# Marion Ammann

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'''Marion Ammann''' (born 30 July 1964), citizen of [Herisau](/source/Herisau)<ref>[https://so.ch/verwaltung/departement-fuer-bildung-und-kultur/amt-fuer-kultur-und-sport/kulturfoerderung/auszeichnungspreis/2005/ Kunst-, Kultur- & Anerkennungspreise 2005], Kanton Solothurn, retrieved 7 August 2021.</ref> is a Swiss operatic and concert [soprano](/source/soprano).

== Life ==
Born in [Zürich](/source/Z%C3%BCrich), Ammann studied singing at the Academy for School and Church Music in Lucerne from 1991 and privately in Zurich and Berne. At the Opera Studio Biel, she obtained her concert entrance qualification in opera in 1997. She sang her first roles as Lady Macbeth in Verdi's ''[Macbeth](/source/Macbeth_(Verdi))'' and Leonore in Beethoven's ''[Fidelio](/source/Fidelio)'' at the {{Ill|Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn|de}}. Her teachers were among others [Kurt Widmer](/source/Kurt_Widmer) (Basel), [Edith Mathis](/source/Edith_Mathis) (Lucern) and [Daniel Ferro](/source/Daniel_Ferro) (New York).<ref>[https://onlinemerker.com/marion-ammann-sopran-eine-stimme-schlaeft-halt-immer-noch-am-besten-im-eigenen-bett/ ''Marion AMMANN (Sopran) – eine Stimme schläft halt immer noch am besten "im eigenen Bett"…'' ] on Onlinemerker</ref>

Ammann excelled above all in the [Strauss](/source/Richard_Strauss) and [Wagner](/source/Richard_Wagner) genres. She sang the Empress in Strauss' ''[Die Frau ohne Schatten](/source/Die_Frau_ohne_Schatten)'' at the stages of Antwerp, Ghent, Graz, Karlsruhe, Saarbrücken and Helsinki, her Isolde in Wagner's ''[Tristan und Isolde](/source/Tristan_und_Isolde)'' at a dozen German and Nordic stages. At the [Operklosterneuburg](/source/Operklosterneuburg), she was Leonore in ''Fidelio''.<ref>[https://www.solothurnerzeitung.ch/solothurn/stadt-solothurn/solothurn-inspiriert-vom-jubilaeum-des-frauenstimmrechts-opernsaengerin-und-stadtfuehrerin-spannen-zusammen-ld.2145058 Opernsängerin und Stadtführerin spannen zusammen] on Solothurnerzeitung</ref>

She has received various prizes and awards, including from the [Migros](/source/Migros) and the cantons of Graubünden and Solothurn,<ref name="geb">[https://www.so.ch/verwaltung/departement-fuer-bildung-und-kultur/amt-fuer-kultur-und-sport/kulturfoerderung/auszeichnungspreis/2005 ''Prize for Music. Marion Ammann.''] In Website des Kantons Solothurn, retrieved 7 August 2021</ref> and was a Bayreuth scholarship holder.

Ammann lives in [Dornach](/source/Dornach) near Basel.<ref>[http://www.marionammann.ch/ Short biography on Ammann's website], retrieved 7 August 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.tagblatt.ch/kultur/musik/sopranistin-marion-ammann-opernsangerin-ist-man-nicht-ewig-ld.1599479 Opernsängerin ist man nicht ewig] on Tagblatt.ch</ref>

== Repertoire ==
=== Operas and Operettas ===
* ''Leonore'' in [Fidelio](/source/Fidelio).
* ''Dorabella'' in [Così fan tutte](/source/Cos%C3%AC_fan_tutte).
* ''Rosalinde'' in [Die Fledermaus](/source/Die_Fledermaus).
* ''Salome'' in [Salome](/source/Salome_(opera)).
* ''Arabella'' in [Arabella](/source/Arabella).
* ''Elsa von Brabant'' in [Lohengrin](/source/Lohengrin_(opera)).
* ''Senta'' in [Der Fliegende Holländer](/source/Der_Fliegende_Holl%C3%A4nder).
* ''Isolde'' in [Tristan und Isolde](/source/Tristan_und_Isolde).
* ''Sieglinde'' in [Die Walküre](/source/Die_Walk%C3%BCre).

=== Concerts ===
* [St Matthew Passion](/source/St_Matthew_Passion), [BWV](/source/Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis) 244, Johann Sebastian Bach
* [Symphony No. 9](/source/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)) in D minor [op.](/source/Opus_number) 125, Ludwig van Beethoven
* [Messe Nr. 3 in F minor](/source/Mass_No._3_(Bruckner)) ([WAB](/source/Werkverzeichnis_Anton_Bruckner) 28), Anton Bruckner
* [The Book with Seven Seals](/source/The_Book_with_Seven_Seals).
* [Wesendonck Lieder](/source/Wesendonck_Lieder).

== Recording ==
* DVD [Der Ring des Nibelungen](/source/Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen), Richard Wagner, Klassik-Center Kassel, 2011

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official|http://www.marionammann.ch/}}
* Hörprobe: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySaMFgpFS2A Marion Ammann als Isolde 1. Akt Tristan und Isolde auf YouTube]

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Category:Musicians from Zurich

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