Wilfriede Günschel

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Wilfriede Günschel 2019 in Dresden

Wilfriede Günschel (born February 5, 1937 in Weißenfels ) is a German opera singer ( soprano ).

Life and work

Wilfriede Günschel grew up in a musical family in Weißenfels. She received her first musical training in the church choir of the Lutheran and St. Mary's Church with Kurt Fischer and Wolfgang Semrau; the basics of playing the piano at the local folk music school. From 1954 to 1958 she studied classical singing and piano with Wally Geist-Frühauf and Hanny Bollmann-Kremers at the Conservatory in Halle / Saale .

In 1958 she made her stage debut as a bridesmaid in the Dieter Nowka opera Jan Suschka at the Cottbus City Theater . In 1962 the general music director Martin Egelkraut and the general director Gert Beinemann signed them to the Landestheater Altenburg . Her vocal subject ranged from lyric to dramatic soprano; her repertoire from opera and cantata to concert aria . In the Peter Gogler production (1967) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg she discovered her affinity for the work of Richard Wagner in the role of Eva .

In 1972 Wilfriede Günschel said goodbye to her Altenburg audience and from then on worked as a freelance artist. She made guest appearances on the stages of the GDR , several times in socialist countries , Austria , Italy and the FRG . In Budapest she appeared with Franco Corelli on a live classical broadcast of the Budapest radio hosted by Zsuzsa Koncz . From 1974 to 1978 she sang the role of Helmwige in the Leipzig production Der Ring des Nibelungen .

In 1983, on the recommendation of her former singing master, the chamber singer Rudolf Dittrich , as well as the GMD Ude Nissen and Claus Peter Flor, she was awarded the title of " chamber singer " for her life's work .

Wilfriede Günschel was married to the author and editor of art and sports catalogs, Siegfried Seyffert (1934–2006). She continues to live in Thuringia after his death .

Opera roles (selection)

Concert performances (selection)

Sound documents (selection)

  • Siegfried Geißler: Excerpt from Seven Love Songs for soprano and large orchestra based on texts by James Joyce; Soprano: Wilfriede Günschel; Suhl Philharmonic under the direction of Wolfgang Hoyer, Suhl 1986, on youtube
  • Martinu Bohuslav: Mikesch vom Berge (for choir, soprano and tenor solo, 2 violins, viola and piano), March 1, 1971; Label code : X150 DRA Babelsberg , HFDB-ID: 1505270
  • Stanisław Moniuszko : Mikesch vom Berge ( Halka ); CD ZI no .: 86149 DRA

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Steven Taubert: Audience favorites of the Landestheater Altenburg . S. Sell Verlag, Altenburg 2004, ISBN 3-9809211-7-4 , p. 49-60 .
  2. ^ Church register of the Lutheran Church Weissenfels
  3. ↑ a b Birgit Mache: In the spotlight, 10 years at the Schillerplatz theater in Cottbus . Ed .: State Theater Cottbus. 2008, ISBN 978-3-928696-92-0 , pp. 69-84 .
  4. ↑ a b Boris Gruhl: Goldberg Variations: sick, indisposed, indisposed. In: Column. Musik in Dresden, May 6, 2013, accessed on June 8, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Christoph Hamm, Eginhard Röhlig, Volker Wendt: Program Leipziger Theater, season 1973/74, issue 16 - III-18-90 LG 106/74
  6. ↑ a b Schedule of performances and cast "The Ring of the Nibelung". In: Zeitschrift Theater der Zeit, Volume 29, Issues 1-6 / 1974, page 74. Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft, 1974, accessed on June 8, 2019 .
  7. ^ Heinz Alfred Brockhaus: Music History of the GDR, 1945–1976; Verlag Neue Musik Berlin 1979 p. 124.
  8. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Steven Taubert: Audience favorites of the Landestheater Altenburg . S. Sell Verlag, Altenburg 2005, ISBN 3-938777-04-4 , p. 155-168 .
  9. ↑ Poster printing permit no .: III-18-149 LpG 627-0-37-71
  10. ↑ Poster printing permit no .: 72-9838 Föv. Nyomdaipari V.10.-MH
  11. ↑ Poster printing permit no .: V / 5/24 LpG 622/73
  12. ↑ Poster printing permit no .: 76-8395 Föv. Nyomdaipari V.10 and IP Cr. Oradea 4123-76
  13. ↑ Poster printing permit no .: V / 15/22-Mg / 78 / G 1820
  14. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung May 28, 1979, p. 5, anz.
  15. ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung 13./14. November 1982, pp. 7 and 8.
  16. ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung November 16, 1982, p. 6.
  17. ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung November 17, 1983, p. 16.
  18. ↑ Poster printing permit no .: Lg 239 / IV / 83 III / 29/1
  19. ↑ Poster printing permit no .: III / 18/36 Lg 155 / II / 85
  20. ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung April 9, 1986, p. 8.
  21. ↑ Poster printing permit no .: Lg 61/1/86 III 646 386 400 233
  22. ↑ Poster printing permit no .: III / 18/36 Lg 224 / III / 86
  23. ↑ Siegfried Geißler: Excerpt from 7 love songs for soprano and large orchestra based on texts by James Joyce. youtube.com, 1986, accessed June 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Günschel, Wilfriede
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Weissenfels