Gertrud Scheumann
Gertrud Scheumann (born Gertrud Hannes on June 3, 1920 in Swinoujscie ; † November 2014 ) was a German opera translator. As the fifth daughter of Ferdinand Hannes and his wife Clara and the older sister of Hellmut Hannes , she studied biology and chemistry in Berlin , Rostock and Strasbourg and began her doctoral thesis. Due to the economic situation of her parents, who had been expelled from the East, she was forced to break off her studies and work as a technical-biological assistant at the University of Bonn . Her husband was the mineralogist Karl Hermann Scheumann .
After her husband's retirement , the couple settled in Bad Hersfeld , where Gertrud Scheumann became active in the festival choir founded by Siegfried Heinrich . After her retirement she devoted herself to the Hersfeld Festival Choir and the Frankfurt Concert Choir, which was also founded by Siegfried Heinrich at this time. For performances in the ruins of the monastery in Hersfeld, she translated Italian libretti into German that can be singed.
The following operas were performed in a translation by Gertrud Scheumann in the Bad Hersfeld monastery ruins and published as books:
L'Orfeo 1980, 1981, 1983, Barber of Seville 2004, 2011, Nabucco 1996, 2010, Tosca 2003, Don Giovanni 1991, 1992, 2006, 2012 and Così fan tutte 1997, 1998, 2005, 2014.
literature
- Gioacchino Rossini: Barber of Seville . Libretto by Cesare Sterbini. Translation of the Italian text into singable German by Gertrud Scheumann. (= Gertrud Scheumann's opera series. Volume 1). Longtai Verlag, Heuchelheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-938946-10-7 .
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni . Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. Translation of the Italian text into singable German by Gertrud Scheumann. (= Gertrud Scheumann's opera series. Volume 2). Longtai Verlag, Heuchelheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-938946-16-9 .
- Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo . Libretto by Alessandro Striggio. Translation of the Italian text into singable German by Gertrud Scheumann. (= Gertrud Scheumann's opera series. Volume 3). Longtai Verlag, Heuchelheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-938946-17-6 .
- Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco . Libretto by Temistocle Solera. Translation of the Italian text into singable German by Gertrud Scheumann. (= Gertrud Scheumann's opera series. Volume 4). Longtai Verlag, Heuchelheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-938946-20-6 .
- Giacomo Puccini: Tosca . Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illaca. Translation of the Italian text into singable German by Gertrud Scheumann. (= Gertrud Scheumann's opera series. Volume 5). Longtai Verlag, Heuchelheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-938946-21-3 .
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte . Translation of the Italian text into singable German by Gertrud Scheumann. (= Gertrud Scheumann's opera series. Volume 6). Longtai Verlag, Heuchelheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-938946-25-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Award of the Order of Merit of the State of Hesse to Professor Siegfried Heinrich, Bad Hersfeld, November 29, 2014 , accessed on February 18, 2017
- ↑ Vita in: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte. Translation of the Italian text by Gertrud Scheumann, p. 298 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheumann, Gertrud |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hannes, Gertrud (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Swinoujscie |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2014 |