Ursula Boese
Ursula Boese (born July 27, 1928 in Hamburg ; † October 25, 2016 there ) was a German opera singer ( alto ). She was a long-time member of the Hamburg State Opera ensemble and Hamburg Chamber Singer .
Life
She studied at the Hamburg University of Music (graduated with a diploma) and began working as a concert altist while she was still in training in 1954. She had her first success as an interpreter of oratorios and passions (especially by Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel ).
In 1958 she made her stage debut at the Bayreuth Festival as Floßhilde and 2nd Norn in the Ring cycle under the direction of Hans Knappertsbusch . After that she worked in different roles every summer up to the new production of The Ring of the Nibelung by Wieland Wagner in 1965, where she appeared as Fricka in Rheingold and Walküre.
In 1960 she became a member of the Hamburg State Opera , where she sang until she retired in 1993.
She has made guest appearances at the London Covent Garden Opera , the Opera of Rome, Venice, Turin, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Opera Chicago , the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Vienna State Opera and the Grand Paris Opera . Boese sang at the Edinburgh Festival and the Holland Festival . She has made guest appearances with the Hamburg ensemble in Florence, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, at the Opéra de Montréal , at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, in Moscow, in Tokyo and at La Scala in Milan .
She also took part in world premieres in Hamburg. In 1968 she sang Jocaste in a performance of Stravinsky's ' Oedipus Rex ' in San Francisco in the presence of the composer, in 1969 as partner of the prima donna Joan Sutherland in ' Giulio Cesare ' by Handel , and in 1970 she gave several Mahler concerts, conductor Zubin Mehta , in Israel. In 1973 she worked with Luciano Pavarotti and Sherrill Milnes as Ulrica in the new Hamburg production of the Masked Ball.
On May 21, 1969, she was awarded the title of Hamburger Kammersängerin . Rolf Liebermann gave her the certificate .
Ursula Boese married Gerhard Arnoldi on July 1, 1960 . The marriage remained childless and was divorced in February 1972.
Opera repertoire (selection)
Excerpt from the concert repertoire
Conductors
Discography (selection)
Records:
- 'Salome' by Richard Strauss - recording of the premiere at the Hamburg State Opera, DG 2707 052
- 'Lulu' by Alban Berg, recording of the completed opera following the Paris premiere in 1979, DG 2711 024
- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, DG 138 959
- 'Der Evangelimann' by Wilhelm Kienzl, DG 136 427, DG 2537 036 (1965)
- 'Mikado' by Gilbert and Sullivan, Allegro Royale 1574-1575 (1954)
- 'Da down in the valley' by Brahms et al. a., Falcon L-ST 7052
- 'L'oro del Reno' by Richard Wagner, Fratelli Fabbri Editori, Milano June 25, 1969
- 'Parsifal' by Richard Wagner, Philips A 02342/46 L 835 220/24 AY, Bayreuth 1962
- 'The Devils of Loudun' by Penderecki, Philips 6700 042, Hamburg 1969
- 'Das Rheingold' by Richard Wagner, melodrama 586 (3) (1982), Bayreuth 1958
- 'Götterdämmerung' by Richard Wagner, melodrama 589 (5) (1982), Bayreuth 1958
Audio CD
- 'Symphony No. 9 'by Ludwig van Beethoven, Classica D'oro, Vienna 1960
Films:
- Help, Help, the Globolinks! - Hamburg State Opera 1969, EAN number: 0807280128192, studio: Arthaus Musik, distribution: Kinowelt Home Entertainment, release: February 5, 2007 [purchase DVD]
- Zar und Zimmermann - Hamburg State Opera 1969, EAN number: 0807280126990, studio: Arthaus Musik, distribution: Kinowelt Home Entertainment, release: January 8, 2007 [purchase DVD]
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Hamburg State Opera 1970, EAN number: 0807280127393, Studio: Arthaus Musik, Distribution: Kinowelt Home Entertainment, Release: February 5, 2007 [purchase DVD]
- Arabella - Hamburg Film 1970 - DVD 5693
Autobiographical work
- Ursula Boese. Success or sacking. On the opera stages of Bayreuth, Hamburg, Paris… U. Boese, Hamburg 1993 (140 pages)
photos
as "Fricka" in Rheingold, Bayreuth 1965
Premiere "Elektra", as "Klytämnestra", Barcelona January 1975
as "Orpheus", Hamburg 1963
"Waltraute" in Götterdämmerung, Hamburg
Ursula Boese (as Jocaste) with Igor Stravinsky after the premiere of "Oedipus Rex" at La Scala in Milan, June 12, 1963
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Web links
- Works by and about Ursula Boese in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hamburger Kammersängerin Ursula Boese dies , Musik Heute, November 1, 2016
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt No. 304 of December 31, 1992, page 9 ( PDF ( 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. )
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt No. 59 of March 9, 1968, page 13 ( PDF ( 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. )
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt No. 71 of March 24, 1973, page 9 PDF ( 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.
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt No. 117 of May 22, 1969, page 20 ( PDF ( 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. )
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt No. 249 of October 25, 1975, page 23 ( PDF ( 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. )
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt No. 100 of April 30, 1973, page 19 ( PDF ( 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. )
- ↑ cinefacts.de Films with Ursula Boese
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boese, Ursula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (alto) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 2016 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |