Gisela Ehrensperger

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'''Gisela Ehrensperger''' née ''Gisela Heuzeroth'' (born 10 August 1943) is a Swiss [[opera]]/[[operette]]/[[musical theatre]] [[soprano]]. For 40 years, she was a permanent member of the ensemble of the [[Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz]].

== Life and career ==
Born in [[Wiesbaden]], Ehrensperger was a pupil of the singing teacher Sofia Husi. She started her first engagement at the Staatstheater in [[St. Gallen]] in 1965 and made her debut there in the role of Musetta in ''[[La Bohème]]''. Two years later the soprano was engaged by [[Kurt Pscherer]] at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz. During her 40 years on stage there, she played great roles (about 150) of different times and genres: Mimi in Puccini's ''[[La Bohème]]'', Pamina in Mozart's ''[[The Magic Flute]]'', Micaela in Bizet's ''[[Carmen]]'', Antonia in ''[[The Tales of Hoffmann]]'', the Marschallin of Luxembourg in ''[[The Dubarry]]'', Agricola in ''[[A Night in Venice]]'', Palmyra in ''[[The Opera Ball]]'', Praskowia in ''[[The Merry Widow]]'', Wilhelmine in ''[[The Cousin from Nowhere (operetta)|The Cousin from Dingsda]]'', to name but a few.

Ehrensperger sang the aging folk music singer Margot at the Theater am Gärtnerplatz in the premiere of the new version of the short operetta ''Die Ländler-Queen sieht Morgenrot'' (1 February 1997), music and text by , also in the world premiere of the opera ''Lebensregeln'' (27 August 1972) by [[Gerhard Wimberger]] and on Radio Zurich in the world premiere of the opera ''Der Alchimist'' (1969) by [[Max Lang (composer)|Max Lang]]. Television and radio versions of the latter two productions were recorded.

Ehrensperger could also be seen in several musicals. For example, at the Luisenburg Festival in Wunsiedel (2005) she played Golde, milkman Tevje's wife, in ''[[Fiddler on the Roof|Anatevka]]'' and in the Theater am Gärtnerplatz (1981) Mary Ann in the musical ''Casanova'' by [[Helmut Bez]] and [[Jürgen Degenhardt]].

The soprano is in great demand not only as an opera/operetta/musical singer, but also as a concert and lieder singer, far beyond the Munich area.

With the last performance of the operetta ''[[Countess Mariza]]'' in the 2006/2007 season on 16 June 2007, the icon of the house bid farewell to her Munich audience. Ehrensperger is an honorary member of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz.

In the 2007/2008 season she gave a guest performance at the [[Graz Opera]] as Princess in the operetta ''Countess Mariza'' and in this role once again proved her still unbroken enthusiasm for the operetta.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2YqAVls Countess Mariza - Successful Premiere All Around]</ref>

In the 2012/2013 season of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Ehrensperger assumed the role of Fräulein Schneider in the musical cabaret.

== Awards ==
* [[Kammersänger]], the youngest in Bavaria (1974)
* [[Bundesverdienstkreuz]] am Bande (14 April 1994)
* [[Bayerischer Verdienstorden]] (1999)

== Discography ==
* Goldene Operette: ''Pariser Leben'' (Telefunken 1979)
* Goldene Operette: ''Die Fledermaus'' (Telefunken 1976)
* Goldene Operette: ''Der Vetter aus Dingsda'' (Telefunken 1977)
* Goldene Operette: ''Saison in Salzburg'' (Telefunken 1977)

== Literature ==
* [[Karl-Josef Kutsch]], [[Leo Riemens]]: ''[[Großes Sängerlexikon]].'' First volume: A–L. Bern/Stuttgart 1987, .
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== References ==


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[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Wiesbaden]]
[[Category:Swiss operatic sopranos]]
[[Category:Swiss musical theatre actresses]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Bavarian Order of Merit]]

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