Ursula Brömme

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Ursula Brömme (born August 9, 1931 in Halle an der Saale ; † March 8, 2001 in Leipzig ) was a German singer (first alto , then soprano ) and music teacher .

Life

Brömme came from a family of craftsmen who cultivated house music . In her childhood she received piano lessons , from 1947 she was one of the first students in the piano department at the State University for Theater and Music in Halle . Song accompaniments encouraged her interest in singing. She received private singing lessons and interned in the singing department of the university. In 1948 she entered the class for concert and oratorio singing. The vocal teacher Kurt Wichmann recognized her talent and promoted her as best as possible. After the artistic and educational state examination, she also attended the opera class of the director Heinz Rückert .

In 1953 she made her debut as Emilia in Verdi's Otello at the Stralsund Theater . She sang u. a. old Burya in Jenůfa , the countess in the Wildschütz and Frau Reich in the jolly women . A year later she received an engagement from the Berlin State Opera studio . From 1955 to 1959 she worked at the Meininger Theater . There she switched from alto to soprano.

The Leipzig ensemble became aware of her during a guest performance by the singer with the Strauss Opera Salome . In 1959 she was engaged as the first soprano at the newly emerging opera house . There she sang numerous roles, including a. in Fidelio (Leonore), Carmen (title role), Un ballo in maschera (Amelia), Aida (title role), The Flying Dutchman (Senta), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Eva), Rienzi (Adriano), Maiden von Orléans (title role) , Salome (title role), The woman without a shadow (dyer), Tannhauser and the singer's war on Wartburg (Elisabeth), Jenůfa (title role) and Lady Macbeth of Mzensk (Katarina Ismailowa). In 1969 she was involved in the world premiere of Hanell's The Greek Wedding . Guest appearances in the 1960s took her to the Semperoper Dresden, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest. In 1985 she retired.

She also taught at Leipzig University and the Music Academy . She was involved in several record productions.

Awards

In 1965 she was awarded the GDR Art Prize; she also carried the honorary title of chamber singer .

Publications

  • We weren't stars back then. Chamber singer Ursula Brömme (1931–2000) on the opening of the opera house . In: Alexander von Maravić and Harald Müller (eds.): Oper Leipzig. Spotlights on five decades of music theater . Theater der Zeit, Berlin 2000, ISBN 978-3-940737-81-6 , p. 176 ff.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Wolf : Ursula Brömme died: Soprano with compelling gestural power . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , March 10, 2001, p. 7.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Werner Wolf : Ursula Brömme . In: Ernst Krause (ed.): Opera singers. 48 portraits from the world of music theater . 3rd, modified edition, Henschel, Berlin 1965, pp. 30–32, here: p. 30.
  3. ↑ a b c Werner Wolf : Ursula Brömme . In: Ernst Krause (ed.): Opera singers. 48 portraits from the world of music theater . 3rd, modified edition, Henschel, Berlin 1965, pp. 30–32, here: p. 31.
  4. ↑ Rolf Richter: We weren't stars back then . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , October 6, 2000, p. 2.
  5. ↑ Kutsch / Riemens: Large song dictionary . Volume 1. 4th edition, Munich 2003, p. 602.
  6. ↑ Walter Habel (ed.): Who is who? . 14th edition, Berlin 1965, p. 34.
personal data
SURNAME Brömme, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer (alto, soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle on the Saale
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 2001
Place of death Leipzig