Ralf Popken (born 1962) is a German countertenor. He studied choral conducting, recorder, and singing at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover and has since performed in concerts across Europe and the USA. He has made numerous radio recordings for Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, and Dutch and Swiss radios and is noted for singing Bach cantatas. He debuted in opera at the Staatsoper Hannover in Hannover in 1989.[1] His performances have included the premiere of Medeamaterial by Pascal Dusapin in 1991[2] and a role in the musical Chicago at the Theater an der Wien and the Berlin Theater des Westens.[3] He now teaches voice at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater.[4] He has also conducted the NDR Chor, Vocalconsort Berlin, and ChorWerk Ruhr.[3]
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RalfPopken (born 1962) is a German countertenor. He studied choral conducting, recorder, and singing at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover...
Stadthalle, Göttingen, June 9-12 Drew Minter, Lisa Saffer, Juliana Gondek, RalfPopken, Michael Dean, Patricia Spence Nicholas McGegan, Freiburger Barockorchester...
conducted by Erhard Egidi, together with Anselm Richter, Monika Frimmer, RalfPopken and Joachim Gebhardt. In 1994, a concert of the Mass in B minor in the...
Diwiak as the Evangelist, Anselm Richter as vox Christi, Monika Frimmer, RalfPopken and Joachim Gebhardt. The review by Hugo Thielen on 12 March 1991 in...
Cesare, alongside Janet Williams as Cleopatra), Lynne Dawson as Cornelia, RalfPopken as Arsace, Elisabeth Scholl as Cneo and María Cristina Kiehr as Sesto...
Handel's Semele, soloists including Elisabeth Scholl, Annette Markert and RalfPopken, in 2005 Monteverdi's Marienvesper, with Dorothee Mields, in 2004 Handel's...
Peter Neumann, and the St Mark Passion of Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns with RalfPopken. He participated in a project to record Schubert's Part-Songs, works...
conducted by Erhard Egidi, together with Dantes Diwiak, Anselm Richter, RalfPopken and Joachim Gebhardt. In 1998, she recorded the St Matthew Passion with...
Graus Helder Jansen De Jong Kops Madlener (Maeijer) Markuszower E. Mulder ‹Popken› De Roon De Vree Van Weerdenburg Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 19)...
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