Kathe Brinkmann

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Käthe Brinkmann (born June 26, 1908 in Leipzig ; † March 8, 2000 in Berlin ) was a German soprano .

Life

Käthe Brinkmann studied singing in Leipzig with the private singing teachers Meta Jung-Steinbrück and Hans-Herbert Weigel. She also took piano and dramaturgy lessons. From 1928 to 1931 she was a student with the Berlin concert singer Lotte Meusel .

Her permanent position as a soprano with an obligation to perform solo roles in the Leipzig Radio Choir began on October 1, 1935; she was a member of the choir until it was dissolved in the chaos of war and after it was re-established until 1950. She was active more than forty times as a soloist, both with the choir and in radio opera performances, among others under the direction of Hans Weisbach . In addition, she was also active as a song singer and in smaller vocal ensembles. Together with her fellow choir members Marie-Käthe Herre and Charlotte Hein, she formed the only permanent chamber music association of the radio choir under the name Die Leipziger Lerchen .

From 1948 to 1973 she worked as a singing teacher in Leipzig. Among others, she taught Brigitte Rabald , Ekki Göpelt , Siegfried Koenig and Günter Hapke . She also performed with an opera and operetta quartet in East Germany.

Private

In 1973 she moved from Leipzig to Winterbach im Remstal and from there to Berlin in 1993. Her son is the pop singer Frank Schöbel from his marriage to the lawyer Johannes Schöbel.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Käthe Brinkmann (soprano). In: Rundfunkschaetze. Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
  2. ^ The choir of the Reichsender Leipzig. In: Radio Treasures. Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Pop star of the 50s: Brigitte Rabald died in Leipzig. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Ekki Göpelt has been a pop singer without a hit for 44 years. In: Bild.de. Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Klaus Behling : "Suddenly and unexpectedly ...": suicides after reunification and unity . Edition Berolina, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95841-508-9 ( google.de [accessed on November 26, 2019]).
  6. ^ Günter Hapke - GDR dance music. Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Brinkmann, Kathe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soprano
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 2000
Place of death Berlin