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
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

[SLH-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Hugo Thielen: Hofer, Greta (see literature)

[2] 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 ).

[3] Klaus Mlynek : Second World War. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover. P. 694f.

[DNB-4] see information from the German National Library under web links