Maria Friesenhausen

Maria Friesenhausen (born 23 March 1922) is 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
Born (1922-03-23) 23 March 1922
Altendorf
EducationFolkwangschule
Occupation
OrganizationUniversity of Dortmund

Career

Friesenhausen was born the daughter of a church musician in Altendorf, now Burgaltendorf, a part of Essen.[1] She studied at the Folkwangschule in Essen,[2] 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.[1][3] She toured in Europe, for example to Geneva, Helsinki, Paris and Vienna.[1]

She was the soprano soloist in several Bach cantatas in the series of the broadcaster NDR conducted by Max Thurn with the NDR Chor,[3] such as in 1960 Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, alongside Ursula Zollenkopf, Johannes Feyerabend and Erich Wenk.[4] She recorded Dieterich Buxtehude's Lauda Sion Salvatorem, BuxWV 68, with Helmut Kahlhöfer.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7] She also recorded Andreas Romberg's Das Lied von der Glocke.[1] She performed in church concerts, such as in 1977 in Haydn's Die Schöpfung at St. Patrokli in Soest.[8]

Friesenhausen worked as a professor of voice[2] at the University of Dortmund. In 2001 she trained the soloists, including Georg Poplutz 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.[9]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Wir sind alumni!". Folkwang University of the Arts. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  3. "Maria Friesenhausen (Soprano)". Bach Cantatas. 2001. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. "Cantata BWV 78 / Jesu, der du meine Seele". Bach Cantatas. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  5. Green, Jonathan D. (2013). A Conductor's Guide to Selected Baroque Choral-Orchestral Works. Scarecrow Press. p. 62. ISBN 9780810886506. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  6. "Hans Grischkat & Stuttgart Choral Society & Bach Orchestra / Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works / Recordings – Part 2". Bach Cantatas. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  7. Steiger, Karsten (2008). Opern-Diskographie: Verzeichnis aller Audio- und Video-Gesamtaufnahmen. Walter de Gruyter. p. 237. ISBN 9783110955965.
  8. "Städtischer Musikverein Soest e. V. / Unser Konzertarchiv" (in German). Musikverein Soest. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  9. "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.
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