Anny Schlemm
Anny Schlemm ( born February 22, 1929 in Neu-Isenburg ) is a German operetta and opera singer with the voice soprano.
Biography and artistic work
Anny Schlemms father, Friedrich Schlemm, a chorister at the Frankfurt Opera. In 1941 the family moved because of a commitment of the father to Halle (Saale ). There she received the first vocal training. In June 1946, she made her debut at the State Theatre Hall as Bastienne in Mozart's comic opera Bastien and Bastienne. Two years later she was hired by Ernst Legal at the Berlin Staatsoper and at the same time by artistic director Walter Felsenstein for the Komische Oper Berlin. 1950/51 was Anny Schlemm to the opera ensemble of the Municipal Theater Cologne. Then it was committed to the Frankfurt Opera and in 1963 appointed chamber singer.
Anny Schlemms repertoire ranged from Saffi to Zerlina, from the Rosalinde to the pages Cherubino, from Manon to Arabella. Your vocal and interpretive width led to guest appearances on numerous stages around the world. She sang in Munich, Stuttgart, Hannover, Hamburg, Cologne, Moscow, Dusseldorf, Dresden and Vienna, as well as in Amsterdam, Geneva, Paris, London, Stockholm, Toronto and San Francisco. She was also at the Festival of Schwetzingen, Edinburgh and Glyndebourne as a guest. From 1978 to 1985, she portrayed every year at the Bayreuth Festival in the Mary in Richard Wagner's Flying Dutchman (of which the resulting records in the latter years of the copper 's staging gives testimony ).
An important part of their work are also the operetta recordings. In the 1950s, the soprano at the WDR Cologne made numerous recordings ( partially erased ) with conductor Franz Marszalek.
As Anny Schlemm switched to mezzo and alto subject in later years, she sang roles such as Herodias in Richard Strauss's Salome, the old Buryja in Janáček's Jenufa (premiere on 24 February 2002 at the Vienna State Opera ), Mrs. Quickly in Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff, the aging Countess in Tchaikovsky's the Queen of Spades, and the mother in Wolfgang Fortner's blood Wedding. In the last-named opera Anny Schlemm singing at a young age in a Stuttgart performance of 1964, the game of the bride, Martha Mödl the mother.
1989 the artist worked among others in the world premiere of John Cage's Euro Pera 1 & 2 with and celebrated in more than 175 performances successes as Clytemnestra in Richard Strauss' opera Elektra. One of her recent roles was that of Pietro Mascagni's Mama Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana, which she sang at the Frankfurt Opera in the 2002/2003 season. , Many recordings round out their artistic activities.
Anny Schlemm can look back on nearly sixty years of stage presence. During this time, her voice changed from a lyrical and dramatic soprano on the mezzo - tray until dramatic Alt. Overall, she played more than 135 games during their Sangeskarriere.
At times, the artist with the conductor Wolfgang Rennert (1922-2012) was married. From the marriage of jazz musicians Uli Rennert went bold (* 1960). Since 2007 Anny Schlemm lives with her son in Graz ( Austria ).
Honors
In 1996, Anny Schlemm was appointed during her guest appearance as Barbaricha in Nikolai Rimsky -Korsakov's Tale of Tsar Saltan honorary member of the Halle Opera House. In addition, the singer is an honorary member of the Komische Oper Berlin (1998) and the Frankfurt Opera (1999).
In 2000, she received the Joana Maria Gorvin Award for her outstanding Art. The city of Neu-Isenburg appointed her an honorary citizen. In Neu -Isenburg, there is a club that focuses on the artistic work of Anny Schlemms, the Franz Völker Anny Schlemm Gesellschaft eV Neu-Isenburg. The Company has issued the following CDs:
- Anny Schlemm - opera and operetta ( double CD)
- Anny Schlemm - opera and operetta, part 2
- Anny Schlemm - 80th Birthday
In December 2012, the city of Neu-Isenburg has affixed a brass plate in the Neu-Isenburg - Count Folke Bernadotte Road 12 at the gate by Anny Schlemms 's former house, which is reminiscent of the honorary citizen.
Discography (selection)
- Jenufa (as Jenufa and old Buryja )
- The Flying Dutchman ( as Mary)
- A Masked Ball ( Oscar )
- Hansel and Gretel (as Gretel )
- The Bartered Bride (as Marie)
- Madame Butterfly ( Cho -Cho - San )
- Die Fledermaus (as Rosalinde )
- Paganini (as Princess Anna Elisa )
- Lady Hamilton ( as Emily Lyon)
- Gasparone (as Carlotta )
- The Empress (as Maria Theresa)
- The Last Waltz (as Vera Lizaveta )
- Jabuka, or festival of the apple (as Jelka )