Norbert Meyn

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Norbert Meyn was born in Weimar, Germany. He studied singing in Dresden, Riga and Weimar and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 1996 he was a prize-winner at the Baroque Singing Competition of the International Handel-Festival in Halle, and in 1998 he won first prize at the English Singers and Speakers Competition in London.

Norbert has performed Bach´s B-Minor Mass in with Philip Pickett in Madrid, Bach's St. John Passion and Christmas Oratorio with Howard Arman in Salzburg and Bach Cantata Solos with Sir John Eliot Gardiner as part of the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in Luxemburg. In 2000 he sang the tenor solo in Weill´s Berliner Requiem with European Voices and BCMG under Thomas Adés at the Aldeburgh Festival and the Proms. He also appeared as Evangelist in the St. John Passion at St. John's Smith Square in London and at Chester Cathedral, and he was a soloist in the "Masquerade" Series of Early English Opera at the South Bank Centre. Other operatic appearances include the title-role in "The Martyrdom of St. Magnus" by Peter Maxwell Davies with The Opera Group in London and at the Buxton Festival, Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Monostatos in The Magic Flute and Danilo in The Merry Widow for Pavilion Opera as well as 1st Apprentice in Graham Vick's production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Royal Opera House.

As a Lieder singer he performed Schubert´s Die schöne Müllerin'= Conway Hall and 'Winterreise' at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London. Norbert was also a participant of the Steans Institute for Young Artists Programme at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago. Together with pianist Christopher Gould he creates the recital series 'Packed Lunch' at the Bloomsbury Theatre. In cooperation with FILM LAB UK they recently produced the DVD 'Bitesize Classics' with a compilation of 10-minute song presentations on film.

Norbert coaches German Diction and Lieder Classes at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal College of Music.

www.norbert-meyn.com

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