Ursula Volbeding

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Ursula Volbeding , even in the name variant Vollbeding (* 1947 in Kiel , † 8. March 1982 in Zurich ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

Volbeding studied singing at the Hamburg Music Academy and in Cologne . Then she was a member of the International Opera Studio in Zurich for two years. Since 1977 she has been a permanent member of the Zurich Opera House . She performed there and in Germany in the youthful-dramatic soprano subject. In Zurich she sang as leading roles a. a. Leonore in Fidelio and Senta in Der Fliegende Holländer . In both roles she had great success with the audience. She designed the Leonore with "fearless self-sacrifice"; the Senta, which she sang alternately with Hildegard Behrens as a second line-up , she gave "strong psychological credibility". The role of Leonore, who was their most important stage role she also sang at the Opera House Geneva , at the Opera House Frankfurt , at the Theater Augsburg , at the Hanover State Opera , the Theater Lübeck and at the Opera House of Lyon .

She also made guest appearances at the Stadttheater St. Gallen , the State Opera Stuttgart (as Leonore and Senta), the State Theater Wiesbaden and in Düsseldorf . In 1980 she sang the role of Irene in Wagner's early work Rienzi at the Perugia Opera House ; There is a live recording of one performance of the production. In the 1980/81 season she was a guest at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels . In February 1981 she sang Brünnhilde in Siegfried and the roles of Gutrune and Third Norn in Götterdämmerung . Her other stage roles also included Amelia in Un ballo in maschera , the title role in Katja Kabanova and Elettra in Idomeneo . She could no longer accept an engagement at the Metropolitan Opera , where she was to make her debut as Siegfried -Brünnhilde.

Volbeding was married to the opera singer Peter Straka (* 1950). The marriage produced a son. Volbeding, who died at the age of 35, had suffered from an incurable disease since the early 1980s.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): Deutsches Theaterlexikon . Volume V: Uber – Weisbach. De Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-907820-40-1 , p. 2816. Retrieved from De Gruyter Online.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Ursula Volbeding died. In: Opera world . April 1982, p. 11.
  3. ↑ a b c d Obituaries. Soprano Ursula Volbeding. In: Central Opera Service Bulletin. Volume 24, No. 1, p. 46 (PDF; 1.7 MB). Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Claus Helmut Drese : Ursula Volbeding in memory. In: Orpheus . Issue 7–8, July / August 1982, p. 584.
  5. ↑ «It was a wonderful time». In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . July 16, 2002. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  6. ↑ Rienzi (Perugia 1980). Shot details. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ a b Volbeding Ursula. Official website of La Monnaie. Directory of roles by Ursula Volbeding. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Volbeding, Ursula
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Absolutely, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1982
Place of death Zurich , Switzerland