Colette Lorand

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Colette Lorand
Born
Colette Grauaug

(1923-01-07)7 January 1923
Musikhochschule Hannover
OccupationOperatic soprano
Organizations

Colette Lorand (7 January 1923 – 26 April 2019) was a Swiss operatic soprano who made an international career. Known as a

Nationaltheater München in 1978, also in the French premiere of this opera in Paris in 1982.[1]

Career

Born Colette Grauaug in

Musikhochschule Hannover, later privately with Melitta Hirzel in Zürich.[2]

She made her operatic debut in 1945 at the

Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor staged by Boleslaw Barlog. She also performed the role of Eva in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, changing to more dramatic roles.[2] She sang at the Vienna State Opera, as Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata and again as the Queen of the Night.[5] In Lisbon, she appeared in 1961 at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos as Konstanze in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail.[2]

Lorand performed in several world premieres, including in 1966 in Hamburg in

Nationaltheater München as Regan in Aribert Reimann's Lear.[2][3] She performed the role also in the premiere in France in November 1982 at the Paris Opera in the translation by Antoinette Becker.[6]

Lorand appeared in 20th-century operas by

Her work was recorded by broadcasters and on records.[2] She appeared in an opera film of Elektra by Richard Strauss, as the Overseer, alongside Leonie Rysanek in the title role. The film was directed in 1981 by Götz Friedrich and conducted by Karl Böhm.[8]

In the 1981/82 season, she performed in Basel the role of Emilia Marty in Janáček's Die Sache Makropoulos. In this role, she retired from the stage in 1983.[2][9]

References

  1. ^ "Colette Lorand ist tot". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Munich. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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  4. ^ Söring, Helmut (15 October 2005). "Hamburgische Staatsoper – Das stand damals auf dem Spielplan". Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. ^ Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945–1995, Verlag Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna and Munich 1995.
  6. ^ Gerald Nesien: "Reimanns Lear an der Opera". In: Orpheus. 2 February 1983. pp. 178–179.
  7. ^ "La Chute de la Maison Usher". henry-lemoine.com. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  8. ^ Margot E. Hoffmann: "Elektra von Götz Friedrich (nach Richard Strauss)". Film review. Orpheus. 12 December 1982. pp. 949–950.
  9. ^ "Namen & Fakten: Die Sing-Schauspielerin feierte Geburtstag", Oper & Tanz, no. 1, 2003 (in German)

Further reading

  • Geerd Heinsen: "Colette Lorand. Porträt anlässlich ihres 70. Geburtstags". In: Orpheus. February 1993, p. 56.

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