# Mechthild Bach

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{{short description|German opera singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name=Mechthild Bach
| image =
| birth_date = 1963
| birth_place= [Limburg an der Lahn](/source/Limburg_an_der_Lahn)
| birth_name =
| occupation = {{plainlist|
* [Soprano](/source/Soprano)
* Academic
}}
| awards = [Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik](/source/Preis_der_deutschen_Schallplattenkritik)
}}

'''Mechthild Bach''' is a German [soprano](/source/soprano) and a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Trossingen.

==Biography and career==
Bach was born in [Limburg an der Lahn](/source/Limburg_an_der_Lahn), where she was a member of the [Limburg Cathedral](/source/Limburg_Cathedral)'s girl choir from a very young age. After her ''[Abitur](/source/Abitur)'', she began her studies at the [Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_und_Darstellende_Kunst_Frankfurt_am_Main), under [Elsa Cavelti](/source/Elsa_Cavelti)'s tutelage. During her time there she also made her operatic debut at the [Staatstheater Darmstadt](/source/Staatstheater_Darmstadt).<ref name="Bach">{{cite web|url=http://mechthildbach.de/mechthild%20bach%20sopran.htm|title=Biography|website=Mechthild Bach Official Website|accessdate=6 November 2017|language=de}}</ref>

Since then, Bach has performed in such opera houses such as the [Deutsche Oper am Rhein](/source/Deutsche_Oper_am_Rhein), the [Nationaltheater München](/source/Nationaltheater_M%C3%BCnchen), and the [Theater der Stadt Heidelberg](/source/Theater_%26_Orchester_Heidelberg), with conductors [Reinhard Goebel](/source/Reinhard_Goebel), Peter Neumann, [Ton Koopman](/source/Ton_Koopman), and [Helmuth Rilling](/source/Helmuth_Rilling), among others.<ref name="Bach Cantatas"/> Additionally, she has performed the soprano parts in [Mahler](/source/Mahler)'s symphonies, as Antigona in [Handel](/source/Handel)'s ''[Admeto](/source/Admeto)'', and as Alice Ford in [Verdi](/source/Verdi)'s ''[Falstaff](/source/Falstaff_(opera))''.<ref name=Israel>{{cite web|url=http://www.israel-opera.co.il/eng/?CategoryID=263&ArticleID=1847|title=Mechthild Bach, Soprano|website=[Israeli Opera](/source/Israeli_Opera)|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref> She has also performed with the [Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart](/source/Internationale_Bachakademie_Stuttgart), the [Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra](/source/Royal_Concertgebouw_Orchestra), and the [Berlin Philharmonic](/source/Berlin_Philharmonic). Bach is a professor at the {{ill|Hochschule für Musik Trossingen|de}}.

== Awards ==
* 1986: A grant from the [Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes](/source/Studienstiftung)<ref name="Bach Cantatas">{{cite web|url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Bach-Mechthild.htm|title=Mechthild Bach (Soprano)|website=Bach Cantatas|author=Gerald Permantier|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref>
* 1993: Innsbrucker Radiopreis für Alte Musik, for her album ''Thomaskantoren vor Bach'' with [Cantus Cölln](/source/Cantus_C%C3%B6lln)<ref name="Cantus Cölln">{{cite web|url=http://www.cantuscoelln.com/thomaskantoren-vor-bach-sknuepfer-jschelle-jkuehnau.html|title=CD: Thomaskantoren vor Bach|website=Cantus Cölln|accessdate=6 November 2017|language=de}}</ref>
* 2002: [Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik](/source/Preis_der_deutschen_Schallplattenkritik), for her recording of [Zelenka](/source/Jan_Dismas_Zelenka)'s ''Missa Dei Patris'', with [Frieder Bernius](/source/Frieder_Bernius)<ref name="Trossingen">{{cite web|url=http://www.mh-trossingen.de/hochschule/personen/dozenten-seite/fachgruppe/25.html|title=Mechthild Bach – Gesang|website=Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Trossingen|accessdate=6 November 2017|language=de}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://mechthildbach.de/ Official Website]
* [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Bach-Mechthild.htm Profile] on Bach Cantatas Website

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Category:21st-century German women opera singers
Category:German operatic sopranos
Category:Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts alumni
Category:Studienstiftung alumni
Category:Living people
Category:1949 births

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