Born: Bochum, Germany

The German soprano. Constanze Backes, studied singing at the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen, in London with Jessica Cash and privately with Hea-Soon Park.

In 1993 she sang Barbarina with John Eliot Gardiner in Mozart’s Figaro in Paris’ Châtelet and in Amsterdam as well as for Deutsche Grammophon Archiv. Likewise she recorded under John Eliot Gardiner for Deutsche Grammophon Monteverdi’s L'Incoronatione di Poppes (Valetto) and Mozart’s Zauberflöte (Pappagena).

Constanze Backes has worked with renowned conductors as Paul McCreesh, Hermann Max, René Jacobs, Ludger Rémy, Robert King, Nicholas McGegan, and with ensembles as Gesualdo Consort, Musica Fiata, Weser-Renaissance, Gabrieli Consort, Monteverdi Choir, Deutsche Händelsolisten und Israel Camerata. She inspired the public in two concerts at the Göttinger Händel-Festspielen 1998.

Source: Online Music Magazine, English translation by Aryeh Oron (October 2003)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (October 2003)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Thomas Hengelbrock

Soprano

BWV Anh 26/BWV 242, BWV 243a

Links to other Sites

Constanze Backes - Portrait / Online Musik Magazin [German]
Constanze Backes (Studenten Kantorei) [PDF, German]

Constanze Backes - Sopran (Dresdner Totentanz) [German]

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