Wangemann was born in 1961 in
Kropstädt (now part of
Wittenberg), in the
Bezirk Halle of the
German Democratic Republic (now in
Saxony-Anhalt); her mother was a choir singer. Wangemann had private singing lessons with
Lotte Taubenreuther, and then studied under Christa Noack and
Eva Schubert at the
Musikhochschule Leipzig. While still a student she made her début at the
Halle Opera House as Armida in the
Rinaldo of
Handel. From 1987 to 1991 she was a member of that opera, and sang rôles including Asteria in
Tamerlano, Gilda in
Rigoletto, Micaëla in
Carmen, Marzelline in
Fidelio, Nannetta in
Falstaff and Susanna in
The Marriage of Figaro In 1991 she moved to the
Leipzig Opera; among her rôles there were Despina in
Così fan tutte, Musetta in
La Bohème and Zerlina in
Don Giovanni. In contemporary repertoire she has sung Amanda in
Le Grand Macabre by
György Ligeti, and a bread-seller in
The Nose by
Shostakovich; in 1997 she sang in the
première of
Abraum by
Jörg Herchet. She has made guest appearances in Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and Poland, and has been active as a concert singer. == References ==