Margot Guilleaume

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Margot Guilleaume (born January 12, 1910 in Hamburg ; † June 25, 2004 there ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ) and university teacher, who was also known as a song and oratorio singer far beyond the borders of Germany.

Life

Youth and advancement years

Margot Guilleaume had Breton ancestors who emigrated to Hamburg in 1789. After graduating from school, her father initially let her complete a commercial apprenticeship. But her love for music could not be stopped. She took an aptitude test at the Vogt Conservatory in Hamburg, received a two-year choir training there, went to the Schiller Opera in Hamburg as a choir singer in 1931, but at the same time took lessons in solo singing from Lilli Schmitt de Georgi. Two years later, in 1933, Margot Guilleaume made the leap to the Lübeck City Theater . There she received a contract as a choir member with solo engagement. In 1934 she sang in the choir of the Bayreuth Festival and received a contract with the Hamburg State Opera for small solo parts. In 1937, a serious traffic accident threatened to destroy the artist's beginning career, just 27 years old. But after her recovery, she took the chance to successfully jump in as Queen of the Night in Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte at the Göttingen Theater , whereupon she was immediately engaged. This was followed by an obligation to Wilhelmshaven, then to the State Theater in Oldenburg . Here she sang the roles of Konstanze , Zerbinetta , Mimi , Micaela and Nedda, among others .

Successful career years

After the war, 1946–1949, Margot Guilleaume sang at the Hamburg State Opera and participated in numerous radio broadcasts and recordings on Radio Hamburg, which later became NDR . This activity made the singer widely known. In the late 1940s, many recordings for Polydor and Deutsche Grammophon followed. The increasing obligations as a baroque and oratorio singer led the singer to quit her job at the Hamburg State Opera. As a lieder singer, she has now given many concerts all over Germany and neighboring countries, especially in France.

As early as 1950 she had hired the Hamburg University of Music as a singing teacher. In 1962 she was appointed professor. Her teaching activities did not end until 1978 when she retired.

Margot Guilleaume is buried in the Aumühle cemetery .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Illustration and location of the tombstone at garten-der-frauen.de
personal data
SURNAME Guilleaume, Margot
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (soprano) and university teacher
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 2004
Place of death Hamburg