Michael Schade

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Michael Schade

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Michael Schade as Tamino in The Magic Flute's Second Part, Salzburg Festival 2012
Born (1965-01-23) 23 January 1965 (age 57)
Geneva, Switzerland
NationalityCanadian
OccupationOperatic tenor
Years active1991–present
Title Kammersänger
Website www.michael-schade.pro

Michael Schade OC (born 23 January 1965) is a Canadian operatic tenor, who was born in Geneva and raised in Germany and Canada. He and his wife Dee McKee, and their youngest child live in Vienna, Austria; the rest of the family lives in Canada.

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Life and career

Schade attended St. Michael's Choir School in Toronto, then the Faculty of Music in the University of Western Ontario and on to the Curtis Institute of Music for his master's degree. [1]

Schade has performed at the Canadian Opera Company, Vienna State Opera, Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Washington Opera, Opéra National de Paris, San Francisco Opera, Hamburg State Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Los Angeles Opera. At the Vienna State Opera, Schade has appeared in Daphne , Don Giovanni , Così fan tutte , Die Entführung aus dem Serail , Die Zauberflöte , Arabella , Il barbiere di Siviglia , L'elisir d'amore , Die schweigsame Frau and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg . He is a regular guest of the world-famous Lied-festival Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, Austria. [2]

In 2005, he performed in Carl Nielsen's Maskarade in the Royal Opera, London's premiere of David Pountney's production. [3]

Schade's discography includes a recording of "Die schöne Müllerin" with pianist Malcolm Martineau (CBC Records) which funds and supports leukaemia research, a performance of the role of Ralph Rackstraw in Sir Charles Mackerras's CD of H.M.S. Pinafore, and Daphne (Decca). He made his first solo recording – Of Ladies and Love – Songs of Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt, Ravel, Fauré, and Richard Strauss —for Hyperion; BBC Music Magazine gave it a 5-star review, saying, "He sings Strauss's 'Cäcilie', and a wonderfully hushed 'Zueignung' as though he and Martineau were the first to discover their ecstasy." [4]

From December 2011 until October 2013 Michael Schade was a member of the board of the European Academy of Music Theatre. [5] Since Pentecost 2014, Michael Schade has been the artistic director of The Internationale Barocktage Stift Melk [6] Schade holds professorship in historical performance practice in the faculty of Early Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. [7]

Awards and honours

Schade's recording of the St Matthew Passion (Teldec), conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance. [8]

In March 2007, Schade has been awarded the Austrian title of Kammersänger . [9]

In 2016, Schade was appointed as an officer in the Order of Canada. [10] In 2017, he was awarded the Great Golden Decoration of Honour for Service to the State of Lower Austria (Große Goldene Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Bundesland Niederösterreich). [11]

Selected discography

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References

  1. ↑ "Michael Schade, Rubies 2020--"I did work very hard with that luck!" » Opera Canada". Opera Canada. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Schubertiade – Über uns > Geschichte > Verzeichnis aller Mitwirkenden > Michael Schade". Schubertiade – Home (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Service, Tom (21 September 2005). "Maskarade, Royal Opera House, London". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ Hyperion Records
  5. ↑ "New Board elected: Meyer (P), Holten (VP); Deathridge, Schade new Members". Europäische Musiktheater-Akademie. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Barocktage Melk". www.wachaukulturmelk.at.
  7. ↑ "Michael SCHADE – Early Music Department". mdw.ac.at. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Grammy Award 2002 – Best Choral Performance". Nikolaus Harnoncourt (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Michael Schade – Tenor". Machreich Artists Management GmbH (in German). 18 September 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Governor General Announces 100 New Appointments to the Order of Canada as Canada Turns 150". The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  11. ↑ ""Großes Goldenes Ehrenzeichen" des Landes NÖ für Michael Schade". Land Niederösterreich. 14 November 2017.
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