Renate Holm
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Renate Holm â born Renate Franke in Berlin, Germany on August 10, 1931 â was an Austria-based actress and operatic soprano. After seeing a motion picture based on Pucciniâs Madama Butterfly at the age of 12, she was inspired to become an opera singer. After her parents separated in 1943, she was evacuated from bombed-out Berlin and relocated to the village of Ragow, where she spent the rest of her childhood. After the war, her family moved again and by 1950, she had begun a career as a dentistâs assistant as well as pursuing her dreams to be a singer. She studied with coloratura soprano Maria Ivogün in Berlin and then Maria Hittorf in Vienna. After winning a talent show in 1953, she changed her last name to Holm and became a radio schlager singer. Her career picked up pace when she appeared in several films, recorded operettas, and performed frequently on the radio. Although offered the lead role in a German production of My Fair Lady, she decided that she wanted to pursue opera seriously and drove to Vienna, Austria. Renate Holm made her opera debut in a production of Oscar Strausâ Ein Walztraum and came to prominence when she began her decades-long association with the Vienna State Opera, She appeared in many productions including Lortzingâs Der Wildschütz, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Beethoven's Fidelio, Puccini's La bohème and Richard Straussâ Die Fledermaus. While she performed at the Vienna State Opera over 450 times, she also performed at many festivals and on many prestigious stages around the world. A resident of Austria for 60 years, she was honored with the title Kammersängerin (given to distinguished classical and opera singers) in 1971. She continued to perform into the 2000s and also served as a voice teacher. Renate Holmâs recorded legacy stretches back to her operettas performed in the early 1950s but her career as a recording artist began later that decade. Her catalog includes original albums and compilations including Uber die Heide / Lieder der Haimat (1956), Lieder der Nachtigall (1963), 100 Years of Lehár (1966), A Treasury of Viennese Operettas (1969), Vienna, Women and Song (1971), Weber: Der Freischütz (2016), and Singers of the Century: Renate Holm â Lieder der Nachtigall (2019). Renate Holm died on April 21, 2022, at the age of 90.
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- Der Vogelhändler - Höhepunkte: Ich bin die Christel von der Post
- Kattnig: Bel Ami - Operetta: Bel ami, schöner Freund featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Dostal: Die Ungarische Hochzeit / Act 2: Spiel' mir das Lied von Glück und Treu featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Czernik: Chi sa? featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2 - "Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena!" featuring Hermann Prey
- Der Graf von Luxemburg, Act I: Dialog. "Hallo! Juliette!"
- Lehár: Schön ist die Welt / Act 1: Frei und jung dabei featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Lehár: Schön ist die Welt / Act 3 - Ich bin verliebt featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Der Graf von Luxemburg, Act III: Dialog. "Jetzt werde ich ihn in diesem Paris suchen"
- Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns / Act 1: Bei einem Tee à deux featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent - Operetta in 3 Acts / Act 2 - Soll ich reden (Arr. Rudolf Bibl) featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Suppé: Boccaccio - Hab' ich nur deine Liebe featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Der Graf von Luxemburg, Act II: Dialog. "Juliettchen... Ich muss mich mit Dir aussprechen"
- Suppé: Boccaccio: Mia bella fiorentina featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Lehár: The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 3 - Duett: Lippen schweigen featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Lehár: Paganini / Act 2 - Liebe, du Himmel auf Erden featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- The Gypsy Princess (Die Csárdásfürstin): Einleitung - Die Mädis vom Chantant featuring Willy Hofmann
- Lehár: Paganini / Act 2: Niemand liebt Dich featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Lehár: Der Zarewitsch, Operetta in 3 Acts / Act 3: Kosende Wellen featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- The Gypsy Princess (Die Csárdásfürstin): Machen wir's den Schwalben nach featuring Renate Holm
- Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg - Operetta in 3 Acts / Act 2 - Lieber Freund, man greift nicht nach den Sternen featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Lehár: Friederike - A play with music in 3 Acts / Act 2 - Warum hast du mich wachgeküsst? featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Dostal: Clivia / Act 2 - Ich bin verliebt featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns / Act 2 - Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz geschenkt featuring Wiener Volksopernorchester
