SCHEDULE
05.12.20, Elverhøy, Tromsø
06.12.20 - Trondenes, Harstad
07.12.20 - Finnsnes Kulturhus
19.12.20 - Meieriet, Leknes
20.12.20 - Svolvær Kulturhus
Christmas concert tour with Berit Norbakken - soprano, Nils Anders Mortensen - piano and Solmund Nystabakk - theorbe
11.02.21, Oslo
Sibelius Orchestrated Songs with Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra and Petr Popelka. Also CD-recording.
11. and 12.03.21, Stavanger
Hillborg Lontana in sonno with Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
18.3.21, Dijon
21.3.21, Geneve
22.3.21, Paris
Bach St. Matthew Passion with Leonardo Alarcon and Capella Mediterranea
02.04.21, Utrecht
Mendelssohn Paulus with Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Marcus Creed
16.04.21, Szczecin
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde with Szczecin Philharmonic and Rune Bergmann.
25.04.21, Köln
Monteverdi program with Anima Eterna and Julian and Christoph Pregardien
Opera Comique, Paris Monteverdi Orfeo (Proserpina and La Speranza) with Jordi Savall
Performances:
4.6
6.6
7.6
9.6
10.6
June, Spain
Bach b-minor Mass with Jordi Savall
Versailles
Monteverdi Orfeo (Proserpina and La Speranza) with Jordi Savall
Performances:
3.7
4.7
July, Moscow
Händel concert with Moscow Chamber Orchestra and Rinaldo Alessandrini
August, Oslo
Oslo Chamber Music Festival
23.09.21
Mahler Symphony no. 2 with NDR Philharmonic and Andrew Manze
BIOGRAPHY
"A singer with such a charisma challenged her colleagues." (Dreh-Punkt-Kultur) Mezzo-soprano Marianne Beate Kielland is famous for her strong stage presence and musical integrity. Gramophone Magazine writes about her: "The mezzo-soprano is quite outstanding: strong, firm, sensitive in modulations, imaginative in her treatment of words, with a voice pure in quality, wide in range and unfalteringly true in intonation."
She is educated from Norwegian Academy of Music, where she studied with Svein Bjørkøy. She has also studied with Oren Brown and Barbara Bonney.
She is one of Europe’s foremost concert singers, and she regularly appears in the concert halls of Europe, Japan and America with conductors such as: Masaaki Suzuki, Andrew Manze, Michel Corboz, Leonardo Alarcon, Herbert Blomstedt, Jordi Savall, Rinaldo Alessandrini and Thomas Dausgaard.
In 2012 she was US Grammy nominee in "Best Vocal Classical Album» for "Veslemøy Synsk" by Olav Anton Thommessen, and with this and more than 50 other recordings and a wide range of repertoire and performances, she is established as a remarkable interpreter of music from baroque to contemporary era.
VIDEOS
Dido´s Lament // Purcell
Norwegian Christmas song // Trad
Laudamus Te (Mass in b-minor) // Bach
Lascia ch'io pianga // Händel
RECORDINGS
I have recorded and taken part in more than 50 recordings. Latest releases are shown here. For other recordings, please visit LAWO STORE
2020 LAWO Classics // More here
2020 Simax // More here
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
NJ.com: Mahler songs with New Jersey Symphony
But the real power of these songs come from the vocal writing, and here Marianne Beate Kielland was truly golden in her interpretation. In possession of a rich, piercing Mezzo sound and excellent German diction Ms. Kielland made these old world songs feel fresh and immediate. She sang without the use of a score, as if the words and feelings were springing from her naturally. In her high notes, her voice throbbed with emotion. It was only 16-minutes long, but it made the whole concert worthwhile. "Songs of a Wayfarer" is one of the highlights of the NJSO season so far.
Göran Forsling at Music web international
About Mahler Einsamkeit:
I have lots of marvellous Mahler recording on my bending shelves, recordings that I will not voluntarily be separated from. This latest disc will now join those with Janet Baker, Christa Ludwig, Brigitte Fassbaender, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Hampson and several others. I urge readers to follow my example.
About Schumann Lieder:
As a matter of fact Marianne Beate Kielland is just as marvelous as I had hoped for. And question is whether she has ever sung as lovingly beautiful as here. Now in her mid-forties her tone has adopted a youthful silvery sheen that is wholly enticing.
DrehPunktKultur.at
«The incredible voice of Marianne Beate Kielland has left its mark on the 2019 Salzburger Festspiele | Salzburg Festival: "A particularly lucky choice had been made with Marianne Beate Kielland (Soprano II). She presented her Laudamus te in highly characteristic fashion, clearly articulated, also quick at hand with lyric elements. A singer with such charisma was almost a challenge for her colleagues. The three of them gave a well-balanced ensemble."
Ritmo.es:
Nebra with Al Ayre Espanol
Marianne Beate Kielland was the surprise of the evening. Kielland showed us an absolutely equal record in both the highs and the low ones. Her easy capacity for the legato left us precious phrases without prejudice to a great capacity for drama and power in the most forte passages. In addition her cadences were a delight.
