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.[1]
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.[2]
She performed in Dresden and Vienna, and in Dresden she gave solo performances in the Dresden Frauenkirche, the Kreuzkirche and the Dresden Cathedral.[3]
In 1988, on the occasion of her 97th birthday, she was made an honorary citizen of Dresden.[4]
She was married to the Corvette Captain Wilhelm Ganzel. Together they had one son (Christian Schuch-Ganzel).[5]
Schuch-Ganzel died in Dresden at the age of 98. She was buried at the Cemetery Radebeul-West near her parents.
Further reading
edit- Erika Eschebach (ed.), Andrea Rudolph (ed.): Die Schuchs. Eine Künstlerfamilie in Dresden.[6] 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
edit- ^ Liesel Schuch-Ganzel im Archiv der Stimmen der Saxon State and University Library Dresden
- ^ Liesel Schuch-Ganzel on Deutsche Biographie
- ^ Frank Andert (Red.): Stadtlexikon Radebeul. Historisches Handbuch für die Lößnitz. Published by the Stadtarchiv Radebeul. 2nd, slightly amended edition. Stadtarchiv, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9.
- ^ *Vorläufiges Verzeichnis zum schriftlichen Nachlass Liesel Schuch-Ganzel in der Saxon State and University Library Dresden
- ^ Schriftlicher Nachlass Elisabeth von Schuch-Ganzel, retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Die Schuchs : eine Künstlerfamilie in Dresden : [exhibition, Stadtmuseum Dresden, from may 10 to september 28, 2014 on WorldCat
