Ruth Zillger

Ruth Zillger (* around 1910) was a German operetta and pop singer ( soprano ).

Live and act

Zillger worked in Berlin and appeared in various theaters in the city in the early 1940s , such as the Theater des Volkes . In 1947 she played in the operetta Countess Mariza by Emmerich Kálmán ; the conductor was Walter Liebe . In the feature film Berliner Ballade (1948, directed by Robert A. Stemmle ) she played the role of a prostitute (alongside Brigitte Mira and Georgia Lind ). Zillger also took on a number of popular numbers such as waiting, just wait a while (with Otto Falvay ) or baby, It's Cold Outside (1950, with Ilja Glusgal ). During her recordings for Electrola she was a. a. accompanied by the orchestras of Hans Carste . In the post-war period she worked for many years in the Cologne Operetta Funk Ensemble , as well as with the NWDR Dance Orchestra and the Cologne Dance and Entertainment Orchestra under the direction of Franz Marszalek and Hermann Hagestedt . In 1950, she worked at WDR in the complete recording of the operetta Love in the triad of Walter Goetze led by Franz Marszalek with. She also performed with chansons written by Harald Banter .

Discographic notes

Singles

• Ruth Zillger & Ilja Glusgal: So much momentum / You can kiss (Electrola EG 4767), with the FFB-Orchester (formerly RBT-Orchester), conductor: Hans Mielenz
• Adolf Wreege with his orchestra / Singing: Ruth Zillger: When the heath dreams in the evening / Harmonika-Hansel (Electrola 7391)
• Hans Carste with his orchestra / vocals: Ruth Zillger / Werner Schmah / Hans Berry : An der Waterkant, an der See (Electrola 7439)
• Ruth Zillger & Cornel-Trio: Mademoiselle, Mademoiselle, Mademoiselle! (Electrola 7648)
• Hans Carste with his orchestra / vocals: Ruth Zillger: We want to get along again (Electrola 7708)
• Ursula Maury , Ruth Zillger & Hans Berry: The Mr. Torero (around 1947)
• Wait, wait just a little while (1950, duet with Otto Falvay)

LPs

• Walter Kollo Marietta , 1950 Cologne, with Peter René Körner , Ruth Zillger and Jean Löhe, conductor Franz Marszalek, Cantusclassics
• Master of the operetta: Franz Lehár (Bertelsmann, around 1950), with Barbara Tamay , Ruth Zillger, Jean Löhe , Ferdinand Scheben , Werner Schöne , Horst Wilhelm , Der Waldo Favre-Chor, GMD Gerhard Becker, Das Große Operettenorchester

literature

• Andreas Vollberg (Ed.): From Trizonesia to the Starlight era. Popular music in North Rhine-Westphalia. (= Musikland NRW; Vol. 4.) Münster 2003, p. 85.

Web links

• Ruth Zillger at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ She appeared in Der liebe Augustin by Josef Rixner (February 18, 1942, Theater des Volkes Berlin). Information in: Großes Sängerlexikon , ed. by Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens , Volume 4, p. 5348.
2. ^ Series of publications on contemporary history in Berlin , Volume 7, Heinz Spitzing Verlag, 1972, p. 399.
3. ↑ Ruth Zillger in the Internet Movie Database (English).
4. ^ Andreas Vollberg: From Trizonesia to the Starlight era: popular music in North Rhine-Westphalia . Agenda Verlag, 2003, p. 85.
5. ^ Fritz Hennenberg: Ralph Benatzky : Operetta on the way to musical; Life report and catalog raisonné . Edition Steinbauer, Vienna 2009.
6. ^ Walter Forst: From Cologne into the world: Contributions to radio history . Grote, 1974, p. 150
7. ↑ Harald Banter: tone sequences. A life with right and wrong grades. Conbrio Verlagsges. mbH, 2002, p. 54.