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Austrian opera singer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ruthilde Boesch, born Ruthilde Klösterer, married also Ruthilde Loibner (9 January 1918 – 20 January 2012) was an Austrian soprano in opera, operetta, song and concert, and a vocal pedagogue. She was a member of the Vienna State Opera for decades, and later an influential voice teacher.[1]
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Born | Ruthilde Klösterer 9 January 1918 Braunau am Inn, Austria |
Died | 20 January 2012 94) Vienna, Austria | (aged
Education | Wiener Musikakademie |
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Born in Braunau am Inn,[2] Klösterer grew up in Mödling. After her school years she studied singing at the Wiener Musikakademie with Fritzi Lahr-Goldschmied, Alfred Jerger and Judith Hellwig, among others. She studied further with Helene Wildbrunn at the Meisterklasse of the Akademie from 1936 to 1938,[2] and an intensive role study with the Mozart conductor Josef Krips.[1]
From 1945 to 1971 the soprano's "main importance was to be found in the field of coloratura soubrette".[3] She was a member of the Vienna State Opera from 1947, where she made her debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro.[3] She took part in 387 performances in 38 different roles,[1][4] appearing in more Mozart roles, such as Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Despina in Così fan tutte, among other.[4] She also appeared as Chloe in Pique Dame, Olympia in Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann, Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss, and Luciete in I quatro rusteghi, among others.[1][4] In 1949 she sang the Second Boy in Die Zauberflöte at the Salzburg Festival under Wilhelm Furtwängler, and the same year Blondchen at the Bregenz Festival.[1][3]
Boesch appeared on many stages of the world. Numerous concerts and guest performances took her to Europe, the U.S., the Middle East, Australia, South and North America.[1] She made five world tours of recitals with her second husband, the State Opera conductor Wilhelm Loibner, who was her accompanist.[1][3] In 1968, she was awarded the title Kammersängerin.[2]
After her retirement from the stage in 1974, she lived for a while in Japan.[1] She devoted herself to teaching. Her pupils included Edita Gruberová, Eva Lind, Genia Kühmeier, her son Christian Boesch and her grandson Florian Boesch.[2]
From her first marriage to A. E. Boesch, Ruthilde Boesch had two sons, Wolfgang Boesch (born 1939), a writer, and Christian Boesch who became a singer.[1]
She died in Vienna[2] and is buried at the Grinzinger Friedhof (group 6, row 4, no. 4) in Döbling.[5][6]
Her recordings are held by the German National Library, including:[7]
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