Annelies Kupper

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Annelies Kupper (born July 21, 1906 in Glatz ; † December 8, 1987 in Haar ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

After attending the Glatzer Oberlyzeum, Annelies Kupper studied musicology and education at the University of Breslau . In 1926 she passed the music teacher exam and then worked as a music teacher at the Ursuline monastery school in Breslau. In addition, she studied singing with Hedwig Schmitz-Schweicker in Breslau and performed as a concert singer.

In 1935 she made her debut as the second boy in Mozart's Magic Flute at the Breslau Opera House. Her steep rise to celebrated singer began as follows: 1937–38 Schwerin Opera, 1938–40 National Theater Weimar, 1940–46 Hamburg State Opera, from 1946 to 1966 Bavarian State Opera in Munich, where she worked alongside Erika Köth , Rosl Schwaiger , Sari Barabas and Hertha Töpper and Marianne Schech , to name just a few of the many, was one of the much acclaimed stars of the Munich opera world and far beyond. At the Bayreuth Festival in 1944 she sang Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and in 1960 Elsa in Lohengrin .

Annelies Kupper gave guest appearances at the leading opera houses in Europe: 1942 Royal Opera Stockholm, 1943 Opera Sofia, 1950 and 1952 Salzburg Festival, 1951 and 1953 Covent Garden London, 1953 Paris, 1954 Opera Rome, 1958 Barcelona and very often at the Vienna State Opera. At the world premiere of Richard Strauss ' opera Die Liebe der Danae at the Salzburg Festival in 1952 she sang the title role with Clemens Krauss as conductor.

From 1956 Annelies Kupper initially worked as a lecturer, two years later she received the professorship for the master class singing at the University of Music in Munich . She was u. a. Teacher of the singer Alejandro Ramírez and the sopranos Ingrid Haubold , Margaret Baker-Genovesi and Christiane Hampe , professor of singing at the Karlsruhe University of Music . In 1959 the singer was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit.

Annelies Kupper was married to the music critic, journalist and pianist Joachim Herrmann since 1937, who often accompanied her to her recitals. Today in Haar, where the singer lived and sang in the church choir, Annelies-Kupper-Allee commemorates the celebrated singer. Her grave is in the Haar cemetery (near Munich) .

Numerous recordings complete her artistic activity.

Discography (selection)

  • Carl Orff: Catulli Carmina
  • Carl Orff: Trionfo di Afrodite
  • Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
  • Richard Strauss: Daphne
  • Richard Strauss: Elektra
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute

theatre

Literature (selection)

  • Paul Preis: The music and theater life of Standt and the district of Glatz. 1st part, Lüdenscheid 1967, pp. 64-68.
  • K. Adam: Greetings to Annelies Kupper. In: opera and concert. 8th year, 1976, p. 25.
  • Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . First volume: A – L. Bern / Stuttgart 1987, Sp. 1599-1600.
  • L. Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in the past and present. General encyclopedia of music. Person part 10: Kem -Lev. Stuttgart 2003, column 883.

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personal data
SURNAME Kupper, Annelies
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Bald
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1987
Place of death hair