Emmy Lisken (3 February 1923 in
Moers
Moers (; older form: ''Mörs''; Dutch language, Dutch: ''Murse'', ''Murs'' or ''Meurs'') is a German List of cities and towns in Germany, city on the western bank of the Rhine, close to Duisburg. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel (distric ...
– 11 October 2020 in
Berlin
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) was a German
contralto
A contralto () is a classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose vocal range is the lowest of their voice type, voice types.
The contralto's vocal range is fairly rare, similar to the mezzo-soprano, and almost identical to ...
in opera and concert.
Career
Born in Moers, Lisken studied voice at the Konservatorium Düsseldorf with
Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann. She was engaged from 1955 at the
Theater Basel and the
Cologne Opera
The Cologne Opera (German language, German: Oper der Stadt Köln or Oper Köln) refers to both the main opera house in Cologne, Germany and its resident opera company.
History of the company
From the mid 18th century, opera was performed in the ...
.
In Cologne, she participated in 1957 in the premiere of Wolfgang Fortner's ''
Bluthochzeit'' in the role of Leonardo's Wife. A live recording of the premiere was issued 50 years later.
From 1958 she worked mainly as a concert and oratorio singer, performing in European countries and at international festivals such as Festival du Marais in Paris.
She recorded compositions by
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...
with conductors such as
Wolfgang Gönnenwein,
Helmut Kahlhöfer,
Hans Thamm, and others.
Lisken was a voice teacher at the Leopold-Mozart Konservatorium in Augsburg from 1976 to 1998.
Her daughter
Annette Seiltgen
Annette Seiltgen (born 26 June 1964 in Wuppertal) is a German operatic mezzo-soprano/dramatic soprano.
Career
Seiltgen grew up in an artistic environment. Her father, , was intendant and long-time director of the Stadttheater Ingolstadt, her mo ...
was one of her students.
References
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German contraltos
1923 births
2020 deaths
People from Moers