{{Short description|Israeli-born operatic soprano based in Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Talia Or | native_name = טליה אור | native_name_lang = he | image = Talia Or.jpg | caption = Talia Or in 2022 | birth_date = | birth_place = Jerusalem, Israel | education = Musikhochschule Hamburg | occupation = {{ubl | Operatic soprano | Academic teacher }} | organizations = {{ubl| Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz | Musikhochschule München }} | awards = | website = {{url|https://www.talia-or.com/}} }} '''Talia Or''' ({{Langx|he|טליה אור}}) is an Israeli-born operatic and concert soprano based in Germany. Her repertoire ranges from concert and lied to contemporary music. She is a lecturer on singing at Musikhochschule München.
==Early life and education== Born in Jerusalem, Or grew up in Germany<ref name="Salzburg" /> from age four, when her family moved to Aachen. Her father was a teacher at the synagogue, and her mother a singer in the opera chorus.<ref name="Wagner" /> She appeared on the stage of Stadttheater Aachen at the age of ten.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Talia Or, Biographie, CV |url=https://www.talia-or.com/biographie |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=taliaor |language=de}}</ref> She studied <!--in Cologne and--> at the Musikhochschule Hamburg.<ref name="Salzburg" /><ref name="Staatsoper" />
==Career== While still a student Or made her debut at Hamburg State Opera<ref name="Salzburg" /> as Taumännchen in Humperdinck's ''Hänsel und Gretel'' and Papagena in Mozart's ''Zauberflöte''.<ref name="Stuttgart" /> As a member of the opera studio of La Monnaie in Brussels, she appeared in 2002 as Cherubino in Mozart's ''Le nozze di Figaro''.<ref name="Staatsoper" /> In Munich she was part of Junges Ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera, and ensemble member at Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz from 2004 to 2008, singing Pamina in ''Die Zauberflöte'', Gretel in ''Hänsel und Gretel'' and Rosina in Rossini's ''Il Barbiere di Siviglia'', among others. Internationally she performed as a guest in Turin, Valencia, Sao Paulo and Tokyo. Her repertoire further includes Marzelline in Beethoven's ''Fidelio'', Rosalinde in ''Die Fledermaus'' by Johann Strauss, and Tatjana in Tchaikovsky's ''Eugene Onegin''.<ref name="Staatsoper" />
In 2010 she appeared as Lisa in Weinberg's ''Das Portrait'' at Bregenzer Festspiele, the opera's Western European premiere.<ref name="Kaplaner" /> In 2012 she performed as the Voice of a Falcon in ''Die Frau ohne Schatten'' by Richard Strauss at La Scala in Milan, directed by Claus Guth and conducted by Semyon Bychkov.<ref name="Schott" /> She sang at operklosterneuburg opera festival in 2013, portraying Frau Fluth in Nicolai's ''Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor''.<ref name="Dražic" /> Reviewer Lena Dražic of the ''Wiener Zeitung'' noted: {{blockquote|The incessantly scheming Frau Fluth, as embodied by Talia Or, not only holds all the strings in terms of content, but with her noble soprano is also vocally the undisputed ruler of the scenery. (Die unablässig Ränke schmiedende Frau Fluth hält in der Verkörperung durch Talia Or nicht nur inhaltlich alle Fäden in der Hand, sondern ist mit ihrem edlen Sopran auch stimmlich unangefochtene Herrscherin über die Szenerie.)<ref name="Dražic" />}}
In concert she performed Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta, Mozart's ''Great Mass in C minor'' conducted by Andris Nelsons, and Bach's ''Christmas Oratorio'' conducted by Peter Schreier for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.<ref name="Salzburg" /> On 3 May 2009 Or took part in the world premiere of Paweł Łukaszewski's ''Miserere'' for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra at the Gaude Mater International Festival of Sacred Music in Częstochowa, with the Polish Chamber Choir and the Morphing Vienna Chamber Orchestra, conducted by {{ill|Michał Dworzyński|pl}}.<ref name="Polish Music" /> On 4 June 2016 she was the soprano soloist in three works with five choirs at the choral festival in Lüneburg, singing Poulenc's Gloria, the Requiem "Schwarz vor Augen und es ward Licht" by Harald Weiss, and Bernstein's Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish".<ref name="VDKC" /> On 3 October 2022 she was the soprano soloist in Verdi's Requiem at St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, in a version for small ensemble, with Silvia Hauer, Sung Min Song, Johannes Hill and members of Hessisches Staatsorchester conducted by Johannes Schröder.<ref name="Boni" /><ref name="Stern" />
In 2008 Or recorded the soprano solo for Bach's cantata ''Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'', BWV 140, with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mehta<ref name="Helicon" /> in a live performance at the Jerusalem Theatre of the ICC International Center in Jerusalem.<ref name="BCW" /> In 2010 she recorded Weinberg's ''Three Palms'', a setting of Lermontov's ''Three Palms'' for soprano and string quartet, Op. 120. A reviewer noted her "heartfelt passion".<ref name="Byzantion" /> She recorded two works by Simon Mayr, the dramatic cantata ''L'Armonia'' and the ''Cantata for the Death of Beethoven'', with the Simon Mayr Choir and the Ingolstadt Georgian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Franz Hauk.<ref name="Chandos" />
==Other work== Or is a lecturer of singing at the Musikhochschule München.<ref name="München" />
==References== <references>
<ref name="Byzantion">{{cite web | author = Bycantion | url = http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/Mar12/Weinberg_vol5_11129.htm | title = Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919–1996) / Weinberg Edition – vol.5 | website = musicweb-international.com | date = March 2012 | access-date = 4 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Dražic">{{cite news | last = Dražic | first = Lena | url = https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/klassik/560619_Nuancierter-Ausdruck-und-Situationskomik.html | title = Nuancierter Ausdruck und Situationskomik | newspaper = Wiener Zeitung | date = 9 July 2013 | access-date = 4 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Kaplaner">{{cite news | last = Kaplaner | first = Werner | url = https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/klassik/49575_Geld-regiert-die-Welt.html | title = Geld regiert die Welt | newspaper = Wiener Zeitung | date = 2 August 2010 | access-date = 5 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Stern">{{cite news | last = Stern | first = Dietrich | url = https://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/kultur/musik/wiesbaden-verdis-requiem-in-st-bonifatius_25749793 | title = Wiesbaden: Verdis "Requiem" in St. Bonifatius | newspaper = Allgemeine Zeitung | date = 5 October 2022 | access-date = 5 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Wagner">{{cite news | last = Wagner | first = Renate | url = https://onlinemerker.com/talia-or-vor-allem-freude-an-der-arbeit/ | title = Talia Or: Vor allem Freude an der Arbeit | type = interview | publisher = Online Merker | date = 16 June 2013 | access-date = 4 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="BCW">{{cite web | url = https://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV140-Rec7.htm | title = Cantata BWV 140 / Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme / Discography – Part 7 | website = Bach Cantatas Website | date = 2021 | access-date = 4 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Boni">{{cite web | url = https://www.bonifatius-wiesbaden.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/2022/10/3/chorkonzert | title = Chorkonzert: Requiem von Giuseppe Verdi | publisher = St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden | date = September 2022 | language = de | access-date = 4 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Chandos">{{cite web | url = https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/NA7958.pdf | title = Simon Mayr / L'Armonia (Dramatic Cantata) / Cantata for the Death of Beethoven | publisher = Chandos Records | date = | access-date = 4 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Helicon">{{cite web | url = https://www.heliconclassics.com/bloch-avodat-hakodesh-bach-cantata-bwv-140/ | title = Bloch / Avodat Hakodesh; Bach / Cantata BWV 140 | website = heliconclassics.com | date = 2022 | access-date = 4 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="München">{{cite web | url = https://website.musikhochschule-muenchen.de/de/hochschule/lehrende?inst=03.%20a | title = Künstlerische Gesangs- und Theaterausbildung (Bereich Gesang inkl. Musiktheater (Hochschulprojekte)) | publisher = Musikhochschule München | date = | language = de | access-date = 5 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Polish Music">{{cite web | url = https://polishmusic.usc.edu/research/composers/pawel-lukaszewski/ | title = Paweł Łukaszewski | publisher = University of Southern California | date = 2015 | access-date = 4 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Salzburg">{{cite web | url = https://www.salzburger-landestheater.at/de/personen/talia-or.html | title = Talia Or | publisher = Salzburger Landestheater | date = | language = de | access-date = 4 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Schott">{{cite web | url = https://www.schott-music.com/en/performance/view/index/id/65314 | title = Die Frau ohne Schatten | publisher = Schott Music | date = 2022 | access-date = 4 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Staatsoper">{{cite web | url = https://www.staatsoper.de/biographien/or-talia | title = Talia Or | publisher = Bavarian State Opera | date = | language = de | access-date = 4 October 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Stuttgart">{{cite web | url = https://www.stuttgarter-philharmoniker.de/1664.html | title = Talia Or | publisher = Stuttgarter Philharmoniker | date = 2015 | language = de | access-date = 8 January 2023 }}</ref>
<ref name="VDKC">{{cite web | url = https://www.vdkc.de/cms/images/stories/pic_projekte/ChorKonzertTage_Lueneburg_2016/dialoge_2016_programm_rev_160412_web.pdf | title = St.-Michaelis-Kirche Lüneburg / Chorsinfonisches Konzert: "Leben und Sterben" | website = vdkc.de | date = 4 June 2016 | language = de | access-date = 4 October 2022 }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{commons category-inline}} * {{official|https://www.talia-or.com/}} * {{discogs artist}} * [https://www.operabase.com/artists/talia-or-16611/en Talia Or] operabase.com * [http://www.mennicken-pr.com/de/or.html Talia Or] (management) mennicken-pr.com * [https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Or-Talia.htm Talia Or (Soprano)] Bach Cantatas Website 2017
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