Inger Karén
Inger Karén von Zarembskij (born August 4, 1908 in Berlin , † October 9, 1972 in Dresden ) was a Danish-German opera singer (alto).
Life
Karén was the daughter of the Danish singing teacher and composer Jens Federhof-Møller and the concert soprano Fanny Gerich .
After her training by her mother, her stage career began in 1928 at the Landestheater von Neustrelitz. She then worked in Coburg, Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main (1934–1935).
From 1935 she was employed as first contralto at the Dresden State Opera . She sang there continuously until 1963. During this time she studied over 60 roles. In 1935 Karén was appointed "Saxon Chamber Singer ". In 1945 she helped rebuild Saxon musical life.
The funeral service was in October 1972 in the Russian Orthodox Church in Dresden, musically supported by her former colleague Kammersänger Manfred Huebner. Inger Karén found her final resting place at the Russian Orthodox cemetery in Berlin-Tegel at the side of her husband. The Inger-Karén-Straße in Dresden is a reminder of her.
Your estate is kept in the Saxon State and University Library in Dresden and includes almost 600 letters from the period 1946–1971, congratulations and photos (1930–1968), concert programs and reviews.
Web links
- Works by and about Inger Karén in the catalog of the German National Library
- Inger Karén von Zarembskij's estate in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
- Inger Karén in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Inger Karén at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joachim Jaenecke (Ed.): Directory of musical legacies in Germany . Former German Library Institute, Berlin 2000, p. 88 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karén, Inger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Karén von Zarembskij, Inger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish-German opera singer (alto) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1972 |
| Place of death | Dresden |