Greta Hofer
Greta Hofer , née Greta Köhler , pseudonym Greta Colere (born December 28, 1900 in Hanover ; † May 7, 1995 there ) was a German opera and lied singer and vocal teacher .
Life
Born in the Hanover of the German Empire , after the First World War , Greta Köhler trained in singing from 1919 to 1923 at the Hanover Conservatory, which has been in the city since 1911 .
She then had her first engagement in Dortmund . Since 1927 she has performed under the name Greta Colere in England under the conductors Thomas Beecham , Adrian Boult and Malcolm Sargent .
During the time of National Socialism , Greta Köhler married the tenor Laurenz Hofer (born April 28, 1888 in Cologne, † November 29, 1964) and went to Berlin with him.
At the end of the Second World War , she and her husband returned to the city, which was 48% destroyed by the air raids on Hanover , and opened a singing studio with him, which she continued to run alone as a widow from 1964.
The singers Josef Metternich , Rudolf Schock and Gotthard Kronstein graduated from her classes .
Records (incomplete)
The German National Library lists (as of April 2012) six record titles that document Grete Hofer's singing, including
- Was it just a dream? Song from the operetta Monika, music: Nico Dostal, text: Hernecke, vocals: Greta Hofer, Theo Reuter and his orchestra, Clangor-Schallplatten GmbH Berlin, Schallplatten-Volksverband M 1810 (page 2 of 2)
literature
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens , with the assistance of Hansjörg Rost: Large Singer Lexicon ( Aarden - Davis Volume 1). 3rd, extended edition, Saur, Munich 1997, column 1325.
- Hugo Thielen : Hofer, Greta. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 174 u. ö. (partly online via Google books ).
- Hugo Thielen: Hofer, Greta. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 304.
Web links
- Literature by and about Greta Hofer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Hugo Thielen: Hofer, Greta (see literature)
- ^ Peter Struck : Culture is a private matter. In: Hanover in 3 days. An entertaining cultural guide. Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft , Hannover 2008, ISBN 978-3-89993-659-9 , p. 33 (partly online via Google books ).
- ^ Klaus Mlynek : Second World War. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover. P. 694f.
- ↑ a b see information from the German National Library under web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hofer, Greta |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Köhler, Greta (maiden name); Colere, Greta (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera and lied singer as well as singing teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1900 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1995 |
Place of death | Hanover |