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Hildegard "Hilde" Roessel - Maidan ( born January 30, 1921 in Moosbierbaum, † December 15, 2010 in Vienna) was an Austrian opera singer.
Life
Hilde Roessel - Maidan studied from 1945 to 1949 singing at the Vienna Music Academy, including with her father Karl knight - Maidan ( 1885-1948 ). She performed since 1946 as a singer. Her voice, a deep alto voice ( contralto ) with a characteristic timbre, was particularly well suited for solo parts in Baroque cantatas. Even her appearance in the J. S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion under the baton of Wilhelm Furtwängler brought her a significant success. In 1950 she was engaged by the Vienna State Opera, and made her debut as a soloist on 18 September 1951 as the voice of Antonia's Mother in The Tales of Hoffmann at the Theater an der Wien. Overall, she performed at the Vienna State Opera with 62 games in 1553 ideas. Among other things, she took over 65 times the part of Mercedes, 194 times the of Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro and 172 times the of Annina in Der Rosenkavalier. From 1955 she was a member of the ensemble. Her last performance took place in Moses und Aron on November 22, 1976.
Knight - Maidan also appeared in La Scala in Milan, Covent Garden in London and other opera scenes. She participated in 1954 at the Salzburg Festival, and later also became the Edinburgh Festival and the Festival d' Aix -en- Provence invited. On September 20, 1962 her appointment was made to the chamber singer.
From 1966 to 1972 she taught at the Johann -Joseph- Fux Conservatory in Graz, where they 1970 ao Professor was nominated for song and oratorio singing. From 1972 until her retirement in 1991 she worked at the Vienna Music Academy, since 1976 as a full professor. Student of her were, among others, he has sung, Alexander Kaimbacher, Edith Lienbacher and Marit Sauramo.
Knight - Maidan was married to Charles Rossel - Maidan ( 1916-2000 ). She was buried on the fire hall Simmering cemetery.
Creation
Her voice was captured on numerous recordings. In addition to opera recordings ( Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Ariadne auf Naxos, Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, The Magic Flute ), she took in the early 1950s, some works by JS Bach on, such as the Magnificat (conductor Felix Prohaska Mimi Coertse, Hilde Rossel - Maidan, Anton Dermota, Frederic Guthrie, LP: Bach Guild, CD: Vanguard OVC 2010) or under the direction of Hermann Scherchen, who was known as a connoisseur of contemporary music at the time, the cantatas for alto voice how Schlage yet, desired hour ( BWV 53) and Resist but the sin ( BWV 54). She also took part in twice the sound recording of the St Matthew Passion ( BWV 244) (with Hermann Scherchen and Mogens Wöldike ).
Recording of 8 April 1968 Great studio of the Austrian Radio in Vienna, two Stabat Mater by Karol Szymanowski and Tommaso Traetta, for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra, conductor Dietfried Bernet, Mimi Coertse, Hilde Rossel - Maidan, Ladislaus Anderko, Chorus Gottfried Preinfalk. Both on CD.
After the introduction of stereophonic to monophonic early 1965, the Bach recordings were forgotten. Only now they were dusted electronically after almost half a century, and available on CDs.