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Maria Friesenhausen
Black and white, three-quarter profile, studio publicity headshot of a smiling young woman with dark, permed hair, wearing makeup.
Maria Friesenhausen, in the 1970s
Born(1932-03-23)23 March 1932
Altendorf (Ruhr)
Died31 July 2020(2020-07-31) (aged 88)
Essen, Germany
Other nameMaria Friesenhausen-Balkenhol
EducationFolkwangschule
Occupations
OrganizationsUniversity of Dortmund

Maria Friesenhausen (23 March 1932 – 31 July 2020) was a German classical soprano who appeared in Europe. She is known for recordings of Baroque music on record and with broadcasters. She was also a professor of voice at the University of Dortmund.

Career

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Friesenhausen was born the daughter of a church musician in Altendorf, now Burgaltendorf, a part of Essen.[1][failed verification] She studied at the Folkwangschule in Essen,[2] with Hilde Wesselmann, among others. She finished with a degree in both voice teaching and operatic singing in 1957. She focused on concert singing and recording, especially of works by Johann Sebastian Bach and other Baroque composers.[1][3] She toured in Europe, for example to Geneva, Helsinki, Paris and Vienna.[1]

She was the soprano soloist in several Bach cantatas in the series of the broadcaster NDR conducted by Max Thurn with the NDR Chor,[3] such as in 1960 Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, alongside Ursula Zollenkopf, Johannes Feyerabend and Erich Wenk.[4] She recorded Dieterich Buxtehude's Lauda Sion Salvatorem, BuxWV 68, with Helmut Kahlhöfer.[5] She was the soloist in a recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio conducted by Hans Grischkat, alongside Hildegard Laurich, Peter Wetzler and Bruce Abel in 1972.[6]

In Baroque opera, she recorded in 1973 the part of an elegant lady in Lully's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, with Siegmund Nimsgern in the title role; Gustav Leonhardt conducted La Petite Bande and members of the Tölzer Knabenchor.[7] She also recorded Andreas Romberg's Das Lied von der Glocke.[1] She performed in church concerts, such as in 1977 in Haydn's Die Schöpfung at St. Patrokli in Soest.[8]

Friesenhausen worked as a professor of voice[2] at the University of Dortmund.[9] In 2001 she trained the soloists, including Georg Poplutz[9] and Karin Lindemann in the title roles, for a performance of Handel's Acis und Galatea with the university choir, in a set with costumes designed by students.[10]

Friesenhausen died in Essen on 31 July 2020.[11] In 2024, her son organised a Requiem charity concert in her memory in her favourite church in Essen.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Nowotny, Walter (2012). "Maria Friesenhausen wird 90". Geburtstage im März 2012. Der Neue Merker (in German). Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Wir sind alumni!". Folkwang University of the Arts. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Maria Friesenhausen (Soprano)". Bach Cantatas. 2001. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Cantata BWV 78 / Jesu, der du meine Seele". Bach Cantatas. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  5. ^ Green, Jonathan D. (2013). A Conductor's Guide to Selected Baroque Choral-Orchestral Works. Scarecrow Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-8108-8650-6. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Hans Grischkat & Stuttgart Choral Society & Bach Orchestra / Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works / Recordings – Part 2". Bach Cantatas. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  7. ^ Steiger, Karsten (2008). Opern-Diskographie: Verzeichnis aller Audio- und Video-Gesamtaufnahmen. Walter de Gruyter. p. 237. ISBN 978-3-11-095596-5.
  8. ^ "Städtischer Musikverein Soest e. V. / Unser Konzertarchiv" (in German). Musikverein Soest. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  9. ^ a b Poplutz, Georg. "Prof. Maria Friesenhausen-Balkenhol verstorben". Musik studieren, TU Dortmund (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Tenor steckt im Schafspelz / Textil-Studenten nähen Kostüme für Unichor-Aufführungen von Acis und Galatea". Ruhr Nachrichten (in German). University of Dortmund. 3 April 2001. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Maria Friesenhausen-Balkenhol". WAZ (notice of death) (in German). Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  12. ^ Dierichs, Asgard (24 June 2024). "Essener erinnert mit Requiem an bekannte Sopransängerin". WAZ (in German). Retrieved 23 March 2026.
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