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Countess Christine Esterházy von Galántha (née Obermayr; born 30 May 1959) is a German opera singer and mezzo-soprano. She made her professional debut as Carmen at the Theater Ulm in Baden-Württemberg. Trained by Eduard Wollitz and Josef Metternich, she has performed at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz and the Vienna Volksoper.
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| Born | Christine Obermayr May 30, 1959 |
| Education | University of Mainz University of Salzburg |
| Occupation | opera singer |
| Spouse | Count Endre Esterházy von Galántha |
| Relatives | Esterházy family |
Early life and education edit
Esterházy was born Christine Obermayr on 30 May 1959 in Wiesbaden, Hesse.[1]
She studied musicology and politics at the University of Mainz.[2] She studied classical singing under Eduard Wollitz and Josef Metternich. She received a doctorate from the University of Salzburg in 1999.[2]
Career edit
She made her professional opera debut at the Theater Ulm when she was twenty-six years old, singing Carmen. In 1983 she performed as Cherubino in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich.[2][3] She has also performed at opera houses in Luxembourg, Bayreuth, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Bonn, Turin, Madrid, Naples, and Barcelona.[2] Esterházy worked with conductors Lorin Maazel, Horst Stein, James Levin, Gustav Kuhn and directors August Everding, Werner Herzog, Götz Friedrich, and Christine Mielitz.[2]
She performed at the funeral mass for Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau in Munich on 6 November 2021.[4]
Personal life edit
In 1994 she married Count Endre Esterházy von Galántha, a member of the Hungarian nobility.
References edit
- ^ "Obermayr, Christine (1959–), Mezzosopranistin". Bmlo.uni-muenchen.de. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Ballprogramm". Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Christina Esterházy, Soprano". Operabase.com. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Adieu, Grande Dame: Abschied von Matriarchin Gräfin Beatrix | Regional". Bild.de. Retrieved 2022-01-16.