Liesel Schuch-Ganzel
File:Liesel von Schuch, Königliche Hofopernsängerin, Dresden c. 1915.jpeg
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Elisabeth Franziska von Schuch-Ganzel (12 December 1891 – 10 January 1990) also Liesel von Schuch, Liesel Schuch-Ganzel, née von Schuch) was a German coloratura soprano
Life
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Born in Dresden, Schuch grew up with her parents, the conductor Ernst von Schuch and the opera singer Clementine von Schuch-Proska, in Niederlößnitz (today a district of Radebeul). She was a sister of the soprano Käthe von Schuch-Schmidt and the violoncellist Hans von Schuch.[http://mediathek.slub-dresden.de/db/apsisa.dll/ete?action=queryList&index=web_interpret&desc=%22Schuch,%20Liesel%20von%22 Liesel Schuch-Ganzel] im [http://www.slub-dresden.de/sammlungen/av-medien-mediathek/teaser/archiv-der-stimmen/ Archiv der Stimmen] der Saxon State and University Library Dresden
She made her debut in La traviata as Violetta in Wiesbaden in 1913. A coloratura soprano like her mother, she became a Royal Saxon Court Opera Singer, later a Dresden Kammersängerin, and was a permanent member of the Sächsische Staatsoper until 1935. Until 1967, she worked as a teacher of singing at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden.[https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd117117196.html Liesel Schuch-Ganzel] on Deutsche Biographie
She performed in Dresden and Vienna, and in Dresden she gave solo performances in the Dresden Frauenkirche, the Kreuzkirche and the Dresden Cathedral.Frank Andert (Red.): {{Ill|Stadtlexikon Radebeul|de}}. Historisches Handbuch für die Lößnitz. Published by the Stadtarchiv Radebeul. 2nd, slightly amended edition. Stadtarchiv, Radebeul 2006, {{ISBN|3-938460-05-9}}.
In 1988, on the occasion of her 97th birthday, she was made an honorary citizen of Dresden.*[https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-368903 Vorläufiges Verzeichnis zum schriftlichen Nachlass Liesel Schuch-Ganzel] in der Saxon State and University Library Dresden
She was married to the Corvette Captain Wilhelm Ganzel. Together they had one son (Christian Schuch-Ganzel).[https://kalliope-verbund.info/de/ead?ead.id=DE-611-BF-38258 Schriftlicher Nachlass Elisabeth von Schuch-Ganzel], retrieved 28 December 2020.
Schuch-Ganzel died in Dresden at the age of 98. She was buried at the {{Ill|Cemetery Radebeul-West|de}} near her parents.
Further reading
- Erika Eschebach (ed.), Andrea Rudolph (ed.): Die Schuchs. Eine Künstlerfamilie in Dresden.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910903595 Die Schuchs : eine Künstlerfamilie in Dresden : [exhibition, Stadtmuseum Dresden, from may 10 to september 28, 2014] on WorldCat Sandstein Verlag, Dresden 2014, {{ISBN|978-3-95498-098-7}}.
- Michael Hochmuth: Chronik der Dresdner Oper, vol. 2: Die Solisten. Dresden 2004.
- Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens: Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern und Stuttgart 1987/1991.
- Straßennamen in Dresden – Reine Männersache?, Part 2, 2004.
References
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External links
- {{DNB portal|117117196}}
- [http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/manskopf/nav/classification/5886372 Liste von Bildern aus der Sammlung der UB Frankfurt]
- [https://kalliope-verbund.info/de/ead?ead.id=DE-611-BF-13067 Nachlass Liesel Schuch-Ganzel] in der Saxon State and University Library Dresden
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Category:German operatic sopranos
Category:Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber