Marga Schiml

Marga Schiml studied at University of Music and Theatre Munich. Training under Hanno Blaschke is recorded. The recorded working language is German. Employment is recorded with Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. Distinctions recorded are Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

• Name — Marga Schiml • Born — 29 November 1945 • Birthplace — Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany • Education — Musikhochschule München • Occupation — * Mezzo-soprano • Academic teacher • Organizations — Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe • Awards — Order of Merit of Germany • Website — http: www.margaschiml.de

Born in Weiden in Upper Palatinate, Schiml studied at the Musikhochschule München with Hanno Blaschke. She received a scholarship from Deutsche Grammophon. At the Salzburg Festival, she appeared in 1970 as Erste Dame in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, in 1972 as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, conducted by Herbert von Karajan, and in 1984 and 1985 in scenic performances of Bach's St Matthew Passion. At the Bayreuth Festival, she performed several roles in the centenary production Jahrhundertring of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, directed by Patrice Chéreau and conducted by Pierre Boulez. She performed first in 1978 the role of the Rhinemaiden Floßhilde in Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung, and from 1979 the valkyrie Siegrune in Die Walküre. She appears in the three roles on the DVD of the production. From 1979, she appeared as a flower maiden in Parsifal, from 1981 as Magdalene in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and from 1998 as Mary in Der fliegende Holländer. Schiml appeared at La Scala as Dorabella in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, conducted by Karl Böhm. She appeared as Fricka in Wagner's Ring cycle at the Teatro Regio in Turin in 1986, and Annina in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 1989. She portrayed Olga in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Bonn Opera, as Magdalene in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg also in Bonn, Hamburg and Barcelona. She appeared in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande conducted by Rafael Kubelik, and in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte, conducted by Ferdinand Leitner and Wolfgang Sawallisch. In concert, she sang in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, conducted by Karajan, and the Missa Solemnis, conducted by Sawallisch. She performed Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Mass in B minor, conducted by Karl Richter. She sang in Mahler's Eighth Symphony with both Seiji Ozawa and Gustav Kuhn, and in Mendelssohn's Elias with Otmar Suitner. She was a soloist in the ballet version of Bach's St Matthew Passion by John Neumeier in 1981, along with Peter Schreier as the Evangelist, Bernd Weikl as the vox Christi, Mitsuko Shirai and Franz Grundheber, conducted by Günter Jena. In a concert with explanations (Gesprächskonzert) in Frankfurt's Alte Oper on 24 January 1988, she performed Bach's cantata Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70, and Johann Christian Bach's Dies irae with Helmuth Rilling and the Gächinger Kantorei. Schiml was a professor of voice at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe from 1987. She retired in 2011, but still trains young singers. Among her students was Maria Radner. In 1999 she was awarded the Order of Merit of Germany.