Werner Haseleu

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Werner Haseleu (born May 2, 1935 in Wittenberg ; † June 29, 2012 ) was a German opera singer with a bass-baritone voice .

Live and act

Haseleu was trained in Leipzig and made his debut in 1958 at the National Theater Weimar , where he worked until 1973. Here he appeared as Leporello ( Don Giovanni ), Don Alfonso ( Così fan tutte ), King Philip ( Don Carlos ), Falstaff in Verdi's opera of the same name and as Ochs ( Der Rosenkavalier ).

In 1973 he moved to the Dresden State Opera . On April 21, 1974 he took part in the premiere of the opera Sabellicus by Rainer Kunad at the Berlin State Opera . In Dresden he also sang Bluebeard in Duke Bluebeard's Castle by Béla Bartók and Moses in Arnold Schönberg's Moses und Aron . In the world premieres of the operas Der Schuhu and the Flying Princess by Udo Zimmermann (December 30, 1976) and Vincent von Kunad (February 22, 1979) he sang leading and title roles. Until 1984 he stayed at the Dresden opera and then came continuously Harry Kupfer and Rolf Reuter at the Komische Oper Berlin , where he in the premiere of 1983 Aribert Reimann's Lear had sung the title role, which he then also in 1988 at the Zurich Opera House interpreted . He was Holofernes in the world premiere of the opera Judith by Siegfried Matthus on September 28, 1985 at the Komische Oper. In 1988 he was in Berlin of Leporello in The Stone Guest by Dargomyzhsky . In 1998 he appeared at the Komische Oper in König Hirsch by Hans Werner Henze .

Haseleu was also a guest at the operas of Leningrad , Prague , the Wiesbaden Festival and Lausanne. He was also active in the educational sector: from 1961 to 1973 he held teaching positions at the Weimar University of Music and, from 1973, at the Dresden University of Music .

Haseleu died in June 2012 at the age of 77 and was buried in the Dresden Heidefriedhof .

Records

Haseleu's voice is documented on the brand Eterna ( Die Schweigsame Frau by Richard Strauss, Moses und Aron , Levins Mühle by Udo Zimmermann, scenes from Lear by Aribert Reimann and from Judith by Siegfried Matthus), Berlin Classics (Holofernes in the complete opera Judith by Matthus), Mondo Musica (Ochs im Rosenkavalier , Teatro La Fenice Venice 1982). Matthus Judith was recorded and broadcast by the DFF .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Werner Haseleu - Obituary notice. In: lvz-trauer.de. July 7, 2012, accessed October 3, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Kammersänger Werner Haseleu, Dresden's legendary Moses, is dead. In: Dresdner Latest News . July 9, 2012, accessed October 3, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME Haseleu, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer with a bass-baritone voice
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittenberg
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 2012