Liselotte Losch
Liselotte Losch (born November 11, 1917 in Berlin ; † November 21, 2011 ; after marrying Lieselotte Metternich ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Liselotte Losch studied singing with Lorenz Hofer in Berlin. After her vocal training, she took on a four-year engagement (1939–1942) at the Ulm Theater . She then sang at the Volksoper Berlin (1942–1944) and at the Städtisches Opernhaus Berlin (1945–1948). From 1948 to 1961 she was part of the ensemble of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin). There she met her husband, Josef Metternich .
Losch sang all the great roles in her field at the Berlin Opera House; this included in particular Violetta in La traviata . Other roles included: Ottavia ( The Coronation of Poppea ), Donna Elvira ( Don Giovanni ), Leonore ( The Troubadour ), the title role in the opera Martha , Princess Elvira ( La muette de Portici ), Lady Billows ( Albert Herring ) and Nedda ( The Bajazzo ).
In the field of operetta , Liselotte Losch has repeatedly worked with the conductor Franz Marszalek from WDR Cologne . The following complete recordings were made with her on this station: The Gypsy Primate (Kálmán), Carnival in Rome (Strauss) and Paganini (Lehár).
Losch sang as a partner with well-known singing colleagues of their time such as Gisela Behm , Maria Stader , Marianne Schech , Anny Schlemm , Rita Streich , Erika Köth , Leonie Rysanek , Rudolf Schock , Josef Greindl , Karl-Olof Johansson and of course with her husband. One of her favorite singing colleagues was Peter Anders .
Liselotte Losch and her husband lived in Feldafing on Lake Starnberg , where Losch was a sought-after vocal teacher. Your students were u. a. Dominique Hopf , Gabriele Ramm and Gudrun Wagner-Jones . She found her final resting place at the cemetery in Feldafing at the side of her husband.
theatre
- 1953: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber : Die Mute von Portici (Elvira) - Director: Hans-Erich Korbschmitt / Wilhelm Neef ( Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin )
Discography (selection)
- The Magic Flute (Deutsche Grammophon, 1954, as Second Lady)
- Der Zigeunerprimas (Cantus Classics, 1949) (WDR production under Franz Marszalek , as a sari)
- Paganini (membrane, 1952) (WDR production under Franz Marszalek , as Bella Giretti)
Web links
- Works by and about Liselotte Losch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Liselotte Losch at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Losch, Liselotte |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Metternich, Lieselotte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 2011 |