Jutta Vulpius
Jutta Vulpius (born December 31, 1927 in Erfurt ; † November 16, 2016 in Berlin ) was a German opera singer ( coloratura soprano ).
Life
Jutta Vulpius, married into the family of Christiane Vulpius , Goethe's wife , played the piano in her youth. The encounter with Gerhard Unger on the occasion of a concert during the war reinforced her desire to become active as a singer. From 1946 to 1951 she studied in Weimar with Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann .
She made her debut as "Queen of the Night" in the premiere of Walter Felsenstein's production of The Magic Flute at the Komische Oper Berlin on February 25, 1954. She stayed there until 1956. After that she moved to the Berlin State Opera , whose ensemble she was a member of for 35 years. She had an extensive repertoire and sang in operas by Mozart, Handel and Wagner. Guest appearances have taken her to Barcelona , Rome , Lisbon , Cairo , Moscow , Prague , Munich and Hamburg . For over 10 years she sang in Halle (Saale) at the Handel Festival . From 1954 to 1956 she followed the call to Bayreuth .
In addition to her operatic activities, she also practiced concert, lieder and oratorio singing.
Award
- 1959 chamber singer
- 1959 National Prize of the GDR
Records
- The Abduction from the Seraglio , Mozart arias.
- Carmina burana by Carl Orff , with Hans-Joachim Rotzsch , Kurt Hübenthal at ETERNA
- Acis and Galathea by Georg Friedrich Handel
literature
- Kutsch / Riemens : Large song dictionary . Unchanged edition., KG Saur, Bern, 1993, second volume M – Z, p. 3116, ISBN 3-907820-70-3 (3 volumes)
Web links
- Operalounge: My life is art
- Jutta Vulpius at bach-cantatas.com (English)
- Jutta Vulpius on the website of the Bayreuth Festival
Individual evidence
- ^ Berlin State Opera mourns Jutta Vulpius. dpa message on Focus Online , November 23, 2016, accessed on November 25, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vulpius, Jutta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (coloratura soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 2016 |
| Place of death | Berlin |