Ina Gerhein

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Ina Gerhein (born October 29, 1906 in Munich ; † February 11, 1995 in Starnberg ); bourgeois Sabine Heinzinger was a German opera singer with the voices of mezzo-soprano and alto .

Life

Gerhein attended the Lyceum in Munich . She studied singing with the well-known contralto Luise Willer in Munich; She also received speaking and presentation lessons from Georg Putscher. She had her first engagement in the season 1927/1928, still as a trainee, at the Munich State Opera .

This was followed by engagements at the Heilbronn City Theater , the Wiesbaden State Theater (1929) and the Stuttgart State Opera . From 1934 to 1941 she was the first contralto at the Freiburg City Theater. In 1941 she went to the Bavarian State Opera ; there she remained a permanent member of the ensemble until her retirement in 1967. There she was considered a highly valued and extremely popular singer with the audience. For more than twenty years Gerhein took part in the Munich Opera Festival almost every year . She was appointed Bavarian Chamber Singer .

Gerhein sang a broad repertoire and various roles ranging from alto to dramatic mezzo-soprano. She often alternated in various roles with her teacher Luise Willer. Her repertoire focused on the composers Giuseppe Verdi , Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss . At the beginning of her career, Gerhein mainly sang the dramatic roles in mezzo-soprano and alto, such as the title role in Carmen , Azucena in The Troubadour , Brangäne in Tristan and Isolde and the witch in Hansel and Gretel . Other important operatic roles, especially later in her career, were Erda in Der Ring des Nibelungen (including in the Ring performances in Munich under Hans Knappertsbusch in 1952 ), the housekeeper Marzelline in Der Barbier von Sevilla , Annina in Der Rosenkavalier , Ludmila in The Bartered Bride and Mother Goose in The Rake's Progress . She sang the role of Marzelline in December 1959 in the now legendary performance at the National Theater in Munich , alongside Erika Köth , Fritz Wunderlich and Hermann Prey . The performance was recorded for television and later released on DVD (2005) and CD by Deutsche Grammophon .

In the course of her career, Gerhein has made guest appearances at the Dresden State Opera, the Stuttgart State Opera and the Opera House in Dublin . In the 1951/1952 season she made guest appearances at the Rome Opera (as a supervisor in Elektra ). In 1953 she appeared at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino at the Teatro Comunale di Firenze ; there she sang the role of Magdalene in the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg . She also appeared with the ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice .

In addition to her operatic career, Gerhein also worked as a concert and lied singer. After retiring from the stage, she lived in Berg am Starnberger See , in the Höhenrain district . She died in February 1995 in Starnberg at the age of 88 and was buried in Wolfratshausen .

Audio documents

Original studio recordings documenting Gerhein's voice on record are not available. However, there are several live and radio recordings that document her voice. The recordings were mainly made in the 1950s.

In a performance recording of the opera Palestrina she sings the appearance of Lucrezia ( Prinzregententheater Munich 1951; conductor: Robert Heger ). In two live recordings of the opera Der Rosenkavalier , each from Munich, she sings the role of Annina: July 1952 at the side of Kurt Böhme as Ochs; Conductor: Erich Kleiber ; September 1957 at the side of Otto Edelmann ; Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch. In addition, the final scene of the 2nd act is preserved in a recording with Josef Greindl (as ox) (1951, conductor: Eugen Szenkar ). In a recording of the performance of the Bavarian State Opera she can be heard as Ursula in the opera Feuersnot by Richard Strauss (Munich 1958; conductor: Rudolf Kempe ).

In addition, a radio recording of the RAI (September 1953; conductor: Robert Heger ) has been preserved, in which Gerhein sings the role of Marthe in the opera Undine .

In a radio recording by Bayerischer Rundfunk she sang the widow Browe in the opera Zar und Zimmermann ; the recording was made in 1956 in Munich under the musical direction of Jan Koetsier .

In some re-releases of audio documents, Gerhein is incorrectly referred to as Ina Gerhei m .

Honors

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ina Gerhein in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
  2. ↑ a b c Farewell in all silence , In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , Starnberg district edition, February 25, 1995.
  3. ↑ a b Elke Hack:  STAATSTHEATER WIESBADEN, files and pamphlets 1810–1996  (= repertories of the Hessian Central State Archives ) inventory 428; P. 217 (PDF; 1.22 MB). In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), status: July 2007, accessed on September 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c Rico Leitner in: Zar und Zimmermann (CD booklet, page 11. Relief CD, order no. CR 1912).
  5. ↑ Das Rheingold ; The valkyrie ; Siegfried ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Cast sheet for the Bavarian State Opera; PDF file; 586 kB).  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.guschlbauer.com
  6. ↑ The Barber of Seville (cast and product details, official website of Deutsche Grammophon).
  7. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 25, No. 43, March 9, 1973.
  8. ↑ Annette Baronikians: Opera star meets fan , In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 1, 1996, p. 43.
personal data
SURNAME Gerhein, Ina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heinzinger, Sabine (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer with mezzo-soprano and alto voices
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1995
Place of death Starnberg