Trudeliese Schmidt

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Trudeliese Schmidt (born November 7, 1942 in Saarbrücken ; † June 24, 2004 there ) was a German opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ).

Life

After studying singing , Trudeliese Schmidt made her operatic debut at the Saarbrücken State Theater in 1965 as Hansel in the opera Hansel and Gretel . Another engagement followed at the Hessian State Theater in Wiesbaden . In 1969 she became a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein . In 1969 she sang at the State Theater in Nuremberg in the world premiere of Isang Yun's Dreams opera . In 1974 she accompanied the Bavarian State Opera on a tour of Japan.

Her best-known operatic roles included Octavian ( Der Rosenkavalier ) , composer ( Ariadne auf Naxos ) , Cherubino ( Figaro's wedding ) , Isabella ( The Italian in Algiers ) and Fatime ( Abu Hassan ) .

In 1975 Schmidt sang Wellgunde in Das Rheingold and in Götterdämmerung at the Bayreuth Festival . She also appeared as Grimgerde in Die Walküre as well as the flower girl and 1st squire in Parsifal .

Schmidt also appeared regularly at the Salzburg Festival . She sang there in 1974 and from 1978 to 1980 the Second Lady in The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . The composer in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss followed from 1978–1981 . In 1980 she also took over the Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro . 1981 and 1982 she sang the Meg Page in Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi . Other roles in Salzburg were Idamante in Idomeneo (1983–1984), Clairon in Capriccio (1985–1987) and Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro (1995–1996). In 1986 she sang the alto solo in the Missa solemnis by Ludwig van Beethoven in a performance with the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Herbert von Karajan and with Lella Cuberli , Vinson Cole and José van Dam in the other solo roles.

Schmidt has also made guest appearances at the Vienna State Opera since 1974 . Until 1991 she sang in a total of 120 performances there, including Cherubino, Composer, Octavian, also Dorabella in Così fan tutte , Annio in La clemenza di Tito , Silla in Palestrina by Hans Pfitzner and from 1986 to 1989 Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde . In 1986 she took part in the Japan tour of the Vienna State Opera.

In 1982 she made her debut at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires as a composer in Ariadne auf Naxos alongside Anna Tomowa-Sintow as the prima donna.

In 1987 she sang Carlotta in the opera Die Gezeichen by Franz Schreker at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf . At the Schwetzingen Festival in 1991 she took over the role of Marchesa in the world premiere of Manfred Trojahn's opera Enrico . In 1999 she was Kostelnička in the opera Jenůfa by Leoš Janáček in Düsseldorf .

In a special concert for Pope John Paul II in the Vatican in 1985 she sang as a soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass with the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Herbert von Karajan.

In 1984 and 1985 she presented the program Das Sonntagskonzert for ZDF . Occasionally she also worked as an actress for documentary and television films, for example for the producer Peter Rocholl at Saarländischer Rundfunk in a series of scenic song cycles by Modest Mussorgski (nursery) , Hector Berlioz (Les nuits d´été) and Paul Hindemith ( The young maid) .

In 2004 she died after a long illness in Saarbrücken and was buried in the forest cemetery in Burbach . Trudeliese Schmidt was the younger sister of actress Ingrid Caven .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Narcotic mezzo: On the death of Trudeliese Schmidt obituary in: Die WELT from July 15, 2004. In other sources, 1941 and 1943 are sometimes given as the year of birth. However, this information is not correct.
  2. ^ Trudeliese Schmidt Vita on the homepage of the Bayreuth Festival
  3. ↑ Roles directory Trudeliese Schmidt  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Homepage of the Salzburg Festival (with search function)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.salzburgerfestspiele.at  
  4. ↑ List of roles by Trudeliese Schmidt in: Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-2005 , p. 722. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2006. ISBN 3-85409-449-3
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Trudeliese
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 2004
Place of death Saarbrücken