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Kurt Ollmann
Baritone
Kurt Ollmann came to prominence singing Riff on the Deutsche Grammophon recording of West Side Story under Leonard Bernstein. He has sung Pelléas at La Scala under Abbado, the Count in Figaro at the Opera Theater of St. Louis, and Don Giovanni in the original Peter Sellars production at Pepsico Summerfare. He has also sung at the Vienna State Opera, the Rome Opera, Brussels' La Monnaie, the Seattle Opera and the Washington Opera.
A distinguished orchestral soloist, Mr. Ollmann recently sang Elijah in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, Benjamin Britten's War Requiem in Paris and Carmina Burana and the Mahler Symphony No. 8 in Minneapolis. He has appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre de Paris, Rome's Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the New York Philharmonic, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra as well as with the orchestras of Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and San Francisco among many others. He has also appeared at the Ravinia and Tanglewood festivals. He sang Leonard Bernstein's Songfest under Mr. Bernstein's direction in Rome, and in a televised production from the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
His most recent compact discs are Gounod's Roméo et Juliette (Mercutio) with Placido Domingo for BMG, Gershwin's Oh, Kay! with Dawn Upshaw for Nonesuch and The Music of Paul Bowles for Catalyst. His long association with the music of Leonard Bernstein also includes recordings of Candide, On the Town, and A Quiet Place for Deutsche Grammophon. Other recordings include Carly Simon's "family opera" Romulus Hunt for Angel, Haydn's Creation for DG, Kurt Weill's Street Scene for London and songs of Schumann for Koch and Albert Roussel for EMI. Soon to released are Ravel's L'Heure Espagnol for DG with André Previn and Michael Torke's The Book of Proverbs on Decca with Edo de Waart. Kurt Ollmann has been featured in several television specials including A Grand Night for Singing with Tyne Daly, Sylvia McNair and Frederica von Stade.
Having made his first appearances with American Voices in the year 2000 season, Mr. Ollmann tours have taken him to Kuwait, Lebanon, Bolivia, Honduras, and El Salvador as part of American Voices' Artist-in-Residence programs.
Press Quotes:
"Mr. Ollmann was compelling: fully in character, singing with radiant strength of purpose and clarity."
The New Yorker
"What brought these disparate 20th-century materials together was Mr. Ollmann's clear, eloquent baritone, negotiating every stylistic turn with the utmost grace. Few other singers could sing Ives' 'Autumn', Poulenc's 'Chansons Villageoises' and Rodgers'' 'Way Out West (on West End Avenue)' with equal conviction."
The New York Times
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