Christa Maria Ziese

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'''Christa Maria Ziese''', also ''Christa-Maria Ziese'', married name ''Christa Maria Ziese-Lüdeke'' (13 July 1924 – 22 January 2012<ref>[https://ift.tt/2TGH8se Todesanzeige], In [[Leipziger Volkszeitung]], retrieved 2 November 2020</ref><ref>Werner P. Seiferth: , Nachruf auf der-neue-merker.eu, retrieved 2 November 2020</ref>) was a German [[Lied]], concert and operatic [[soprano]].

== Leben ==
Ziese was born in [[Aschersleben]]. Her teachers were the pedagogues Gottlieb Zeithammer and Josef-Maria Hausschild in [[Leipzig]]. In 1949, she won the ''International Concours of Prague'' and in 1950, the third prize at the [[International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition]] in [[Leipzig]]<ref>[https://ift.tt/2HLccVt List] of Bach Prize winners since 1950 on bach-leipzig.de, retrieved 2 November 2020</ref> She made her stage debut in 1947 at the [[Leipzig Opera]] as Hänsel in the opera [[Hänsel und Gretel (opera)|Hänsel und Gretel]] and was then a member of this Opera house until 1951 and again from 1954 to 1977, but at the same time gave guest performances at the [[Berlin State Opera]] and Dresden as well as at the [[Komische Oper Berlin]]. In 1952-1954, she was engaged at the [[National Theatre]] in Weimar. Guest performances at the [[Bolshoi Theatre]] in Moscow, at the [[Deutsche Oper am Rhein]], the Düsseldorf-Duisburg, at the opera houses of Hamburg, Hanover, Zurich, Brno and Nice followed. Her large, expressive soprano voice achieved its best performances in the highly dramatic [[repertoire]]. She sang among others the part of Leonore in ''[[Fidelio]]'', Santuzza in ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]'', ''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]'', ''[[Aida]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'', ''[[Carmen]]'', ''[[Turandot (Puccini)|Turandot]]'' by Puccini, Senta in ''[[the Flying Dutchman]]'', ''[[Tristan und Isolde|Isolde]]'', Venus in ''[[Tannhäuser (opera)|Tannhäuser]]''. The artist was also successful in [[concert hall]]. She was awarded the title of [[Kammersängerin]]. After finishing her stage career in 1977, she devoted herself especially to the training of young singers.<ref> </ref>

Ziese died in [[Meiningen]] aged 87.

[[File:Grab Ziese-Lüdeke.jpg|thumb|upright|<center>Her grave at the Südfriedhof Leipzig</center>]]
She spent the rest of her life in Meiningen. She was buried in the grave of her husband Rainer Lüdeke on the Leipzig [[Südfriedhof (Leipzig)|Südfriedhof]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/3jPk6ty Christa-Maria Ziese]</ref>

== Awards ==
* On 6 October 1963, she was awarded the [[Nationalpreis der DDR]] III. class for art and literature.<ref>[https://ift.tt/3jMmpOk Eintrag] auf uni-magdeburg.de/uniarchiv, retrieved 2 November 2020</ref>

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[[Category:German operatic sopranos]]
[[Category:Voice teachers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany]]
[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Aschersleben]]

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