Gerlinde Sämann

The blind sopranist was born in Nürnberg 1969. She studied as a pianist and a singer at Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium in Munich and she studied with Karl-Heinz Jarius, Henriette Meyer-Ravenstein and Selma Aykan. In addition she completed her education as a Breath-Therapist according to the method of Ilse Middendorf.

Her repertoire comprises not only of historical compositions but also of Lied, Oratorio and modern Avantgarde music and theater. In 2000 she received a scholarship for her extraordinairy artistic work of the city of Munich.
1999 the artist performed La voix Humaine, tragedy lyric of Francis Poulenc, directed by Arila Siegert at the Opernfestspiele Schloß Rheinsberg. 2000/2001 this opera was very successfully revived as a guest-performance at the Stadttheater Aachen. Gerlinde Sämann was soloist accompanied by the Dresdner Kreuzchor, the Mittelalter- Ensemble Estampie, Armonico Tributo Austria, Arsys Bourgogne and others s well as performing at different very well known Festivals: styriarte Graz, La folle journée de Nantes, Festa da Musica Lisboa, Festival de Vezelay Bourgogne and others. She also gave a guest-performance with Pergolesi's Stabat mater at Theater Neumarkt in Zurich, directed by Otto Kukla. This production was also performed in St. Petersburg and Moscow. The production "Die Frau vom Meer" by Ibsen followed. Furthermore she sang various Solo-Bachkantatas at the Opéra of Bordeaux accompanied by the Ensemble La petite bande conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken and the title role in Gluck's opera Orfeus und Eurydike at the Oper of Rostock.
She has been broadcasted nationally and internationally and several CDs have been produced.

In the production of King Arthur Gerlinde Sämann is singing the role of Princess Emmeline.