Agnes Giebel (10 August 1921 – 24 April 2017) was a German classical

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...

. She was born in

Heerlen Heerlen (; ) is a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. Measured as municipality, it is the f ...

, in the Netherlands, where she lived the first years of her life. She studied at the

Folkwangschule The Folkwang University of the Arts is a university for music, theater, dance, design, and academic studies, located in four German cities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 1927, its traditional main location has been in the former Werden Abbey in ...

in Essen and made her first public appearance as a singer in 1947. Her career lasted until the 1990s during which she established a wide-ranging

discography Discography is the study and cataloging of published sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified music genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry ...

. Giebel's repertoire consisted predominantly of sacred works of music such as

cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian language, Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal music, vocal Musical composition, composition with an musical instrument, instrumental accompaniment, ty ...

oratorio An oratorio () is a musical composition with dramatic or narrative text for choir, soloists and orchestra or other ensemble. Similar to opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguisha ...

passions ''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and ...

, and masses and was considered to be one of the greatest

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or ...

singers of her generation. As an interpreter of

lied In the Western classical music tradition, ( , ; , ; ) is a term for setting poetry to classical music. The term is used for any kind of song in contemporary German and Dutch, but among English and French speakers, is often used interchangea ...

er she often performed with the pianist

Sebastian Peschko Sebastian Peschko (October 30, 1909 – September 29, 1987) was a German classical pianist renowned for his skill in performing lieder. He served as an accompanist to some of the most prominent lyrical singers of the 20th century. Life and career ...

. She was also known for her performance in

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Opus number, Op. 125, is a choral symphony, the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. The symphony is regarded by many criti ...

under the direction of

Otto Klemperer Otto Nossan Klemperer (; 14 May 18856 July 1973) was a German conductor and composer, originally based in Germany, and then the United States, Hungary and finally, Great Britain. He began his career as an opera conductor, but he was later bet ...

. Giebel lived in

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

. Her daughter, Kristina Kanders, and her granddaughter, Julia Giebel, are also musicians. For the

Alois Kottmann Award The Alois Kottmann Award is an international prize for "classical, cantando violin playing". It honours outstanding international violinists. The competition takes place annually in May and/or June during International Days of Music Hesse Main-Tau ...

she was member of the jury panel along composer Richard Rudolf Klein, the violinists

Alois Kottmann Alois Kottmann (20 June 1929 – 4 December 2021) was a German violinist, music pedagogue, university professor and patron. He was based in Frankfurt, where he founded several ensembles, and taught at both the Hoch Conservatory and the Musikhoc ...

and Boris Kottmann as well as singer

Margit Neubauer Margit Neubauer (born 1951) is an Austrian operatic mezzo-soprano who was for decades a member of the Oper Frankfurt. She appeared at international festivals such as the Salzburg Festival. Her repertory ranges from Baroque opera to premieres of ne ...

. She died in Cologne on 24 April 2017, aged 95.

References

External links

Biography
contains photos and her Bach discography, bach-cantatas.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Giebel, Agnes 1921 births 2017 deaths German sopranos People from Heerlen Bach singers Folkwang University of the Arts alumni 20th-century German women singers Classical singers

References

Further reading

External links