Sabine Ritterbusch was born in Bad Pyrmont, Germany. She graduated from the Music Academy in Detmold with honours, where she studied with Methild Böhme and completed courses in performance, music education an vocal paedagogy. As part of her studies she participated in master classes with Judith Beckmann, Sena Jurinac and Helmuth Kretschmar. Throughout her vocal studies and her career Sabine Ritterbusch has received many prizes and scholarships, amongst them the Deutscher Musikrat and the Richard-Wagner-Verband-Bayreuth. Since August 1993 Sabine Ritterbusch has been engaged as a principle soloist at the Hamburg State Opera where she has performed many of the major roles of her fach including Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Pamina (Zauberflöte), Ännchen (Der Freischütz; this production was recorded by ARTE and 3Sat), Nannetta (Falstaff), Marzelline (Fidelio). She has made guest appearances at the Munich State Opera, the "Semperoper" Dresden, the Berlin State Opera, the Frankfurt Opera, the German Opera on the Rhine in Düsseldorf and the Tel Aviv Opera. Sabine Ritterbusch is also much in demand as a Lieder and concert singer in Germany and abroad. She has an extensive and interesting repertoire to call on. Among others she has worked with Ivor Bolton, Daniel Bahrenboim, Christian Thielemann, Ingo Metzmacher, Peter Schreier, Helmuth Rilling, Günter Jena, Frieder Bernius and Thomas Quasthoff. She works regularly with the pianist Heidi Kommerell and together they offer a number of themed song programmes which they have performed in concert, for broadcast and recorded. With great success she sang the part of Gretel in Humperdincks' "Hänsel und Gretel" under Christian Thielemann at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Highlights of the last year were among others a new production of "Dardanus" (Rameau) were she sang the main part of "Iphise" at the Opera Bonn. On a journey to Sapporo in Japan she sang Micaela in Carmen and she had a recital in Seoul/ Korea. Furthermore she sang on concerts with the Tallinn Chamber orchestra and the Latvian Radio Choir under Tõnu Kaljuste in Estonia. At the Deutsche Oper Berlin she sang Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel under Christian Thielemann. In addition she appeared in Alcina as Oberto in L'Incoronazone di Poppea as Drusilla under Alessandro de Marchi and in Freischütz singing Ännchen. Sabine Ritterbusch has been engaged as a soloist for a number of Radio and Television productions including the WDR, NDR, SFB, Radio Bremen, ZDF, and ARTE. http://www.Sabine-Ritterbusch.de/ http://www.Sabine-Ritterbusch.de/sabine-ritterbusch-files/images/sabine-start.jpg http://www.Sabine-Ritterbusch.de/ en http://www.Sabine-Ritterbusch.de/news-en-news-20090619191522 On the 14th of November 2007 the radio station WDR3 transmits the Klassik Forum from 09:05 to 11:45. There will be songs of Alma Mahler, performed by Heidi Kommerell the the piano and Soprano Sabine Ritterbusch: In meines Vaters Garten Kennst du meine Nächte For more information see the pages of WDR 3 . http://www.Sabine-Ritterbusch.de/news-en-news-20071113213306 On the 7th of July the German radio station WDR3 features the cantata for soprano, choir and orchestra " Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten " by Felix Mendelsohn Bartholdy from 6:15pm to 8pm during the Vesper program. The soprano Sabine Ritterbusch, the Kammerchor Stuttgart and the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester are performing under the lead of Frieder Bernius. For additional information and a live stream of the radio station see the pages of WDR3 . http://www.Sabine-Ritterbusch.de/news-en-news-20070706192136 4th International Masterclass Toblach 2006 Toblach/Dobbiaco Südtirol/Italien Prof. Sabine Ritterbusch, Gesang Prof. Matitjahu Kellig, Klavier Susanne Satz, Korreptetition Dirk Schmeding, Regie Prof. Dr. Ortwin Nimczik, Musikpädagogik Dr. Joachim Thalmann, Musikpublizistik From 4 th until 15 th September 2006 in the Kulturzentrum Grand Hotel Toblach Address and Registration 4. Internationaler Interpretationskurs Toblach c/o Prof. Matitjahu Kellig Mittelstraße 69 D 32805 Horn-Bad Meinberg Please contact prof.matitjahukellig@t-online.de for Registration information. You may also switch to the German pages for more detailled information. http://www.Sabine-Ritterbusch.de/news-en-news-20060607230036 A close artistic collaboration forms a strong bond between Sabine Ritterbusch and the pianist Heidi Kommerell. They have worked together to present thematically focussed Lied programmes which they present in recitals, radio broadcasts and on CD. Heidi Kommerell, Piano Heidi Kommerell was born in Stuttgart, Germany. She studied with Professor Klaus Schilde in Detmold as well as in Professor Bruno Seidlhofer's Master Claas in Vienna, and went on to become the first recipient of the GEDOK award in the International Soloists' Competition in 1967. As a result of this, she has been invited to participate in numerous radio productions, recitals and orchestral concerts under renowed conductors. Since 1990 she has devoted much time to discovering the works of many lesser-known European composers whose work, through no fault of their own, has been under-appreciated or forgotten. She now brings their songs and piano music to an appreciative audience as part of her concert series "Music in Context". At the invitation of the Goethe-Institute she has also toured Europe, Latin America, Israel, the United States and Asia extensively. CD releases, Broadcast productions and live recordings of her projects have been developed in collaboration with public broadcasters such as the Westdeutscher Rundfunk and the Südwestrundfunk in Germany, as well as the Swiss, Irish and Israel national radios. http://www.Sabine-Ritterbusch.de/news-en-news-20060605194554