Gerd Amelung

Conductor
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Gerd Amelung

Biography

From the beginning of his career in 2005, Gerd Amelung has been working baroque and classical vocal music as a conductor, vocal coach and historical keyboard player. He studied harpsichord, clavichord, and basso continuo practice in Weimar and Basel.

Following his direction of Hasse’s Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra at the 2018 Ekhof-Festival Gotha, he stepped up to direct Bastien und Bastienne at the Brandenburger Theater, the first opera production to be staged there in ten years.

He conducted Monteverdi’s Ulisse at the Deutsches National Theater Weimar (2021/22) as well as Giuseppe Scarlatti’s Amor Prigionero (2021-23), followed by Georg Anton Benda’s Ariadne auf Naxos (2024/25) at the Schloss Kochberg Liebhabertheater – Theater an der Klassik Stiftung Weimar. His 2024 production of Johann Friedrich Agricola’s Achille in Sciro at the Theater Altenburg-Gera was a widely acclaimed modern times’ world premiere, recorded on CD (Rondeau 2025).

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www.gerd-amelung.de

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“"G. Reutter, Or che dorme l’idol mio"” G. Reutter, Or che dorme l’idol mio Gerd Amelung
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1. G. Reutter, Or che dorme l’idol mio
10:51
2. P. Scalabrini, Sinfonia g minor
6:40

J. E. Bach, Violin Sonatas with obbligato fortepiano

“17 Sonate F-Dur - II Largo” Gerd Amelung
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1. “17 Sonate F-Dur - II Largo” — Gerd Amelung
2:57
2. “13 Sonate C-Dur - I Allegretto” — Gerd Amelung
6:28
3. “06 Sonate D-Dur - III Allegro assai” — Gerd Amelung
4:24
4. “07 Sonate g-moll - I Allegro” — Gerd Amelung
6:54

J. F. Agricola, Achille in Sciro

“1. Sinfonia” Agricola Achille in Sciro - CD 1
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1. 1. Sinfonia
2:37
2. “Atto I: 12a. Recitativo accompagnato "Che difficile impresa"” — Leila Grace Hills
1:42
3. “Atto III: 46. Aria "Del terreno nel centro profondo"” — Joel Vuik
4:58
4. “Atto II: 42. Recitativo "Ma perche mai parla Deidamia cosi?"” — Nicolas Zielinski
0:19
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