Liselotte Thomamüller
Liselotte Thomamüller (born November 1, 1908 in Mannheim ; † June 24, 1988 in Bremen ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ).
biography
Thomamüller (the name comes from her first husband, a Bremen doctor), née Mayer and married Bröcheler, attended the Liselotteschule in Mannheim, sang in Bremen after her vocal training since 1938 and was a member of the opera ensemble at the Bremen Theater as a highly dramatic soprano . She was signed up for the Rolandwerft around 1944 . After the Second World War she sang in operas a. a. Elektra in the opera Elektra by Richard Strauss , as Ortrud in Lohengrin and as Brünnhilde in Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner as well as in other Wagner operas such as Tristan and Isolde , Parsifal and Die Meistersinger as well as in 1954 in The Sorceress by Tschaikowsky . Her partner Caspar Bröcheler was often in Bremen as a hero baritone . She also sang at the Bayreuth Festival for three years from 1951 (including as Helmwige in Die Walküre (1951 under Herbert von Karajan ) from 1951 to 1953 ) and for decades at the Hamburg State Opera .
Honors
- In 1950 she was appointed chamber singer in Bremen.
- In 1977 she received the Senate Medal for Art and Science from the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen .
- In 1982 she became an honorary member of the Bremen Theater.
- Liselotte-Thomamüller-Strasse in Bremen- Walle was named after her.
- In 2015 , a comprehensive magazine was published in honor of Liselotte Thomamüller and Caspar Bröcheler in the series Voices that went around the world .
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : History of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Volume II, pp. 167-170, Edition Temmen : Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-86108-283-7 .
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Munich: KG Saur, 1999.
- Gerhart Asche: Voices that went around the world . In: Weser-Kurier from January 6, 2015.
- Voices that went around the world . Magazine issue no.83 : Liselotte Thomamüller, Caspar Bröcheler .
- Edith Laudowics : Thomamüller, Liselotte, b. Mayer, married. Bröcheler . In: Bremer Frauenmuseum (Hg .: Frauen Geschichte (n)): Biographies and FrauenOrte from Bremen and Bremerhaven , pp. 449 to 451, Edition Falkenberg, 1st edition 2016, ISBN 978-3-95494-095-0 .
Web links
- Liselotte Thomamüller in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Thomamüller, Liselotte |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1908 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1988 |
Place of death | Bremen |