Person Open DS/UK/12777 Fontana; Gabriele (1958-); Austrian operatic soprano Fontana Gabriele 1958- Austrian operatic soprano Female

Gabriele Fontana (b. 1958 Innsbruck, Austria) is an Austrian operatic soprano. Fontana made her professional opera debut in 1980 as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Oper Frankfurt. She joined the Hamburg State Opera in 1982 where she sang Pamina, Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier and the role of Sophie Scholl in the world premiere of Udo Zimmermann's Weisse Rose; the latter of which she reprised and recorded two years later at the Vienna State Opera. Since then Fontana has been a regular presence at the world's best opera houses making appearances in Hannover, Amsterdam, Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Barcelona, Trieste, Geneva, Tokyo, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and New York. She has also been a regular performer at the Salzburg Festival and has made appearances at the Glyndebourne Festival, Vienna Festival, the Bregenzer Festspiele, the London Proms, Carinthischer Sommer Ossiach, Festival di Carpi, Prague Spring Festival, and at festivals in Berlin, Dresden, Israel, the USA and Japan. Fontana is married to baritone Peter Weber. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 2/18/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 60be137c-0bc9-42b7-9b8c-3e07f9dce60e