Lotte Wolf-Matthäus

Lotte Wolf-Matthäus

Lotte Wolf-Matthäus (born April 8, 1908 in Brünlos , † November 12, 1979 in Ilten ) was a German singer ( alto ).

Life

Lotte Wolf-Matthäus was born in Brünlos as the daughter of the cantor and teacher Martin Matthäus. She attended the commercial college. 1926 to 1930 vocal studies at the State Conservatory in Leipzig, with Ilse Helling-Rosenthal , training as an alto. In 1929 she married the teacher, Martin Wolf from Oschatz, in the village church of Altoschatz . From 1929 to 1951 she lives and works in Oschatz . In 1951 she moved to Ilten in West Germany with her son Peter. She died on November 12, 1979 in Ilten.

Act

1929, at the age of 21, first national appearance in the Thomaskirche Leipzig under St. Thomas Cantor Karl Straube with the alto solo part in the Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach , with St. Thomas Choir and Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig . Uninterrupted work as a lieder singer and as a concert and oratorio singer in concert halls and churches throughout Germany and Western Europe until 1970. Simultaneous activity as a singing teacher for the training of young artists. Sung under well-known conductors:

• St. Thomas Cantors Karl Straube and Günther Ramin and the St. Thomas Choir.
• Kreuzkantor Rudolf Mauersberger and the Dresdner Kreuzchor
• Wilhelm Furtwängler with the Berlin Philharmonic ,
• Gewandhaus Kapellmeister Hermann Abendroth and Bruno Walter with the Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Karl Richter with the Munich Bach Choir
• Hans Grischkat with the Swabian Singing Circle Stuttgart,
• Karl Ristenpart with chamber choir and chamber orchestra from RIAS-Berlin
• Paul Hindemith with the choir and orchestra of the Bachverein Düsseldorf

Appearance on the radio:

• In the Deutschlandsender and Reichssender Leipzig with almost weekly direct broadcasts from the Thomaskirche, especially of JS Bach's cantatas
• After 1945 in the broadcasting houses of the Federal Republic and the GDR

Sound carrier:

• Record recordings with only Baroque composers at the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft.
• CD transfers of historical recordings from the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of JS Bach's death in the Bach year 2000
• Christmas Eve 2000, 8:00 p.m. on Deutschlandradio Berlin “Historical recordings” from 1950 of the Christmas Oratorio by JS Bach, with Karl Ristenpart (RIAS-Berlin)

Web links

• Lotte Wolf-Matthäus at Bach Cantatas (English)
• Lotte Wolf-Matthäus at Operissimo  on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon