Jacqueline Pischorn German language coach soprano
Jacqueline Pischorn was born in Austria and studied singing at the University of Music and Dramatic Art in Graz and at Trinity College of Music in London. At the Britten-Pears School she studied contemporary music with Oliver Knussen and Rosemary Hardy.
A great success was a first performance of a piece (Kyng Orfeo), written for her by Ian Schofield, at Turner Sims Hall in Southampton, accompanied by pianist David Owen Norris.
Oratorio performances include Mozart’s Vespers and St John Passion at St John's Smith Square, Mozart's Requiem at Cadogan Hall, and B Minor Mass in Southwark Cathedral, each with James Gaddarn. She sang Messiah with Oxford Sinfonia. Jacqueline sang many concerts with the Portsmouth Baroque Choir, the most recent one being Brahms’ Requiem.
In Newbury Jacqueline sang the part of Venus in Venus and Adonis and Anima in La Rappresentazione di Anima e di Corpo. Last year she sang there the soprano part in the first performance of Edward Lambert’s Rossetti Requiem. There is a recording of the performance online at: http://listen.lambertmusic.co.uk/play/rossettirequiem.html
As part of the Chichester Festival Jacqueline sang the part of the Angel in Handel's Jephtha with The Consort of Twelve under Paul Esswood.
Jacqueline gave Lieder recitals in Austria, Slovenia and the Uk, working with pianists David Owen Norris, Peter Rhodes, Adrienne Black, Donald Books and Beata Formanegg.
Jacqueline is the German Language Coach for the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
She works in the same capacity for Welsh National Opera, where she has worked on the productions of Salome, Wozzeck, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Fidelio and Ariadne auf Naxos.
Last year Jacqueline worked as German language coach on a staged production of Johannespassion and on Siegfried at the Nationale Reisopera in Enschede, Netherlands.
Her book "German Diction for English-Speaking Singers" was published by Caddy Publishing in March 2007.
Forthcoming engagements as German language coach:
Tristan und Isolde, Welsh National Opera, Cardiff, 2012
Recent singing engagements:
Miscellaneous concert with the Andover Light Orchestra, 13th October 2011
Lieder recital at Reading University, 6th December 2011
Future singing engagements:
17th March 2012, Hummel, Haydn, Purcell in Anstruther, Scotland, conductor: Robert Dick
5th May 2012, Haydn's Seasons, Newbury, conductor: Ed Lambert
12th June 2012, Mozart duets, Cockermouth
contact: jacqueline.pischorn@btinternet.com