German contralto (1923–2020)
Emmy Lisken |
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| Born | 3 February 1923
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| Died | 11 October 2020
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| Occupation | Classical contralto |
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Emmy Lisken (3 February 1923 in Moers – 11 October 2020 in Berlin) was a German contralto 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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[1]
She recorded compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach with conductors such as Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Helmut Kahlhöfer, Hans Thamm, and others.[1]
Lisken was a voice teacher at the Leopold-Mozart Konservatorium in Augsburg from 1976 to 1998.[1] Her daughter Annette Seiltgen was one of her students.
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