Ruth Glowa-Burkhardt
Ruth Glowa-Burkhardt (born August 8, 1918 in Mücka , Oberlausitz , † April 12, 1971 in Dresden ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ). From 1948 she worked at the Saxon State Opera in Dresden .
Life
Ruth Glowa began her studies in Dresden and continued it during the war years at the Conservatory in Strasbourg . She returned to Upper Lusatia in 1942 and played at the Görlitz City Theater until it was closed due to the war in 1944. After the war, she resumed her work there in 1945. In 1948 she moved to Dresden , where she worked at the Saxon State Opera, primarily in the lyrical and dramatic field of German and Italian operas. Guest appearances have taken her to the Berlin State Opera , the Leipzig Opera House and mainly socialist countries abroad.
Glowa-Burkhardt had been a member of the Dresden District Assembly since 1959 . In the sixties she taught at the Hochschule für Musik , where she was Vice-Rector.
On January 12, 1963, Ruth Glowa-Burkhardt was awarded the GDR Art Prize.
Glowa-Burkhardt lived in Dresden, among other places, in the side building of the Grützner Villa (Bautzner Strasse) and in Wolfshügelstrasse on the Weißer Hirsch . She died on April 12, 1971 in Dresden and was buried in the Dresden forest cemetery Weißer Hirsch .
roll
Her repertoire included the "Barbarina" in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro , the "Aida" in Verdi 's opera of the same name , "Floria Tosca" in Puccini's Tosca , sopranos in Puccini's Madama Butterfly , the "Marie" in Donizetti's regimental daughter , the "Fiordiligi" in Mozart's Così fan tutte , the “Konstanze” in The Abduction from the Seraglio , the “Queen of the Night” in the Magic Flute and the “Tatjana” in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin .
literature
- Artist on the Dresden Elbe slope. Volume 1. Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 1999, p. 52.
Web links
- Ruth Glowa-Burkhardt at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Entry by Ruth Glowa-Burkhardt in the Stadtwiki Dresden
- Entry by Ruth Glowa-Burkhardt in the Frauenwiki Dresden
Individual evidence
- ^ Chronicle of the GDR 1963. In: DDR-Lexikon.de. Retrieved October 13, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glowa-Burkhardt, Ruth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glowa, Ruth (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mücka , Upper Lusatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1971 |
| Place of death | Dresden |