Jochen Kowalski, born January 30, 1954 in Wachow, Kreis Nauen, DDR, is a German countertenor who began his career as a props manager at the Deutsche Staatsoper Unter den Linden. He studied singing at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin and switched to countertenor, debuting at the International Handel Festival in Halle in 1982. His recordings include Arien von Mozart und Händel (1987), Christoph W. Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice (1988), and Schubert's Die Schöne Müllerin (1997). Kowalski performed at houses including the Metropolitan Opera, where he debuted in 1994, and various opera houses in Vienna. He earned the title of Kammersänger and received the Berliner Bär in 1993 and the Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2024.
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Arnold Winternitz: Melodramen (Nachtigall und Kröte)
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Jochen Kowalski - Handel: Opera Arias, Sacred Arias and Italian Cantatas
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The Russian Opera Album
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Bach, Händel, Graun, Agricola & Pergolesi: Arias (Arias from Berlin's operatic history)
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat mater / Salve regina (Kowalski)
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Vocal Recital: Kowalski, Jochen - TELEMANN, G.P. / GRAUN, C.H. / AGRICOLA, J. / HASSE, J.A. / PERGOLESI, G.B. / BACH, J.S. / HANDE
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Operetta Arias (Counter-Tenor): Kowalski, Jochen - Lehar, F. / Abraham, P. / Stolz, R. / Millocker, K. / Kunneke, E. / Strauss Ii
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Christmas Vocal Music - Reichardt, J.F. / Bach, J.S. / Neuner, K. / Adam, A. / Gumpelzhaimer, A. / Brahms, J. / Handel, G.F.
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Schubert, F.: Schöne Müllerin (Die)
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Bach, J.S.: Cantatas - Bwv 53, 82, 170, 200
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Vocal Recital: Kowalski, Jochen - Erwin, R. / Jary, M. / Schultze, N. / Doelle, F. / Mackeben, T. / Casucci, L. / Benatzky, R. (Ev
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Vocal Recital: Kowalski, Jochen - Bach, J.S. / Handel, G.F.
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Arias from Berlin's operatic history
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Arien aus der Berliner Operngeschichte
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