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Waltraud Isoldé Elchlepp , pseudonym Dominique (born May 20, 1942 in Strasbourg ) is a German protest song and opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ).

Life

Waltraud Isoldé Elchlepp was born in Strasbourg, grew up in Karlsruhe and went to college in Brighton (England). Her father died during the Second World War, and the mother moved with Waltraud and her older sister to Munich, where she studied music. As a child she always wanted to be an opera singer. At her mother's request, Elchlepp first learned to be a fashion graphic designer before she could go to the conservatory. Two years later a bandmaster had them sing about some demo tapes and sent them to a number of record producers.

An Austrian producer noticed her and so Elchlepp, who called herself Dominique as a pop singer , received her first record deal in 1965. It started with hits and celebrated its first major success with the protest song Der ewige Soldat ( The universal soldier by Buffy Sainte-Marie / Donovan ) with the German text by Max Colpet . Further singles followed and appeared on their LP War in Peace . Several songs by Bob Dylan , Werner Scharfenberger , Pete Seeger and Udo Westgard followed.

After completing her music studies, she received training in the opera studio of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. From then on she called herself Isoldé Elchlepp again .

From 1973 she first played smaller roles at the Bavarian State Opera, including in Madama Butterfly and in 1975 in Rosenkavalier . This was followed by demanding roles in works by Joseph Haydn, WA Mozart, Carl Orff, Aribert Reimann, Richard Strauss, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner.

From 1975 to 1982 she played at the Bremen Theater . From 1982 to 1988 she was engaged at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden , 1985, 1986 and 1993 she sang at the Bayreuth Festival and was a member of the Staatstheater Hannover since 1988 . In 1992 she sang the role of landlady in the world premiere of Aribert Reimann's opera Das Schloss . She also performed several times at concerts abroad.

Discography

As Isoldé Elchlepp

As Dominique

Singles (Polydor)

  • 52 607 A The Eternal Soldier - 52 607 B But I'm Waiting For You - 1966
  • 52 695 A Is this the world we're supposed to inherit? - 52 695 B As it used to be - 1966
  • 52 723 A And what will be tomorrow? - 52 723 B The letter from over there - 1966
  • 52 836 A I'm not lucky in love - 52 836 B And Sunday is just around the corner - 1967
  • 53 023 A Thousand Streets - 53 023 B You laugh at me - 1968

LP

  • Dominique - War in Peace - Polydor / Stern -musik No. 249078
    • The Eternal Soldier - Saint Marie / Donovan / Colpet
    • War in the Land - Stockey / Yarrow / Bader
    • Starfighter Ballad - Westgard / Bader
    • Fall asleep - Angelina - Dylan / Bader
    • The key child - Westgard / Bader
    • Tell me where the flowers are - Seeger / Colpet
    • The letter from over there - Westgard / Bader
    • Show me an island - Westgard / Colpet / Rotter
    • You no longer go without a double chin Müller / Prottel
    • The wind alone knows the answer - Dylan / Bradtke
    • Sergeant Marie - Westgard / Bader
    • Is that the world we should inherit - Scharfenberger / Colpet

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Polydor database
  2. ^ Polydor / stern-musik-Archiv
  3. ↑ Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Francke, Bern 1991 (supplementary volume), ISBN 3-317-01763-5 .
  4. ^ Isolde Elchlepp , contributor database of the Bayreuth Festival, accessed on October 12, 2018
  5. ↑ Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier on Allmusic (English)
personal data
SURNAME Elchlepp, Isoldé
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elchlepp, Waltraud Isoldé (full name); Dominique (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German protest song and opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg