Siegfried Matthus

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Siegfried Matthus
Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"
Occupation(s)Composer, conductor, festival manager
Organizations
Awards

Siegfried Matthus (13 April 1934 – 27 August 2021) was a German composer, conductor, and festival founder and manager. Some of his operas, such as

Dresden Frauenkirche. Matthus is considered one of Germany's most often performed contemporary composers.[1]

Biography

Matthus was born in Mallenuppen [de] (now in Ozyorsky District), East Prussia.[2][3] His father was a farmer and played for entertainment and dancing.[4][5] His father made sure that the son received piano lessons.[4] In 1944, his parents fled with him to Läsikow [de] in the Ruppin district.[6] Matthus attended secondary school in Rheinsberg, followed by studies at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin.[7] After graduating, he continued his studies in composition with Rudolf Wagner-Régeny and Hanns Eisler, and was shortly thereafter made the youngest composer in residence in the history of the Komische Oper Berlin by Walter Felsenstein.[8]

Stage works

Matthus composed more than a dozen stage works.

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2003 he composed music for both a ballet and an opera adaptation of Michael Ende's The Neverending Story.[1]

Orchestral music

Matthus was a prolific composer of works for orchestra as well as chamber and recital compositions. In 1979, Responso, a four-movement

Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, with the American Symphony Orchestra.[16]

Festival

In 1991, Matthus founded the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg festival. He was its artistic director until 2018.[17] He was an honorary citizen of Rheinsberg.[1]

Personal life

Since 1957, Matthus was married to the singer Helga Matthus. They had a son, Frank Matthus [de] (born 1964), and lived in Stolzenhagen [de], part of Wandlitz, near Berlin.[18][19] Matthus died in his home on 27 August 2021 at the age of 87 after a protracted illness.[17]

Compositions

Source:[3][20]

Matthus composed more than 600 works.[12][4] His oeuvre includes 14 operas, over 60 large orchestral works, numerous chamber music, ballet scenes and film music.[12]

Opera

  • 1960–63 Lazarillo von Tormes
  • 1966/67 Der letzte Schuss (The Last Shot)
  • 1971 Noch einen Löffel Gift, Liebling? (Another Spoonful of Poison, Darling?) (Comic crime opera by Peter Hacks after the comedy Risky Marriage by Saul O'Hara)
  • 1972–74 Omphale (text by Hacks)
  • 1974 Mario the Magician
  • 1983/84 Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (Cornet Christoph Rilke's song of love and death ) (text after Rainer Maria Rilke)
  • 1982–84 Judith (after the play by Friedrich Hebbel)
  • 1987/88 Graf Mirabeau
  • 1990 "Judith" American Premiere at the Santa Fe Opera
  • 1990/91 Desdemona und ihre Schwestern (Desdemona and her Sisters) (text after Christine Brückner)
  • 1998 Farinelli oder die Macht des Gesanges (Farinelli or The Power of Singing)
  • 1998/99 Kronprinz Friedrich [de] (libretto by Thomas Höft)
  • 2003 Die unendliche Geschichte (after Michael Ende's The Neverending Story commissioned by the Department for Culture of Rhineland-Palatinate, libretto by Anton Perrey)
  • 2007: Cosima, reconstruction of an opera fragment by Friedrich Nietzsche
  • 2019: Effi Briest, after the novel by Theodor Fontane commissioned by Staatstheater Cottbus, to a libretto by Frank Matthus [de][21]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c "Music Associates of America Roster ~ Siegfried Matthus Biography". www.musicassociatesofamerica.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Matthus". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ^
    ISBN 9781561592630
    . (subscription required)
  4. ^
    Süddeutsche.de
     (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Matthus, Siegfried". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Komponist Siegfried Matthus ist tot". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Komponist Siegfried Matthus mit 87 Jahren gestorben". Berliner Morgenpost. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  8. ^ Baumgartner, Edwin (30 August 2021). "Nachruf Siegfried Matthus". Klassik – Wiener Zeitung Online (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  9. ^ Matthus, Siegfried on the operone website
  10. ^ "Glyndebourne Touring Opera". Archived from the original on 4 April 2010.
  11. ^ a b c "ZEITVERGLEICHE". Die Tageszeitung. 17 July 1989. p. 20. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  12. ^
    Süddeutsche.de
    (in German). dpa. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  13. ^ Te Deum von Siegfried Matthus – Uraufführung in der Frauenkirche zu Dresden premiere in the Frauenkirche, Deutschlandradio, 11 November 2005 (in German)
  14. ^ Culot, Hunert (February 2002). "Siegfried Matthus (born 1934) / Cello Concerto (1975)". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  15. ^ Barnett, Rob (November 2004). "Siegfried Matthus (b. 1934) / Manhattan Concerto – For the 70th Birthday of Siegfried Matthus". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  16. ^ Miller, Michael (15 February 2009). "Music of the Other Germany: American Symphony Orchestra". newyorkarts.net. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  17. ^ a b Komponist Siegfried Matthus gestorben (in German) FAZ 30 August 2021
  18. ^ "In Stolzenhagen wohnt der bekannteste lebende Komponist Deutschlands". Willkommen – Informationsbroschüren "kompakt" in Internet (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  19. ^ Buddeke, Regine (25 January 2019). "Leben für die Musik: Die Matthus-Familie". Märkische Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  20. ^ Liedtke, Ulrike (2016). "Matthus, Siegfried". In Heister, Hanns-Werner; Sparrer, Walter-Wolfgang (eds.). Komponisten der Gegenwart (in German). (subscription required)
  21. ^ "EFFI BRIEST | Staatstheater Cottbus" (in German).

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