Luise Willer
Luise Willer (born December 28, 1888 in Seeshaupt , † April 27, 1970 in Munich ) was a German opera singer ( alto ) and vocal teacher .
Life
Luise Willer had been a member of the choir of the Munich Court Opera since 1906 , whose choir conductor Rasbach became aware of her extensive, musically excellently performed and darkly shining alto voice. She received her vocal training from Maria Hepner in Munich and made her debut as a soloist in 1910 with the role of Annio in “ La clemenza di Tito ” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . She spent most of her career at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, where she was soon considered one of the leading singers. Here she also appeared on March 28, 1916 as Barbara in Erich Wolfgang Korngold's " Violanta " at the world premiere .
She sang at the Bayreuth Festival , the Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde and guest appearances in 1926 and 1931 in London as Erda , Fricka , Waltraute and Brangäne . In 1930 she sang the part of Clitemnestre in “ Iphigénie en Aulide ” by Christoph Willibald Gluck at the Salzburg Festival , in 1942 and 1943 Adelaide in “ Arabella ” by Richard Strauss , where she sang the “ Kindertotenlieder ” by Gustav Mahler in a concert in 1930 . In the same year she gave successful Wagner concerts in Paris. Luise Willer went to the Deutsche Oper Berlin for one season in 1936, but returned to Munich in 1937, where she worked as a member of the State Opera until 1947 and later made a guest appearance at this opera house. Further guest appearances took her to Amsterdam , Berlin , Dresden , in 1938 to the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and with the Munich Ensemble to the Teatro alla Scala , to Stuttgart and in 1941 to the Vienna State Opera .
In the course of her career she appeared next to "Violanta" in several world premieres , such as on June 12, 1917 as Lucretia in " Palestrina " by Hans Pfitzner , on October 30, 1920 as Graben-Liese in " Das Spielwerk " by Franz Schreker on April 21, 1927 in “ La veste di cielo (The Heavenly Dress) ” by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari or on November 12, 1931 as Duchess in Pfitzner's “ Das Herz ”.
In 1955 she took leave of the stage in Munich as Erda in “ Siegfried ”. She worked as a singing teacher, among other things as the teacher of Ina Gerhein , Sieglinde Wagner and Hanna Ludwig . Most recently she lived in Icking near Munich, where her grave is located in the forest cemetery there.
Repertoire (selection)
- Azucena in “ Il trovatore ” by Giuseppe Verdi
- Dalila in " Samson et Dalila " by Camille Saint-Saëns
- Title role in “ Carmen ” by Georges Bizet
- Dorabella in “ Così fan tutte ” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Magdalene in " The Mastersingers of Nuremberg " by Richard Wagner
Web links
- Luise Willer in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Luise Willer at www.isoldes-liebestod.net , accessed on July 9, 2017
- ↑ Luise Willer at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willer, Luise |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (alto) and singing teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seeshaupt |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1970 |
| Place of death | Munich |