / Koch
    Humperdinck: Königskinder / Wallberg
    Lehár: The Merry Widow (as Valencienne), with Bavarian Radio Chorus and Munich Radio Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg conducting (EMI)
    Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Inbal
    Mozart: Così fan tutte / Honeck (DVD)
    Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, Mass in C major, Requiem / C. Davis
    Mozart: The Magic Flute / Suitner
    Mozart: Don Giovanni / Barenboim
    Mozart: La finta semplice / Hager
    Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / C. Davis
    Mozart: Lucio Silla / Hager
    Mozart: Unknown Arias for Soprano / Donath
    Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor / Klee
    Pfitzner: Das Christ-Elflein / Eichhorn
    Pfitzner: Palestrina / Kubelik
    Schubert: Sacred Works / Sawallisch
    Schubert: "The Shepherd on the Rock" / Donath
    Schubert: Masses, etc. / Sawallisch
    Schubert: Cantata Lazarus with Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bavarian Radio Orchestra
    Schumann: Requiem, etc. / Klee,
    Schumann: Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, Op. 112, Sawallisch
    Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Karajan, Berlin
    Weber: Der Freischütz / Sawallisch

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