Monika Frimmer studied at the
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover in Hannover. She studied further in master-classes and worked with
Birgit Nilsson,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and
Jörg Demus. In 1980 she was a winner in the national competition
Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin. She was a member of the ensemble of the
Staatsoper Hannover as a
lyric soprano from 1980 to 1993. In 1982 she appeared as Anima in a scenic production of Cavalieri's
Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo in the
Marktkirche, conducted by
Hans-Martin Linde. She sang the role of Najade in
Ariadne auf Naxos by
Richard Strauss. In the opera Ermann Wolf-Ferrari's
Sly, revived by the Staatsoper Hannover, she appeared as Rosalina. From 1993 she worked as a free-lance singer in opera, oratorio and
Lied. In the
Neustädter Kirche, Hannover, she sang in choral concerts, in 1996
Ein deutsches Requiem, and in 1988 Stravinsky's
Cantata and Mozart's
Great Mass in C minor. In 1991, she performed there Bach's
St Matthew Passion in the last concert conducted by
Erhard Egidi, together with
Dantes Diwiak, Anselm Richter,
Ralf Popken and Joachim Gebhardt. In 1998, she recorded the
St Matthew Passion with the
Thomanerchor and the
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, conducted by
Georg Christoph Biller. She was a soprano soloist in the cycles of
Bach cantatas of both
Gustav Leonhardt and
Masaaki Suzuki. With Leonhardt she also recorded Bach's
Easter Oratorio and
Ascension Oratorio, and with Suzuki Bach's
Christmas Oratorio. She collaborated regularly with the
Trio di Clarone and the
Ensemble Incanto. Her piano accompanist for Lieder was
Liese Klahn. Frimmer died in Schwarmstedt on 26 December 2022, at the age of 65. == References ==