Gun-Brit Barkmin

Gun-Brit Barkmin is a German opera singer and concert soloist in the vocal range soprano who has garnered generally positive reviews for her performances in leading roles in operas by Janáček, Britten, Berg, Wagner and Richard Strauss,^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] although (writing in The New Yorker) Alex Ross felt that she "showed strain" in her role as Salome.^[6] In contrast, Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times found she sang the role with "searing power and unflagging intensity."^[7] James Leonard comments that her collaboration with Zürcher Klaviertrio to record Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok by Shostakovich added "human tenderness."^[8]

Born1971 (age 54–55)

Rostock, then in East Germany

OccupationSoprano singer

Websitewww.barkmin.com/en/

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Gun-Brit Barkmin
Born	1971 (age 54–55) Rostock, then in East Germany
Occupation	Soprano singer
Website	www.barkmin.com/en/

She was born in Rostock in 1971 (in the former German Democratic Republic)^[9] but now lives in Berlin. She has performed in the US, Canada, UK, Japan, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.^[10]

Her given name is of Swedish origin.^[11]

Awards

2002: Daphne prize of the Theatergemeinde Berlin (Berlin theater community)^[12]

References

[1]
Loomis, George (2013-04-16). "Triumph Over Stalinism". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-18. The German soprano Gun-Brit Barkmin gives a vibrant performance in the title role.
[2]
"Critics' choice". The Telegraph. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2015-10-18. strong performances by Christopher Purves, Gun Brit Barkmin,
[3]
Griffiths, Paul (2005-02-21). "OPERA REVIEW; A Dark Tale of Humanity In Waves of Pity and Terror". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-18. Gun-Brit Barkmin, as Marie, is excitable (to the point of letting her vibrato get a little out of control early on) and touching.
[4]
Eichler, Jeremy (2015-10-17). "Night and light: Strauss's 'Elektra' glows at Symphony Hall". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2015-10-18. The cast included Gun-Brit Barkmin as Chrysothemis ... who brought an intensity of feeling to the role that ennobled this character's longing for the normalcy of life outside the palace walls.
[5]
Koch, Heinz W. "Salome tanzt, der Hof tanzt mit; Dohnányi und Bechtolf mit Richard Strauss' Oper in Zürich" [Salome dances, and the court dances with her; Dohnányi and Bechtolf with Richard Strauss's opera in Zurich.]. Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2015-10-19.
[6]
Ross, Alex (2014-03-24). "The Vienna Fixation". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2015-10-18. Gun-Brit Barkmin showed strain in the title role
[7]
Tommasini, Anthony (2014-03-02). "Vienna State Opera Presents 'Wozzeck' and 'Salome'". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-18. As Salome, the German soprano Gun-Brit Barkmin sang with searing power and unflagging intensity.
[8]
Leonard, James. "Shostakovich: Piano Trios; 7 Romances - Zürcher Klavier Trio". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-10-18. Zürcher Klaviertrio -- violinist Gabriel Adorján, cellist Joël Marosi, and pianist Christiane Frucht joined by soprano Gun-Brit Barkmin ... Shostakovich's music sounds harshly angular, passionately anguished, and unrelentingly driven, with warm-toned soprano Barkmin adding the only touch of human tenderness
[9]
"Barkmin, Gun-Brit - Name Authority File". US Library of Congress. Retrieved 2015-10-18. Gun-Brit Barkmin, soprano, born in Rostock
[10]
Gun-Brit Barkmin. "Biography". barkmin.com. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
[11]
Helmig, Martina (2002-11-12). "Gun-Brit Barkmin ist zur stählernen Härte verpflichtet" [Gun-Brit Barkmin must show steely hardness]. Berliner Morgenpost (in German). Retrieved 2015-10-19.
[12]
"Daphne-Preis" [Berlin Theatre Community: Daphne Prize]. TheaterGemeinde Berlin (in German). Retrieved 2015-10-20.

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