Georg Nigl
{{short description|Austrian opera singer}}
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| occupation = Operatic baritone
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Georg Nigl (born 1972) is an Austrian baritone in opera and concert, and a professor of voice at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. Performing internationally, he is known for roles in contemporary operas, such as creating the title role in Pascal Dusapin's Faustus, the Last Night at the Berlin State Opera. He names as his favourite roles Monteverdi's Orfeo, Mozart's Papageno and Alban Berg's Wozzeck.
Career
Born in Vienna, Nigl was a soprano soloist with the Wiener Sängerknaben. He studied voice at the Musikhochschule Wien with Margaretha Sparber and Rolf Sartorius, and Lied at the Konservatorium Wien with {{ill|David Lutz (pianist)|de|David Lutz|lt=David Lutz}}. He completed his studies with Kammersängerin Hilde Zadek.{{cite web|title=Sängerstar Nigl – Singen vor Schmerzen und Lust|work=Die Welt|date=3 September 2014|url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/buehne-konzert/article131876871/Singen-vor-Schmerzen-und-Lust.html|access-date=27 October 2021|first=Kai|last=Luehrs-Kaiser|language=German}}
Nigl created the title role in Pascal Dusapin's opera Faustus, the Last Night at the Berlin State Opera, and participated in premieres of music by Friedrich Cerha, HK Gruber, Georg Friedrich Haas, Wolfgang Mitterer, Olga Neuwirth and Salvatore Sciarrino. He made his debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2006 as Saretzki in Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin. He names as his favourite roles Monteverdi's Orfeo, Mozart's Pagageno and Alban Berg's Wozzeck.
Nigl appeared as Wozzeck both at La Scala and the Bolshoi Theatre. He performed the title role of Wolfgang Rihm's Jakob Lenz at the Wiener Festwochen, and the role of Lui in the premiere of Dusapin's Passione at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. In 2010, he appeared in the title role of Rihm's Dionysos at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, and in the title role, the Devil, of Die Tragödie des Teufels by Péter Eötvös at the Bavarian State Opera.
In recital, Nigl has collaborated with Alexander Melnikov and Andreas Staier, among others, performing worldwide.
Nigl has been a professor of voice at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart.
References
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| last = Egdorf
| first = Burkhard
| url = https://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/treffpunkt-klassik/swr2-treffpunkt-klassik-extra-gast-im-studio-georg-nigl-bariton-und-professor-an-der-stuttgarter-musikhochschule/-/id=660614/did=19399666/nid=660614/p311b4/index.html
| title = Gast im Studio: Georg Nigl, Bariton und Professor an der Stuttgarter Musikhochschule
| publisher = Südwestrundfunk
| date = 15 July 2017
| language = German
| access-date = 18 August 2017
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| last = Kühn
| first = Georg-Friedrich
| url = https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/pascal-dusapins-faustus-the-last-night.691.de.html?dram:article_id=49358
| title = Pascal Dusapins Faustus, the last night / Uraufführung an der Berliner Lindenoper
| publisher = Deutschlandfunk
| date = 22 January 2006
| language = German
| access-date = 27 October 2021
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| url = https://www.staatsoper.de/biographien/detail-seite/nigl-georg.html
| title = Georg Nigl
| publisher = Bavarian State Opera
| year = 2017
| language = German
| access-date = 18 August 2017
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| url = http://www.mh-stuttgart.de/unsere-hochschule/personenverzeichnis/personen/georg-nigl/?no_cache=1&tx_rggooglemap_pi1%5Bpoi%5D=1090
| title = Prof. Georg Nigl / Fach: Gesang
| publisher = State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart
| year = 2017
| language = German
| access-date = 18 August 2017
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External links
- [http://operabase.com/a/Georg_Nigl/6046 Georg Nigl] operabase.com
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170709005810/http://www.impresariat-simmenauer.de/Artists/GeorgNigl/biography-de.html Georg Nigl] Impresariat Simmenauer
- [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Nigel-Georg.htm Georg Nigl (Baritone)] Bach Cantatas Website
- {{YouTube|SyPUJwGEUgA|Georg Nigl – L'Orfeo – Monteverdi – "Tu se' morta"}}
- {{IMDb name|5069758|Georg Nigl}}
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Category:Austrian operatic baritones
Category:Austrian voice teachers
Category:University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni
Category:Academic staff of the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart