Lutz-Michael Harder (Tenor)

Born: 1951 - Langenfeld by Küstrin, Germany

The German tenor, Lutz-Michael Harder, began his music studies in the area of the church music. From 1972 to 1976 he studied at the Musikhochschule of Hamburg.

Lutz-Michael Harder made his debut in 1975 at the Festival of Eutin as Ferrando in Così fan tutte of Mozart. He was engaged at the National Theatre of Oldenburg, and then was a member of the National Theatre of Hannover. He sang Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni in 1978 at the Festival of Ludwigsburg. In 1985 he participated in the State Opera of Hamburg in the premiere of the second version of Udo Zimmermann’s Die weiße Rose. From Hannover he undertook a number of further appearances, such as in 1987 at the Vienna State Opera in the opera Die weiße Rose mentioned above from Udo Zimmermann. His stage repertoire covered primarily parts in the lyric range, above all roles in Mozart’s operas. He excelled also as a concert singer, particularly as a Bach interpreter.

Recordings: Electrola (Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, recorded during performance of the opera in Ludwigsburg), Schwann (Jephtha of Reinthaler), Orfeo (Die weiße Rose of U. Zimmermann), Laudate (Bach Cantatas), Hänssler-Verlag (Cantatas of J.S. Bach).

Source: Operissimo Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (July 2001)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (July 2001, October 2004)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Theo Loosli

Tenor

BWV 245

Hermann Max

Tenor

BWV 78, BWV 147

Peter Neumann

Tenor

BWV 245

Helmuth Rilling

Tenor

BWV 3, BWV 27, BWV 38, BWV 43, BWV 70, BWV 71, BWV 80, BWV 98, BWV 99, BWV 111, BWV 115, BWV 116, BWV 127, BWV 164

Links to other Sites

Hochschule für Musik und Theater - Prof. Harder