Avigail Gurtler (Soprano)

Born: Israel

The Israeli soprano, Avigail Gurtler, graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where she studied with Miriam Meltzer and David Sebba. During her studies she has performed the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflote (Mozart). She is the winner of the Academy’s vocal competition for 2010, accompanied by the Israel Sinfonietta Beersheva.

Avigail Gurtler performed in concerts all over Israel, including at the Abu Gosh Festival and the Jerusalem Arts Festival in varied repertoire including works by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (Laudate Pueri), L.v. Beethoven (Mass in C), Felix Mendelssohn (Psalm 42) and Haydn (Nelson Mass).

Avigail Gurtler is a member of the Israeli Opera's Opera Studio where her repertoire includes the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflote (Mozart), Gretel in Hansel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck), Adele in Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss), Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart), Adina in L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti) and other roles. She performed Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) in the Opera Studio production with the Israel Sinfonietta Beersheva as well as Adele in Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss) with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA. She performs in numerous Israeli Opera concerts.

Source: Israel Opera Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (November 2011)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Frieder Bernius

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BWV 106 [Video]

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