{"id":29249,"date":"2020-02-10T02:12:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T02:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samantha-gaul.com\/?page_id=29249"},"modified":"2024-10-16T14:09:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:09:02","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.samantha-gaul.com\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"29249\" class=\"elementor elementor-29249\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c1f1d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default neuron-fixed-no\" data-id=\"2c1f1d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5ce17a\" data-id=\"d5ce17a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc45328 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc45328\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.samantha-gaul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1569C9C6-C5DD-4279-8059-901B601D6A34-576x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-31623\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.samantha-gaul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1569C9C6-C5DD-4279-8059-901B601D6A34-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/www.samantha-gaul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1569C9C6-C5DD-4279-8059-901B601D6A34-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.samantha-gaul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1569C9C6-C5DD-4279-8059-901B601D6A34-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.samantha-gaul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1569C9C6-C5DD-4279-8059-901B601D6A34-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/www.samantha-gaul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1569C9C6-C5DD-4279-8059-901B601D6A34-7x12.jpeg 7w, https:\/\/www.samantha-gaul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1569C9C6-C5DD-4279-8059-901B601D6A34.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\u00a9\u00a0SimonH\u00f6felePhotography<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32a8c5c\" data-id=\"32a8c5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7a1cdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7a1cdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Samantha Gaul<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88ac15f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88ac15f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>Samantha Gaul is a permanent member of the ensemble at the Oper Leipzig, where she regularly appears in roles such as Pamina (The Magic Flute), Musetta (La Bohe\u0300me), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), A\u0308nnchen (Der Freischu\u0308tz), and Zerlina (Don Giovanni). In the 2024\/25 season, she will make her debut as Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), take on the role of the Waldvogel (Siegfried), and debut in new productions as Oriane in Amadis de Gaule and Madama Cortese in Il Viaggio a Reims.<\/p><p>With the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iva\u0301n Fischer, she will once again perform as Naiad (Ariadne on Naxos) at the Be\u0301la Barto\u0301k National Concert Hall in Budapest, the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, and the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. In November of the 2024\/25 season, Samantha Gaul will sing the role of Adele (Die Fledermaus) for the first time at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing.<\/p><p>The award-winning soprano has a close artistic collaboration with the lieder pianist Go\u0308tz Payer, with whom she will appear at the \u201cLiedertal\u201d Festival in the Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal.<\/p><p>Her recent concert successes include engagements with the Thomanerchor and the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig under Andreas Reize, where she performed the soprano part in Haydn\u2019s The Creation at the Berlin Philharmonie, the Kulturpalast Dresden, and Thomaskirche in Leipzig.<\/p><p>Numerous guest engagements have taken Samantha Gaul to prestigious venues, including the Komische Oper Berlin (Nannetta), Theater Basel (Augusta Leigh), Staatstheater Darmstadt (Flora, Linfea), Konzerttheater Bern (Musetta), as well as the Oper Frankfurt and the Ope\u0301ra National de Montpellier (Naiad). At the Staatstheater Augsburg, she excelled in roles such as Sophie Scholl (The White Rose), the title role in Hartmann\u2019s Simplicius Simplicissimus, Serpetta (La Finta Giardiniera), and Adina (L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore).<\/p><p>She has also made her debut at the Munich Biennale for Contemporary Music Theatre, the Schwetzingen SWR Festival, the Rheingau Musik Festival, and the Weilburger Schlosskonzerte, and presented a lieder recital at Villa Wahnfried in Bayreuth.<\/p><p>A passionate concert and lieder singer, Samantha Gaul was thrilled to make her debut at the Schubertiade Hohenems in spring 2022 with pianist Kit Armstrong, where they premiered songs set to poems by Ulla Hahn. The highly acclaimed soprano also made her debut at the Philharmonie Luxembourg with Mahler\u2019s 4th Symphony under Carlo Rizzari.<\/p><p>From 2018 to 2022, Samantha Gaul was a permanent ensemble member at Theater Freiburg, where she performed key roles in her repertoire, including Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro), Nannetta (Falstaff), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Musetta (La Bohe\u0300me), Olympia (The Tales of Hoffmann), and the title role in the German premiere of Mark Anthony Turnage\u2019s Coraline. She earned special acclaim for her portrayal of the title role in Jana\u0301c\u030cek\u2019s The Cunning Little Vixen, which she also recorded for a CD production with NAXOS and SWR.<\/p><p>In 2018, Samantha Gaul was nominated as Young Artist of the Year by Opernwelt magazine.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b342a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7b342a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-994b434 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default neuron-fixed-no\" data-id=\"994b434\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3b5bf9\" data-id=\"e3b5bf9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0f377e\" data-id=\"b0f377e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4ae84a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4ae84a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Download<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7912684 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7912684\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samantha-gaul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/VITA-2425-english-2.pdf\">VITA 24|25 &#8211; 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