Lidia Fridman and Omar Montanari, Orchester der Berliner Operngruppe & Felix Krieger
Biography Lidia Fridman and Omar Montanari, Orchester der Berliner Operngruppe & Felix Krieger
Lidia Fridman
Born in 1996 in Samara (Russian Federation), she completed her first studies at the Institute of Music and at the Art School of her city, also attending specialization courses at the Elena Obraztsova Academy in St. Petersburg.
In 2015 she moved to Italy, graduating with honors at the Conservatory of Udine and then she has obtained the highest degree at Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice. First-Prize winner of several international competitions, she has been nominated among “Young Artists of the Year” at the 2021 International Opera Awards. She currently studies with Paoletta Marrocu.
She has started her career starring in concerts and operas such as: Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and Donna Eleonora in Salieri’s Prima la musica poi le parole in Pordenone and Contessa in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro in Trieste and touring at other Italian and Russian venues.
In 2019, she made her acclaimed debut at Teatro la Fenice in Venezia in the title role of the first modern performance of Albinoni’s La Statira.
The same year she has been invited at the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca where she has performed in Gala Concerts and in Brahms’ Requiem. Also, she has been highly prized by critics and audience starring in the title role of the contemporary premiere of “Ecuba”, by Nicola Manfroce in the new production of Pier Luigi Pizzi under the baton of Sesto Quatrini. The production has been broadcasted live on the public radio and streamed on Italian Public Television Rai5.
Furthermore, Lidia has added a new debut in a leading role in Padova in the semi-staged performance of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, followed by a concert with the Trio ‘G. De Vito ‘at Palazzo Cavanis in Venice as part of the Biennale with music by Marco Sinopoli and Bernstein.
And, as a crowning achievement of her outstanding first year of leading bel canto roles debuts, she has starred with great success at the Donizetti Festival in Bergamo the leading role of Sylvia de Linares in the world scenic premiere of L’Ange de Nisida directed by Francesco Micheli under the baton of Jean-Luc Tingaud.
Her recent and future engagements include the debut as the title role in a new production of Norma at Théâtre de la Monnaie, the title role in Lucrezia Borgia MÜPA Festival in Budapest and at Teatro Verdi in Trieste and the role debut of Mina in Aroldo by Verdi at Teatro Galli in Rimini, Pulcinella by Stravinsky touring in Italy and symphonic concerts and opera productions throughout Italy.
The Berliner Operngruppe e.V.
was founded in 2010 by the conductor Felix Krieger in order to present operas in Berlin that stand outside the usual opera repertoire and have either never been heard here or have not been heard for many decades. After the first performances in Radialsystem V, the Berliner Operngruppe has been performing in the Konzerthaus Berlin with its project choir and orchestra since 2013. The highly regarded semi-staged productions by the Berliner Operngruppe include the German premiere of Donizetti’s Betly and the Berlin premiere of Verdi’s Stiffelio and Puccini’s Edgar.
In February 2020 the Berliner Operngruppe celebrated its 10th anniversary with this Iris.
Felix Krieger
studied conducting in Hamburg and with Carlo Maria Giulini in Fiesole, Italy. He began his career as assistant to Claudio Abbado at the Berlin Philharmonic. Since then, he has conducted numerous major orchestras such as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the German Symphony Orchestra in Berlin, the State Orchestra in Berlin and the London Sinfonietta. Since his debut at the State Opera in Berlin in September 2003, he has been a regular guest conductor there. Recently, he has conducted at the Semper Opera in Dresden, at the Opéra National in Paris and at the Opera de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. Felix Krieger is the founder and artistic director of the Berlin Opera Group. In 2018, Sony Classical released his CD with works by the contemporary Spanish composer Benet Casablancas, performed by the London Sinfonietta.
