Christian Elsner
Tenor Christian Elsner has a large repertory that has shifted toward heldentenor roles. He also sings lieder and performs in concert works, and he is an important educator.
Elsner was born on August 11, 1965, in Freiburg, Germany, where he sang in the boys' choir of the Freiburg Minster and took singing lessons from Richard Riffel. He studied at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt beginning in 1987, working with Richard Gründler, whom he regards as a mentor. He continued his studies with various teachers, among them Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and at the beginning of his career, he focused on lied and oratorio. Several awards, including second prizes at the Internationaler Walther Gruner-Wettbewerb in London in 1993, and the ARD International Music Competition in Munich the following year, helped his career along, and he began to take on operatic roles. At first, he sang lyric roles, such as Pedrillo in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Staatstheater Darmstadt and Lenski in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, appearing at various German opera houses. Around 2007, Elsner began to move toward heldentenor (heroic tenor) roles, singing that of Siegmund in Wagner's Die Walküre at several major houses, including the Semperoper in Dresden, and appearing as Parsifal in Wagner's opera of the same name at the Wiener Staatsoper, the Deutsches Nationaltheater, and the Staatskapelle Weimar. His concert-stage credits include appearances at the Philharmonie in Berlin, Carnegie Hall in New York, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Working with various accompanists, including Burkhard Kehring, Hartmut Höll, and Gerold Huber, he has given lieder recitals at such venues as the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, La Monnaie in Brussels, and the Beethovenfest in Bonn.
In addition to a long list of operatic credits, Elsner has released more than ten solo albums on CPO, Orfeo, PentaTone Classics, and other labels. These include a 2015 album of Schubert lieder orchestrations by Max Reger and Anton Weber with the Rundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin under conductor Marek Janowski. In 2021, with Janowski again as conductor, he appeared as Florestan in a new recording of Beethoven's Fidelio, opposite soprano Lise Davidsen as Leonore. Elsner is an important educator who began teaching at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg in 2006 and then at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in 2017. Among his other educational activities are three children's books based, respectively, on Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Weber's Der Freischütz, and Wagner's Ring cycle.
© James Manheim /TiVo
Ähnliche Künstler
-
Beethoven: Fidelio
Marek Janowski, Lise Davidsen, Christian Elsner, Dresdener Philharmonie
Oper - Erschienen bei Pentatone am 16.07.2021
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Das Rheingold
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Oper - Erschienen bei Pentatone am 01.05.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Marek Janowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tomas Konieczny, Christian Elsner, Iris Vermillion, Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Oper - Erschienen bei Pentatone am 01.05.2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Schubert: Lieder (Orch. by Max Reger & Anton Webern)
Christian Elsner, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
Klassik - Erschienen bei Pentatone am 01.10.2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Christian Elsner: Urgedanken (Beethoven, Mahler, Wagner, Brahms)
Christian Elsner, Burkhard Kehring, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gustav Mahler, Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms
Klassik - Erschienen bei Rondeau Production am 02.12.2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass, CG 56 - Bizet: Te Deum, WD 122 (Live)
Angela Maria Blasi, Christian Elsner, Dietrich Henschel, Münchner MotettenChor, Munich Symphony Orchestra, Hans Rudolf Zobeley
Klassik - Erschienen bei haenssler CLASSIC am 01.01.1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wagner: Parsifal
Marek Janowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Franz-Josef Selig, Christian Elsner, Michelle DeYoung, Evgeny Nikitin
Oper - Erschienen bei Pentatone am 01.02.2012
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Stravinsky, I.: Canticum Sacrum / Agon / Requiem Canticles
Christian Elsner, Stella Doufexis, Rudolf Rosen, Michael Gielen, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Chorwerk (für den Chor) - Erschienen bei SWR Classic am 01.01.2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schubert, F.: Lieder, Vol. 1 - Opp. 1-24
Christian Elsner, Mitsuko Shirai, Stephan Genz, Peter Hartling, Hartmut Höll, Peter Lika
Vokalmusik (weltlich und geistlich) - Erschienen bei CapriccioNR am 01.01.1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Symphonie n°2 "Lobgesang"
Ruth Ziesak, Mojca Erdmann, Christian Elsner, MDR Rundfunkchor - Risto Joost, MDR-Sinfonieorchester, Jun Märkl
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.12.2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Live)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Yvi Janicke, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christian Elsner
Klassik - Erschienen bei Orfeo am 01.01.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Edition des Lieder (Intégrale, volume 5)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 12.06.2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schubert, F.: Lieder
Vokalmusik (weltlich und geistlich) - Erschienen bei CapriccioNR am 01.01.2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Usher House
Oper - Erschienen bei Pentatone am 04.06.2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mahler-Werfel: Complete Songs - Zemlinsky: Songs, Op. 7
Iris Vermillion, Christian Elsner, Ruth Ziesak, Cord Garben
Klassik - Erschienen bei CPO am 01.01.2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schumann: Dichterliebe Op. 48, Liederkreis Op. 40 (Live)
Christian Elsner, Eugen Wagler, Ensemble Musica Fiorita
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ars Musici am 01.01.1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schubert: Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 (Arr. J. Josef for Tenor & String Quartet)
Christian Elsner, Henschel Quartet
Klassik - Erschienen bei CPO am 18.06.2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A Guided Tour of the Romantic Era, Vol. 4
Vokalmusik (weltlich und geistlich) - Erschienen bei Naxos Special Projects am 12.03.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Johannes Brahms: O Tod, wie bitter bist du (Vier ernste Gesänge)
Christian Elsner, Burkhard Kehring, Johannes Brahms
Klassik - Erschienen bei Rondeau Production am 18.11.2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Gustav Mahler: Liebst du um Schönheit (Rückert-Lieder)
Christian Elsner, Burkhard Kehring, Gustav Mahler
Klassik - Erschienen bei Rondeau Production am 04.11.2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo