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Siegmund Nimsgern
Siegmund Nimsgern is a German bass-baritone, born in Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany. After leaving school in 1960 he studied singing and musical education at the Hochschule für Musik Saar with Sibylle Fuchs, Jakob Stämpfli and Paul Lohmann. He made his debut at the Saarländisches Staatstheater in Saarbrücken in 1967. In 1971, he went to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf and Duisburg. From there he began his international career as an opera singer. He sang at La Scala in Milan, at Covent Garden in London, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and at the Vienna State Opera. In the years 1983 to 1987, he sang Wotan at the Bayreuth Festival under Georg Solti, Peter Schneider and Peter Hall in The Ring of the Nibelung. He has recorded numerous operas including Der Vampyr, Schwanda the Bagpiper, Martha, Hansel and Gretel, La serva padrona, Parsifal, a 1989 Grammy Award-winning recording of Lohengrin, and a 1982 Grammy Award-winning recording of Der Ring Des Nibelung. He lives with his family in Sankt Ingbert, Saarland, Germany. His son is the musical theatre composer Frank Nimsgern. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegmund_Nimsgern) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
Songs See All
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Aria with Chorale: Bleibt, ihr Engel, bleibt bei mir! (Tenor)
Barbara Rondelli, Adalbert Kraus, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Siegmund Nimsgern
Albums
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Winterreise
2025
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Solokantaten für Bass
2025
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Strauss: Arabella
2009
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Wagner: Lohengrin (Highlights)
1994
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Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
1982
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Song Cycles
2025
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Pflüger: Memento mori
2025
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Blacher: Der Grossinquisitor
2013
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Zemlinsky: Lyrische Symphonie, Op. 18
1978
Videos See All
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Molière et Lully - Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Dialogue en Musique
Tempus Fugit • 15K views
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Sigmund Nimsgern - Fidelio - Ha, welch ein Augenblick
Gabba02 • 15K views
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J.B. Lully - Suite [excerpts] from 《Le bourgeois gentilhomme》 comédie-ballet, LWV 43 (1670)
protestant7 (baroque music) • 876 views
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ZEMLINSKY Lyrische Symphonie Op.18: 1. Ich bin friedlos (Olivé, Ono, OBC)
Josep-Ramon Olivé • 560 views