Armin Ude (Tenor)

Born: January 16, 1933 - Weißenfels a. d. Saale, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Died: December 4, 2015

The German tenor, Armin Ude, studied first flute at Music School in Leipzig. When he discovered his unusual tenor voice, he decided to study singing.

Armin Ude's first stage engagement was in Magdeburg and Cottbus in 1968. Then he already joined the Saxonian State Opera (Semperoper Dresden), to whose roster of soloists he still belongs also today. His repertoire includes about 70 opera roles and 50 concertant parts, furthermore a big number of Lieder and song cycles. As a Kammersänger Ude has made guest appearances in most of the European countries and in Japan.

As a soloist Armin Ude concentrated on appearances with the Thomanerchor (Leipzig) and the Kreuzchor (Dresden), with prominent German and foreign orchestras, sang in radio and television productions. He enjoys also a high reputation as a singing teacher.

Source: Klassik in Spandau Website (October 2000), English translation by Aryeh Oron (August 2001)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (August 2001, October 2004); Matthias Hansen (Photo 01, November 2007, Photo 02, January 2010)); Manfred Krugmann (Dates & Photo 03, January 2016)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Martin Flämig

Tenor

BWV 232 [2^nd], BWV 243 [VHS], BWV 245 [2^nd, Evangelist], BWV 248/1-3 [2^nd, DVD]

Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

Tenor

BWV 245

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