Tenor - Corby Welch
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Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), tenor Corby Welch studied at the University of Minnesota School of Music with Lawrence Weller. Corby moved to Germany in 1998, where he completed his studies with Rudolf Piernay at the Hochschule für Musik Mannheim. During his studies, the tenor participated in masterclasses with Sergei Leiferkus, John Wustman, Kurt Equiluz, and in the Steans Institute of the Ravinia Festival (2000) with Hakan Hagegard, Ernst Haefliger, Martin Katz, Margo Garrett, and Philipp Moll.
In 2010/11 Welch's appearances included Erik (Wagner „Der fliegende Holländer“) in Düsseldorf and at the Latvian National Opera; Tamino at the Nuremberg State Opera; Siegmund in Wagners "Die Walküre," at the Weimar State Theater; Belmonte, Titus, Chevalier de la Force (Poulenc „Dialogues des Carmélites“) and Rosillon (Lehár „Die lustige Witwe“) in Düsseldorf, Concert performances included Beethoven's 9. Sinfonie, Britten's „Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings“ and „Nocturne,“ Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri", Act III of Wagners „Siegfried,“ and Britten's „War Requiem.“
In 2011/12 Welch debuts as the Kaiser (Strauss „Die Frau ohne Schatten“) and as Quint (Britten „Turn of the Screw“) and will sing performances as Erik, Belmonte, Don José, Chevalier de la Force, Rosillon, and Don Ottavio. Concert projects include Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde," Mendelssohn's "Elias," Bruckner's "Te Deum," Puccini's "Messa di Gloria," Bruch's „Moses,“and Beethoven's 9. Sinfonie.
Mr. Welch is also active as a song recitalist, most recently performing Janacek's „Zápisník zmizelého“ („Diary of one who Disappeared“), Britten's „Winter Words“, „Canticle V,“ and „Eight Folk Songs for Tenor and Harp,“ Finzi's „Young Man's Exhortation,“ Schumann's „Dichterliebe,“ Liederkreis op. 24, „Minnespiel“ op. 101, and „Myrten,“ and a program of Strauss Lieder.
Mr. Welch's recordings include Haydn's Theresienmesse and Gubaidulina's „Johannes Passion und Auferstehung“ with Helmuth Rilling (Hänssler Classics), Reicha's „Leonore“ with Frieder Bernius (Orfeo), and Hindemith's „Lange Weihnachtsmahl“ with Marek Janowski (Wergo).
Mr. Welch's early engagements include Haydn's „Die Jahreszeiten“ at the La Coruna Mozart Festival, Henze's opera „we come to the river,“ and Monteverdi's „L'incoronazione di Poppea“ at the Hamburg State Opera, Strauss' „Ariadne auf Naxos“ at the Aalto Theater Essen, the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, the Teatro Comunale di Modena and the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, in „L'elisir d'amore“ at the Ludwigsburg Festival, concerts at the Schwetzingen, Schleswig Holstein, and Rheingau Music Festivals, Handel's „Ariodante“ at the Nederlandse Reisopera, „Die Frau ohne Schatten“ at the Megaron in Athens, and Scarlatti's „Telemaco“ at the Schwetzingen Festival.
Since 2003 Corby Welch has been a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, where he sings many Mozart roles, including Tamino, Don Ottavio, Belfiore („La finta giardiniera“) and the title role in „La clemenza di Tito.“ Welch's repertoire has recently expanded to include roles such as the Prince (Prokofiev „L’amour des trois oranges“), Walther von der Vogelweide (Wagner „Tannhäuser“), Pinkerton („Madama Butterfly“), Princ (Dvorak „Rusalka“), Erik („Der fliegende Holländer“), and Siegmund („Die Walküre“).
His broad concert repertoire ranges from the Passions of Bach and Oratorios of G.F. Handel, the classical and romantic works of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Mahler („Das Lied von der Erde“), to the modern works of composers such as Krzysztof Penderecki, Sofia Gubaidulina, Stephen Paulus, Bruno Maderna and Moritz Eggert. Welch has collaborated with conductors such as Kent Nagano, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Semyon Bychkov, Marek Janowski, Steven Sloane, Eije Oue, Michael Schoenwandt, Leon Botstein, John Mauceri, Zoltán Peskó, Helmuth Rilling, Thomas Hengelbrock, Ingo Metzmacher, Frieder Bernius, Alessandro De Marchi, John Fiore, Thomas Dausgaard, Georg Fritzsch, Stefan Soltesz, Axel Kober, Andreas and Christoph Spering and orchestras and ensembles such as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hannover Radio Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Berlin Radio Orchestra (RSB), Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, International Bach Academy, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, RIAS Kammerchor, Balthasar- Neumann- Ensemble, Das Neue Orchester, Kammerchor Stuttgart and the Windsbacher and Tölzer Knabenchor.
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Mr. Corby Welch is represented by Mr. Uri Zur
