Maria Friesenhausen (23 March 1932 – 31 July 2020[1]) was a German classical soprano who appeared in Europe. She is known for recordings of Baroque music on record and with broadcasters. She was also a professor of voice at the University of Dortmund.
Maria Friesenhausen | |
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| Born | 23 March 1932 |
| Died | 31 July 2020 (aged 88) Essen, Germany |
| Other names | Maria Friesenhausen-Balkenhol |
| Education | Folkwangschule |
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| Organizations | University of Dortmund |
Career
editFriesenhausen was born the daughter of a church musician in Altendorf, now Burgaltendorf, a part of Essen.[2][failed verification] She studied at the Folkwangschule in Essen,[3] with Hilde Wesselmann, among others. She finished with a degree in both voice teaching and operatic singing in 1957. She focused on concert singing and recording, especially of works by Johann Sebastian Bach and other Baroque composers.[2][4] She toured in Europe, for example to Geneva, Helsinki, Paris and Vienna.[2]
She was the soprano soloist in several Bach cantatas in the series of the broadcaster NDR conducted by Max Thurn with the NDR Chor,[4] such as in 1960 Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, alongside Ursula Zollenkopf, Johannes Feyerabend and Erich Wenk.[5] She recorded Dieterich Buxtehude's Lauda Sion Salvatorem, BuxWV 68, with Helmut Kahlhöfer.[6] She was the soloist in a recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio conducted by Hans Grischkat, alongside Hildegard Laurich, Peter Wetzler and Bruce Abel in 1972.[7]
In Baroque opera, she recorded in 1973 the part of an elegant lady in Lully's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, with Siegmund Nimsgern in the title role; Gustav Leonhardt conducted La Petite Bande and members of the Tölzer Knabenchor.[8] She also recorded Andreas Romberg's Das Lied von der Glocke.[2] She performed in church concerts, such as in 1977 in Haydn's Die Schöpfung at St. Patrokli in Soest.[9]
Friesenhausen worked as a professor of voice[3] at the University of Dortmund.[10] In 2001 she trained the soloists, including Georg Poplutz[10] and Karin Lindemann in the title roles, for a performance of Handel's Acis und Galatea with the university choir, in a set with costumes designed by students.[11]
References
edit- ^ Maria Friesenhausen-Balkenhol (notice of death, in German) trauer.de, Funke Mediengruppe
- ^ a b c d Nowotny, Walter (2012). "Maria Friesenhausen wird 90". Geburtstage im März 2012. Der Neue Merker (in German). Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Wir sind alumni!". Folkwang University of the Arts. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Maria Friesenhausen (Soprano)". Bach Cantatas. 2001. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Cantata BWV 78 / Jesu, der du meine Seele". Bach Cantatas. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ Green, Jonathan D. (2013). A Conductor's Guide to Selected Baroque Choral-Orchestral Works. Scarecrow Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-8108-8650-6. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Hans Grischkat & Stuttgart Choral Society & Bach Orchestra / Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works / Recordings – Part 2". Bach Cantatas. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ Steiger, Karsten (2008). Opern-Diskographie: Verzeichnis aller Audio- und Video-Gesamtaufnahmen. Walter de Gruyter. p. 237. ISBN 978-3-11-095596-5.
- ^ "Städtischer Musikverein Soest e. V. / Unser Konzertarchiv" (in German). Musikverein Soest. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ a b Poplutz, Georg. "Prof. Maria Friesenhausen-Balkenhol verstorben". Musik studieren, TU Dortmund (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Tenor steckt im Schafspelz / Textil-Studenten nähen Kostüme für Unichor-Aufführungen von Acis und Galatea". Ruhr Nachrichten (in German). University of Dortmund. 3 April 2001. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
External links
edit- Maria Friesenhausen discography at Discogs
- Maria Friesenhausen at AllMusic
- Maria Friesenhausen muziekweb.nl
