Friederike Sailer

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Friederike Sailer , née Friederike Schneider (born February 20, 1920 in Regensburg ; † June 1994 in Stuttgart ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

Friederike Sailer was born in 1920 into a musical family from Regensburg. She attended a nearby girls' high school and then the commercial school in Ansbach , but then wanted to become a kindergarten teacher . Marriage and motherhood preceded this. Since then she has lived in Ansbach with her husband and her two daughters, born in 1941 and 1944 respectively. A guest of the family with a high position in the theater business once accidentally noticed the mistress of the house's hidden singing talent and initiated the training of her voice. Music studies lasted from 1946 to 1950. She gained her first stage experience with performances in cabarets and in isolated operetta roles . Recordings of opera arias in the Nuremberg studio of Bayerischer Rundfunk were decisive for her career . She owed them an engagement at the Stuttgart State Opera in 1952 , which was her place of work for many years, which is why she moved to the west of Stuttgart . In 1954 and 1955 she made guest appearances as Marzelline in Fidelio with her house ensemble at the Grand Opéra Paris . As a lyrical soprano she was later invited to the Munich State Opera and other well-known operas. In 1956 and 1957 she enriched the music program of the Bach Weeks in her previous place of residence, Ansbach. In between, she sang at the Schwetzingen Festival in the world premiere of the opera Der Revisor by Werner Egk . In 1958 she played Gretchen in Lortzings Wildschütz , one of her favorite operas , at the Glyndebourne Festival . The following year she was the first lady on stage at the Salzburg Festival in The Magic Flute . The Ruhr Festival in Recklinghausen opened in 1961 with, among other things, song lectures. She also performed oratorios on solemn occasions . By May 1966, when she appeared again in a world premiere (new version of The Death of Empedocles ) at the Schwetzingen Festival, she had made herself known through broad-based engagements. She was a frequent record duet partner of her ensemble colleague Fritz Wunderlich , had radio appointments, where she preferred to recite art songs, and was cast by Tankred Dorst in the 1961 TV music film Die Schelminnen . In addition, she had accepted a teaching position for singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart.

Nevertheless, due to her age, interest in the late starter suddenly waned, from which she suffered so much that she attempted suicide in 1967 . She desperately asked for games , but ultimately had to come to terms with the end of her career. Recordings of Columbia ( Bach cantatas ), Erato (cantatas by Zachow ), MMS (Meermädchen im Oberon ), Opera (solo in the German Requiem by Brahms ), Nixa (in Handel's Rodelinda ), Memories (Kunigunde in Hans Sachs ), Gala ( Recording of the Salzburg Magic Flute performance in 1959) as well as on Ariola Eurodisc (with Fritz Wunderlich). The Bach recording below from 1956 (published in 1958) with Sailer and Wunderlich was made by the French Marcel Couraud , who has directed the Stuttgart Bach Choir and the Stuttgart Bach Orchestra since 1954 , with the same staff for Philips .

Sound documents (selection)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach : Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 / Cantata "Heaven laughs, the earth jubilates" , BWV 31 / Easter Oratorio , BWV 249 . Friederike Sailer (soprano), Margarethe Bence (alto), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), August Messthaler (bass), Stuttgart Bach Choir & Stuttgart Bach Orchestra with Marcel Couraud (conductor). Philips , 1958 (CD released by Universal Music Entertainment , 2007).
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : La clemenza di Tito . Opera in 2 acts . Complete recording in Italian. Albert Weikenmeier (Titus), Käthe Nentwig (Vitellia). Hetty Plümacher (Sextus), Margot Mangold (Annius), Friederike Sailer (Servilla), Die Schwäbische Chorvereinigung, Das Stuttgarter Tonstudio Orchester, Gustav Lund (conductor). Recorded: Stuttgart, 1951, Line Music , 2011 (2 CDs).
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio I - III , BWV 248 . Fritz Wunderlich (Evangelista), Friederike Sailer (soprano), Erika Winkler (alto), Hannes Swedberg (bass), Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben , Süddeutscher Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester , August Langenbeck (conductor). Profil Medien , 2008 (2 CDs).
  • Carl Maria von Weber : Oberon. Romantic opera in 3 acts . Franz Fehringer (Oberon), Hanne Münch (Fatima), Paula de Leeuwe-Bauer (Puck), Friederike Sailer (Meermgirl), Karl Liebl (Hüon von Bordeaux), Helene Bader (Rezia), Robert Titze (Scherasmin), Süddeutscher Rundfunk Chor & Symphony Orchestra, Hans Müller-Kray (conductor). Line Music , 2007 (2 CDs).
  • Albert Lortzing: Hans Sachs. Opera in 3 acts . Karl Schmitt-Walter (Hans Sachs), Max Kohl (Mayor Steffen), Friederike Sailer (Kunigunde), Margot Weindl (Cordula), Karl Mikorey (Görg), Hermann Guttendobler (Merker), Richard Wölker (Councilor Eoban), Heinz Breitschaft ( Councilor), Nürnberger Singgemeinschaft, Franconian State Orchestra, Max Loy (conductor). Line Music , 2004 (2 CDs).
  • Songs and duets . Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Friederike Sailer (soprano), Rolf Reinhardt (piano). Ariola Eurodisc , 1979 (LP).

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personal data
SURNAME Sailer, Friederike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider, Friederike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg
DATE OF DEATH June 1994
Place of death Stuttgart