Wolfgang Schöne (Bass-Baritone)

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Wolfgang Schöne (Bass-Baritone)
Born: February 9, 1940 - Bad Gandersheim, Germany
The German bass-baritone, Wolfgang Schöne, studied at the conservatories of Hannover and Hamburg (diploma in 1969). His principal teacher was Naan Pöld. After winning international competitions in Rio de Janeiro, Bordeaux, Berlin, Hertogenbosch and Stuttgart his career began. Soon Wolfgang Schöne's fame spread beyond Germany and he often appeared throughout Europe, the USA, Mexico, South America and Japan. Since 1973 he has been a member of the Stuttgart Opera and regular guest at the Vienna State Opera and the Hamburg Opera. He also sang at the Salzburg Festival. In 1978 he was awarded the honorary title of Kammersänger. Schöne first appearance with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was in 1979 in a concert of J.S. Batch’s Mass in B minor (BWV 232) conducted by Helmuth Rilling. Wolfgang Schöne's extremely wide repertoire includes over 40 operatic roles and concert works from Monteverdi to Henze and Penderecki. He has played a dicisive part in the recording of all J.S. Bach’s sacred cantatas under Helmuth Rilling, and for many years has been one of the team of lecturers at the Bach Academy in Stuttgart. He sings the title role in Rilling’s recording of Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah.

Source: Programme notes to a concert of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted Helmuth Rilling (April 1979); Liner notes to the CD ‘Bach: Sacred Music in Latin 1’ conducted by Helmuth Rilling (Hänssler, 1999) Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2001)
Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
Conductor	As	Works
Armin Brunner	Bass	BWV 245
Helmuth Rilling	Bass	BWV 4, BWV 5, BWV 7, BWV 9, BWV 10, BWV 12, BWV 18, BWV 20, BWV 21, BWV 22, BWV 24, BWV 31, BWV 34, BWV 44, BWV 46, BWV 58, BWV 61, BWV 63, BWV 65, BWV 66, BWV 69, BWV 72, BWV 73, BWV 77, BWV 78, BWV 88, BWV 91, BWV 94, BWV 102, BWV 104, BWV 106, BWV 110, BWV 114, BWV 115, BWV 119, BWV 120, BWV 121, BWV 124, BWV 125, BWV 126, BWV 127, BWV 128, BWV 130, BWV 131, BWV 132, BWV 143, BWV 147, BWV 152, BWV 156, BWV 162, BWV 165, BWV 166, BWV 172, BWV 174, BWV 178, BWV 179, BWV 187 BWV 232 (x2), BWV 233, BWV 243, BWV 248 J.L. Bach: Cantata Die mit Tränen sähen, JLB-8
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