Christine Esterházy

Christine Esterházy
Born
Christine Obermayr

(1959-05-30)May 30, 1959
EducationUniversity of Mainz
University of Salzburg
Occupationopera singer
SpouseCount Endre Esterházy von Galántha
RelativesEsterházy family

Countess Christine Esterházy von Galántha (née Obermayr; born 30 May 1959) is a German opera singer and mezzo-soprano. She made her professional debut as Carmen at the Theater Ulm in Baden-Württemberg. Trained by Eduard Wollitz and Josef Metternich, she has performed at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz and the Vienna Volksoper.

Early life and education

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Esterházy was born Christine Obermayr on 30 May 1959 in Wiesbaden, Hesse.[1]

She studied musicology and politics at the University of Mainz.[2] She studied classical singing under Eduard Wollitz and Josef Metternich. She received a doctorate from the University of Salzburg in 1999.[2]

Career

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She made her professional opera debut at the Theater Ulm when she was twenty-six years old, singing Carmen. In 1983 she performed as Cherubino in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich.[2][3] She has also performed at opera houses in Luxembourg, Bayreuth, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Bonn, Turin, Madrid, Naples, and Barcelona.[2] Esterházy worked with conductors Lorin Maazel, Horst Stein, James Levin, Gustav Kuhn and directors August Everding, Werner Herzog, Götz Friedrich, and Christine Mielitz.[2]

She performed at the funeral mass for Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau in Munich on 6 November 2021.[4]

Personal life

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In 1994 she married Count Endre Esterházy von Galántha, a member of the Hungarian nobility.

References

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  1. ^ "Obermayr, Christine (1959–), Mezzosopranistin". Bmlo.uni-muenchen.de. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Ballprogramm". Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Christina Esterházy, Soprano". Operabase.com. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Adieu, Grande Dame: Abschied von Matriarchin Gräfin Beatrix | Regional". Bild.de. Retrieved 2022-01-16.