Annette Markert
Annette Markert was born in 1957 in Kaltensundheim (Thuringia), Germany. She studied at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Academy of Music in Leipzig and was subsequently engaged for many years at the operas in Halle and Leipzig.
She specializes in Handel’s operas, including the leading female roles in Floridante, Rinaldo, Oreste and Giulio Cesare. In addition she has recorded cantatas, passions and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, as well as Mozart’s Requiem and Mendelsohn’s Paulus, and also sang the title role in the world premiere of the oratorio Medea in Korinth by Georg Katzer, and the role of Rosalie in the world premiere of the opera Die Nachtwache by Jorg Herchet.
She has worked with leading choirs such as the Dresdner Kreuzchor, the Thomanerchor Leipzig, the Gachinger Kantorei and the Berlin Philharmonic, and has appeared on stage with conductors such as Kurt Masur, Herbert Blomstedt, Ton Koopman, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Roger Norrington and Kent Nagano. With Wolfgang Kupke and his ensembles, she has performed several recitals and concerts for voice and organ.
Annette Markert is a lecturer at the Institute of Music at Martin Luther University in Halle.
