Marianne Schech
Marianne Schech (born January 18, 1914 in Geitau ; † July 22, 1999 in Munich ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ) and professor of singing .
Life
Chamber singer Marianne Schech studied singing at the Trapp Conservatory in Munich. She made her debut in 1937 at the Koblenz Theater . There she sang in the opera Martha lowlands of Eugen d'Albert . After two years in Koblenz, the singer moved to the municipal theater in Münster . From 1941 to 1944 she was an ensemble member of the Opera House from Dusseldorf and then went to the opera of Dresden , where they remained until the 1,951th Then she was engaged at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, where she worked until 1970. Marianne Schech quickly advanced to become one of the leading sopranos in the Munich opera world , alongside Sári Barabás , Erika Köth , Rosl Schwaiger and Antonia Fahberg . Her role in the Munich world premiere (1956) of the opera Don Juan de Manara by Henri Tomasi and the role of Marschallin in the opera Der Rosenkavalier received particular attention .
Marianne Schech sang on all major opera stages in the world, such as B. Paris, Barcelona, Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro, Brussels, London, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Vienna, San Francisco (in the American premiere of the opera Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss) and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Her subject was the highly dramatic and the intermediate subject. The singer was also a well-known concert and lieder singer and was particularly valued as a Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner interpreter. She has also made numerous records.
In later years the artist mainly worked as a singing teacher. She was a professor for singing at the University of Music and Theater in Munich . Her students included u. a. the bass baritone Wolfgang Probst and the sopranos Monika Riedler , Birgit Ströbel-König , Erda Müller , Cornelia Lindner , Hannah Esther Minutillo , Renate Spingler , Elisabeth Artmeier-Mogl and the mezzo-soprano Doris Soffel . Her grave is in the cemetery of her home community Bayrischzell .
Awards
- 1962: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1983: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
Discography (selection)
- A portrait of Marianne Schech (2004)
- The Magic Flute
- Elektra (DG, as Chrysothemis together with Jean Madeira (Klytämnestra), Inge Borkh (Elektra), Fritz Uhl (Aegisth) and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Orest) under Karl Böhm, Dresden, 1961, studio)
- Der Rosenkavalier (DG, as Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg together with Kurt Böhme , Irmgard Seefried , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Rita Streich under Karl Böhm , Dresden, 1959, studio)
- Die Frau ohne Schatten (MYTO, live as a dyer together with Hans Hopf , Leonie Rysanek , Lilian Benningsen and Josef Metternich under the direction of Rudolf Kempe , Munich, August 31, 1954)
- The Flying Dutchman
- The Valkyrie
- Tannhauser
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SURNAME | Schech, Marianne |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (soprano) and professor of singing |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1914 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Geitau |
DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1999 |
Place of death | Munich |