Hanne-Lore Kuhse

Hanne-Lore Kuhse (28 March 1925 – 10 December 1999) was a German operatic soprano.[1]

Life and career
Plaque at the house in Schwerin, where the singer lived.

Born in Schwaan, Kuhse first studied singing with a private teacher in Rostock. Later she continued her education at the Rostock Conservatory and at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin.[2]

In 1951 she made her debut at the Theater Gera as Leonore in Beethoven's Fidelio. From 1952 to 1959 she was a member of the Mecklenburg State Theatre. In 1959 she changed to the Leipzig Opera, and in 1963 she was engaged by the Berlin State Opera.

In 1973 she received a visiting professorship at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar. In 1974 she was appointed professor at the Musikhochschule Berlin. Her students included mezzo-soprano Annette Markert and baritone Erwin Noack.

Kuhse died in Berlin at age 74.

Repertoire

She sang almost all parts in dramatic soprano: Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Leonore in Fidelio, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera and Lady Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi, Tosca by Puccini, Senta in The Flying Dutchman, Venus in Tannhäuser and Brünnhilde in Der Ring des Nibelungen. The highlight of her artistic activity as a singer was her embodiment of Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. In the field of modernity she took over Marie in A. Berg's Wozzeck.[3][4]

Theater
  • 1964: Verdi's Macbeth (Lady Macbeth) – director: Erich-Alexander Winds (Staatsoper Unter den Linden)

Trivia

Kuhse was honorary citizen in Schwaan, where she is buried.[5]

Further reading
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References
  1. Begegnungen mit Hanne-Lore Kuhse on Schweriner VolksZeitung
  2. Hanne-Lore Kuhse
  3. Recordings on JPC
  4. Recordings on AllMusic
  5. Suche nach der Ehrenbürgerin, Schweriner Volkszeitung vom 19. Juli 2018, accessdate 17 March 2019
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